Blessings on you and all the other good folks out there. All Rights Reserved. The cookie is set by Krux Digital under the domain krxd.net. It is unclear what perception of bias Lady Arbuthnot accepts and on what basis she stepped aside from personally hearing the case. District judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition is barred under the 2003 Extradition Act because it is opressive (s.91). its objectives as facilitating and strengthen [sic] relations between the Republic of Turkey and the United Kingdom at the level of government, diplomacy, business, academia and media. I aways believed that UK stood for United Kingdom. And his behaviour is that of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests, Snow told the court. Anna, excellent post! He was arbitrarily detained (which they referred to as arrested) after being dragged out of Embassy over a year ago in violation of so many international laws and treaties and countrys own laws. Tertulias annual meetings between the UK and Spain have been held since 1989 but the organisation has no public presence and provides no record of events. ", "Did this happen in the home of Magna Carta? The 2014 event in Bilbao was attended by David Lidington, the Minister for Europe, while the Foreign Office has in the past funded Lord Arbuthnots attendance at the forum. Matt Kennard is head of investigations and Mark Curtis editor, of. Julian Assange will remain in jail as he continues to fight against extradition to the United States. Liz Truss, then Justice Secretary, advised the Queen to. One of the three residential properties which have been recorded by MPs in the parliamentary register of interests as the location of the Tertulias organisation, which funded Lady Arbuthnots trip to Bilbao. The Ministry of Justice blocked our FOI request for a list of cases on which she's ruled since being appointed a DJ in 2011. The facts are so difficult to find, due to every MSM journalistic rag in the world making it up as they go. His predecessor Sir Alan Duncan attended the previous forum in Malaga. From: bonnieweinstein <giobon@xxxxxxxxxxx>; To: BAUAW <bauaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 08:30:18 -0800; SHUT DOWN DRONE WARFARESpring Action Week: April 15 - 22, 2023Holloman AFB, Southern New Mexico Co-sponsored by CODEPINK & Ban Killer Drones Mark your calendars & Join Us! A request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was sent by, A British barrister, who wished to remain anonymous, but who is not involved with the Assange case, told. . She has refused to recuse herself despite an obvious conflict of interest stemming from her husband's former job as a Conservative Defence Minister and his work with the Henry Jackson . It is unclear why the HM Courts and Tribunals Service would hold only partial information on Baraitser, but not on Barron. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who is still overseen by Lady Arbuthnot will rule on the extradition proceedings which begin on 25 February. Group 4 would have to decide. This page was last edited on 2 January 2022, at 14:25. A judge in the United Kingdom will allow Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange to argue that he was offered a pardon by U.S. President Donald Trump in exchange for issuing a statement that Russia was not the source of leaks beneficial to Trump's 2016 campaign.. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser signed off on the request made by Assange's defense team during a Wednesday court appearance that . Judge Vanessa Baraitser delivered the judgement at the central criminal court in London. U.K. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied a request from the U.S. in January for Julian Assange's extradition to face spying charges regarding the publication of secret military documents. 4 January 2021: Westminster Magistrates Court discharges (throws out) the U.S. extradition request against Julian Assange. The learned lady can reject the extradition, or keep looking over her shoulder for the rest of her miserable life. The trip to Bilbao was one of only three Truss has accepted from third parties since becoming an MP in 2010. An internal review into the rejection ofDeclassifiedsfreedom of information (FOI) request upheld the rejection. 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The extradition judge, Vanessa Baraitser, will take only written arguments on November 16. The Treaty was the very basis of the request. In this case, the Home Office responded: We have carried out a thorough search and we have established that the Home Office does not hold the information that you have requested.. 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"Baraitser started to throw out jargon like a Dalek when it spins out of control. Despite the HM Courts and Tribunals Service invoking a data protection clause,Declassifiedwas able to view a host of cases with full names and details in Westlaw, a paid-for legal database. A crowd of reporters gathered outside as a small group of supporters chanted "Free Julian Assange." This cookie is used for promoting events and products by the webiste owners on CRM-campaign-platform. The family were apartheid dissidents in South Africa, and her father is an eminent geneticist. The MOJ officer stated: I can confirm that the MOJ holds the information that you have requested. The Biden Justice Department on Friday formally appealed a British judge's rejection of the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, confirming the new administration's intention to run with its predecessor's espionage charges against the WikiLeaks publisher despite warnings that the case endangers press freedoms around the world. Vanessa Baraitser serves as a District Judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court where, on 21 October 2019, she refused to extend Julian Assange's UK extradition proceedings, telling Assange his full extradition case would begin on 24 February 2020.[1]. The information officer also noted that it holds all the information you have requested rather than some in the case of Baraitser. Lord and Lady Arbuthnot spent two days at the event and received expenses worth 1,488.20 from Tertulias. The judge, Vanessa Baraitser, dismissed the defense's argument, allowing the new material to be used by U.S. government lawyers in making their case. 1. The judge, Vanessa Baraitser, ruled against the U.S. extradition request, citing Assange's fragile mental health, according to the Associated Press. The cookie is set by Segment.io and is used to analyze how you use the website. Clearly, or so it would seem, these utter ar**holes have decided that they alone determine (under US pressure, no doubt but what does that say about their spinal columns?) At the time Lady Arbuthnot was deputy senior district judge. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who gave Assange a court victory earlier this week by rejecting the U.S. extradition request ruled that Assange must be held in custody while the U.S.. As prefigured yesterday by Magistrate Baraitser, the prosecution is arguing that Article 4.1 of the UK/US extradition treaty has no force in law. 17 June 2022:Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States. The narrative builds to a pivotal decision on January 4, 2021, by U.K. district judge Vanessa Baraitser, who issued a decision against extradition hat momentarily spared the life of Julian. Trusss visit to Tertulias is secret enough for even the department she oversaw as minister at the time DEFRA to have no information on it. The High Court rejects the United States Governments arguments that the district judge erred in her findings. Supporting a victim of BWS, battered wife syndrome, also called domestic abuse, spousal abuse. Britains former ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, described the annual event as our #1 bilateral forum between the UK and Spain. The Queen has appointed Vanessa Baraitser to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Robert Buckland QC MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. The cookie is set by pubmatic.com for identifying the visitors' website or device from which they visit PubMatic's partners' website. I suspect it is. Baraitser wrote in her judgment at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court: "They are alleged to have been committed in circumstances connected with the political campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy. Assanges lawyers had applied to have his British arrest warrant withdrawn. I mean Baraitser, not Arbuthnot. It has been. The Respondents are the Government of the United States and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Priti Patel. The cookie is set by addthis.com to determine the usage of Addthis.com service. Both Tertulias and Tatlidil are secretive gatherings about which little is known and are not obviously connected but Declassified has discovered that the UK address of the two organisations has been the same. , hXXps://36group.co.uk/news/2019/10/kathryn-howarth-succeeds-in-obtaining-the-discharge-of-a-romanian-eaw. A list of all the extradition cases District Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled on that are publicly available. . Lady Arbuthnot is also likely to have approved of Baraitsers appointment to hear the Assange case. "At this stage Baraitser interrupted that it was plain the intention of parliament was that there could be extradition for political offences. It has been reported that the estate is owned by Sheikh Mohammed al-Makhtoum, the ruler of Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates. The pure political offence and the relative political offence. to formally recuse herself from the Assange case. Brits, judges included, are still just lap dogs for America. Lord Arbuthnot was from 2016-17 a director of SC Strategy, a consultancy created by Sir John Scarlett, the former head of MI6 who had been behind the dodgy dossier used by Tony Blair to push for war with Iraq. Vanessa is a local magistrates' Court Judge, and was elevated to such dizzy heights on 13th October 2011. Her ruling was irregular, dismissing Assanges fears of US extradition and the findings of the UN. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser who is still overseen by Lady Arbuthnot will rule on the extradition proceedings which begin on 25 February. The cookie is used for recognizing the browser or device when users return to their site or one of their partner's site. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Vanessa Baraitser looked at this point very keen to lock someone up. UK MSM is corrupt; hXXps://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5ca6e7d12c94e01e252696b6. And in July 2019, newly elected Prime Minister Johnson appointed Patel as Home Secretary. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 10:30 am EDT: Judge Vanessa Baraitser has rejected the defense's application for an adjournment of the hearing until January to give it time to gather new evidence to defend against the prosecution's superseding indictment. The only known photograph of district judge Vanessa Baraitser who will rule on Julian Assanges extradition to the U.K. in the public domain. Having summarily dismissed Julian Assange's bail application, Baraitser ruled on 7 April 2020 that the names of Assanges partner and young children could be published in the interests of open justice. Then foreign minister Tobias Ellwood spoke at the forum while former foreign secretary Jack Straw, who is a co-chair of Tatlidil, presided over one of the discussions. The sparse information available on the meeting, which largely comes from social media, suggests that Lady Arbuthnot may not have attended the discussions since there was a separate spouses/partners programme involving local visits. This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of the visitors to the website anonymously. This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. Theres surely something you could help with, right? It does not store any personal data. The extradition process in March 2020 prolonged this legal farce, with the British prosecutor briefing the media in advance of the hearing on what they . They tweet at @DCKennard and @markcurtis30. Sitting in London, Lord Justice Holroyde said he believed it was arguable that Judge Vanessa Baraitser had attached too much weight to the evidence of Prof Michael Kopelman when deciding not to . But, dont put a finger in the eye of the rest of the planet and expect to be applauded for your virtuous rigor on the world stage. (Im a financial supporter of Mr. Assange & his legal team). This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. "I am very happy and very sad. Assange stands no chance of justice in the UK, or any of the five ayes cuntries. Liz Truss, Lady Arbuthnot, Lord Arbuthnot, and the Foreign Office, did not respond to requests for comment. This cookie is used to track how many times users see a particular advert which helps in measuring the success of the campaign and calculate the revenue generated by the campaign. The U.S. has 14 days to appeal the ruling, which has come after weeks of hearings at London's Old Bailey . It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time. that the costs of his attending his first forum in 2000 were partly met by a grant from the Foreign Office. It is obviously a stitch-up under the aegis of yankee authorities. This cookie tracks the advertisement report which helps us to improve the marketing activity. Lady Arbuthnot has refused to declare any conflicts of interest in the case. On April 10, 2020 Declassifiedsent an identical information request to the MOJ asking for a case list for a different district judge, Justin Barron, who wasappointedon the same day as Baraitser in October 2011. Declassifiedrecentlyrevealed that Assange is one of just two of the 797 inmates in Belmarsh being held for violating bail conditions. In her 132-page ruling (pdf) issued Monday, Judge Vanessa Baraitser of the Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday described the conditions Assange would face in the U.S. as "harsh" even compared to London's notorious maximum-security Belmarsh jail, where the publisher has been held since April of 2019. If Patel is hit by a bus or a political force her party cannot withstand then she will NOT sign off on the extradition. "When he spoke truth and when his barrister spoke, Baraitser contrived boredom; when the prosecuting barrister spoke, she was attentive. The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com. In 2017, the address for Tertulias changed again to a house which is divided into three flats in Battersea, south London. Standing to her right is Tertulias chairman, Lord Arbuthnot. This cookie is set by Segment.io. Lady Arbuthnot also benefited financially from another trip with her husband in 2014, this time to Istanbul for the British-Turkish Tatlidil, a forum established by the UK and Turkish governments for high level individuals involved in politics and business. The expenses were covered by an organisation called Tertulias, chaired by Lady Arbuthnots husband Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, a former Conservative defence minister with extensive links to the British military and intelligence community exposed by WikiLeaks. that the Arbuthnots son is linked to an anti-data leak company created by the UK intelligence establishment and staffed by officials recruited from US intelligence agencies behind that countrys prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder. District judge Vanessa Baraitser rules that extradition is barred under the 2003 Extradition Act because it is "opressive" (s.91). Lady Arbuthnots first ruling on Assange was made in February 2018 while he was a political asylee in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Lady and Lord Arbuthnot attend the Queens garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2017. You cant firewall facts, logic or consequent changes of sentiment between these countries. is secret enough for even the department she oversaw as minister at the time DEFRA to have no information on it. , There has been no bias demonstrated by the chief magistrate. She then routinely ignores his response. Assange started serving the 50 week sentence for breaching bail fifteen months ago. This cookie is used to collect user information such as what pages have been viewed on the website for creating profiles. 2023 BBC. Yesterday he replied at some length he could not hear properly in his glass box and could not communicate with his lawyers (at some point yesterday they had started preventing him passing notes to his counsel, which I learn was the background to the aggressive prevention of his shaking Baltasar Garzn's hand goodbye). It was in every single one of the United States extradition treaties with other countries, and had been for over a century, at the insistence of the United States. Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser had just made a ruling that the names of Julian Assange's partner and young children could be published, which she stated was in the interests of "open justice." She had nothing to do; it was demonstrably preordained. Liz Truss was in Bilbao for three days and accrued expenses of 1,235.48 paid by Tertulias. Both children attended the ceremony on Wednesday, along with Mr Assange's father and brother. ;-). Baraitser had controversially moved Assanges hearing to Woolwich which is oftenusedfor terrorism cases before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. This cookie is used for advertising purposes. 17 June 2022:Home Secretary Priti Patel approves the extradition order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States. had been managed by the same person living at the addresses given by parliamentarians. It is all about the power of Empire. Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Assange's past conduct meant there were substantial grounds to believe that if released he would abscond again as the US Department of Justice appeals against her . Anyway Le Grand Soir has published a translation of my report yesterday, and there you can see a photo of Julian in his bulletproof glass anti-terrorist cage. Declassifiedclarified that it wanted the list to include the date, the defendant, the charge and the judges decision. The UK delegation to the 2014 meeting in Istanbul was, in Edinburgh the previous year. or an itinerary for the Bilbao meeting, DEFRA responded: Following a search of our paper and electronic records, we have established that the informationyou have requested is not held by DEFRA. It is unclear if Truss used a private email to organise the visit.
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