Assange is part of a political movement opposed to militaristic US foreign policy. What he is accused of are political offenses, for which the extradition treaty doesn't provide.

Defence laywer Fitzgerald is explaining in-depth why the extradition of Mr. Assange to the US must be prevented on the basis that the requesting state (the US) has charged him with political offenses - espionage. Under article 4 of the UK/US Extradition Treaty it states extradition must be prevented if it is due to political offenses. The previous judges and their rulings cited domestic law - the UK Extradition Act of 2003, which does not include a clear provision that exempts extradition for political offenses. Fitzergerald argues that preventing extradition for political offenses is a historic principle enshrined in international extradition law.

The second defence lawyer Mark Summers is addressing the court. He is reflecting on the work of WikiLeaks and Mr. Assange that exposed high level state criminality, which went unchallenged went brought before the District Judge when presented during the initial extradition hearing.

Summers cited the State Dept. Cables, which disclosed extrajudicial assassination, renditions, torture, dark prisons, rogue killings. This evidence was relied upon by foreign courts to prove war crimes. The (Iraq) Rules of Engagement which were part of the release of the Collateral Murder video, which showed US soldiers killing innocent civilians in Iraq. The events depicted in the video were covered up by the US government.

Summers references the Guantanamo Assessment Briefs, which disclosed the fact that detainees were renditioned, and they were subjected to torture. The Afghan and Iraq War Diaries disclosed torture and war crimes. Assange was invited to speak at the EU Parliament and UN to speak about these publications.

In reference to section 81 of the UK Extradition Act of 2003, the question before the court is - is the prosecution motivated by a desire to silence Mr. Assange for his political opinions? The defence argues Mr. Assange is being prosecuted as a from of retaliation.

For reference. This is section 81 of the UK Extradition Act 2003.

Chris Hedges comments on today's hearing on Julian Assange on a panel moderated by Taylor Hudak. Both were in the main courtroom today.

At Assange demo: Piers Corbyn seeks £25k donations to run for London Mayor. He stands for freedom of speech; human rights; no lockdowns; against Google, big biz & gov't dominance; end the 'climate change' psyop; peace not wars -you name it!
Let's back him!

My summary of Julian Assange's appeal hearing day 2 on Redacted

WATCH: https://youtu.be/rQurK4AHgLg?si=wKxEg2KAbfQ169ds

Professor Richard Werner joins a panel of journalists who have been closely covering the ongoing legal battles of Julian Assange, political prisoner in the UK.

https://www.youtube.com/live/wonMJsCu_C8?feature=shared

Assange’s draconian prosecution criminalises journalism and grants the US extraterritorial reach

by Mary Kostakidis

“In the final moments of the hearing, Ben Watson KC representing the UK Home Secretary, admitted additional charges could be laid against Assange in the US that carry the death penalty, such as aiding and abetting treason. Asked by the judge whether there is anything that can be done to prevent a death penalty being imposed, he replied

‘It would be very difficult to offer assurances to prevent the death penalty from being imposed.’

The wording is significant – it was not a difficulty in ‘accepting’ an assurance but in its offering. This is an indication the subject has been – as is to be expected – canvassed, and the US either can’t (those are State laws) or won’t. Either way, surely, we have a problem Houston.”

Read more: https://johnmenadue.com/assanges-draconian-prosecution-criminalises-journalism-and-grants-the-us-extraterritorial-reach/

It's not the job of the ECB to discuss, let alone decide upon or implement a structural change in the economy and society. But that's what the central planners have been doing, as I show in my book Princes of the Yen (available at www.quantumpublishers.com).

European Central Bank head, Christine Lagarde: "Climate change" requires a complete redesign of the economy and financial system, in line with Net Zero—including the need to "reduce our carbon footprint in everything we do, from banknotes to how we supervise banks."

Yes, they're even using "climate change" as an excuse to come after cash now.

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Front page of The New Statesmen!

The QE theory of everything

“On 2 September 1995 the world’s biggest financial newspaper, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun of Japan, led its Saturday edition with a piece by Richard Werner, a young German economist working at an investment bank in Hong Kong. The article addressed what everyone was talking about: the recession.

… Japan’s economy fell into a severe, protracted slump. In his article, Werner suggested a cure: a new kind of credit creation by the central bank. He called it ryōteki kinyū kanwa, or ‘quantitative monetary easing.’

In the decades that followed, Werner has watched as different versions of his idea have been applied around the world: in Japan in 2001, then in the US and Europe in 2008, and at a still greater scale in 2020.”

Read more: https://www.newstatesman.com/business/economics/2024/02/the-qe-theory-of-everything

Be careful. Fraudsters impersonating me are active again, contacting you individually, claiming to want to guide you to "protect your assets", selling some crypto token. Watch out, it's not me. This is what one my followers here sent me - this fake "Richard Werner" made contact, but it was suspected to be fake, so this follower attempted to trip them up by suggesting to meet up...

If one focuses on peaceful development, many things can be accomplished and one doesn't have to spend most resources on covert op killings and regime change operations.

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Face-saving formula, but he must be seen to be 'guilty' while the war criminals walk free

🔥 BREAKING: The US Department of Justice is considering on whether to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to a lesser charge of the mishandling of classified material

According to the Wall Street Journal, this may open “the possibility of a deal that would end a lengthy legal saga…”

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