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Kevin Gosztola
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For the non-British audience, we've reached the stage of the case where judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys don the wigs. #AssangeHearing
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Kevin Gosztola
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We get a really clear shot of Julian Assange viewing the appeal hearing remotely from Belmarsh prison. He has glasses, a white long-sleeved dress shirt, a neck tie (that is not tied), and a face mask. #AssangeHearing
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Kevin Gosztola
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5h
Court is in session. #AssangeHearing
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Kevin Gosztola
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...and because he was "adept" at operating in the "global arena" and "withstood seven years living in an embassy," claims around mental health as "bar to extradition must be approached with anxious scrutiny."
This represents the nastiness at the core of today's proceeding.
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Kevin Gosztola
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5h
Here's a snippet from the appeal submission filed on behalf of the US government:
Because Assange went to "extraordinary and cunning lengths to avoid extradition" and demonstrated himself to be "sophisticated" in dealing with Ecuador...
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Kevin Gosztola
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This hearing for the US will be focused on discrediting Professor Michael Kopelman, an experienced neuropsychiatrist who assessed Assange from May-December 2019.
It will also be about the US's view that the district judge gave too much weight to certain suicide risk evidence.
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Kevin Gosztola
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6h
This Assange appeal hearing is not the main appeal hearing. That will come later.
Today's hearing is on the two grounds for appeal that the High Court of Justice declined to grant the US government. Prosecutors will try to persuade the High Court they were wrong.
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Kevin Gosztola
@kgosztola
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6h
The first hearing before the UK High Court of Justice in the US government's appeal in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition case will start shortly. I'm remotely observing.
Thread for updates on the "preliminary" appeal hearing.