Illness forces Assange to miss court hearing
Julian Assange was too ill to attend the latest court hearing in his extradition case at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 1 June. The hearing which is described as procedural, heard from Julian’s barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC that his client did not appear by video...
‘A truly dreadful deal’ – don’t let Julian be its next victim
On 23 January in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on the UK-US Extradition Agreement, David Davies, the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden opened as follows: “Since we agreed the UK-US extradition treaty in 2003, it has been abundantly clear that...
Post pandemic will it be business as usual?
This article was written for the May newsletter of the Action on Climate Emergency (ACE) Settle and Area. Many of us may have missed it, but Wednesday 22 April was Earth Day. Under normal circumstances climate change campaigners would have been holding demonstrations...