The extradition and trial of Assange will mean the end of public investigations by the press into the crimes of the ruling elites.
On Thursday, the day before Assange appeared in court, British Home Secretary Sajid Javid advanced the process for his removal to the United States by signing an extradition request.
Listen to Chris Hedges' 2013 interview with Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Commenting in 2018 when Assange's lawyers requested that the warrant for his arrest be dropped, Arbuthnot said, "I accept that Mr. Assange had expressed fears of being returned to the United States from a very early stage in the Swedish extradition proceedings but, absent any evidence from Mr. Assange on oath, I do not find that Mr. Assange's fears were reasonable,".
The Swedish judiciary, which conveniently reopened its case against Assange the moment he was taken from the embassy, has since dropped its extradition request, clearing the way for his extradition to the United States.
Melzer said he is convinced Assange cannot "Get a fair trial in the United States" after nearly a decade of "Unrestrained public mobbing, intimidation, calls for his assassination and instigation to violence against him."
"There is no longer equality before the law. There are no longer transparent court proceedings when you have a secret grand jury and a secret session debating classified evidence. These are proceedings skewed against the defendant. I don't think Julian Assange would get a fair trial."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-22/coming-show-trial-julian-assange
On Thursday, the day before Assange appeared in court, British Home Secretary Sajid Javid advanced the process for his removal to the United States by signing an extradition request.
Listen to Chris Hedges' 2013 interview with Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
Commenting in 2018 when Assange's lawyers requested that the warrant for his arrest be dropped, Arbuthnot said, "I accept that Mr. Assange had expressed fears of being returned to the United States from a very early stage in the Swedish extradition proceedings but, absent any evidence from Mr. Assange on oath, I do not find that Mr. Assange's fears were reasonable,".
The Swedish judiciary, which conveniently reopened its case against Assange the moment he was taken from the embassy, has since dropped its extradition request, clearing the way for his extradition to the United States.
Melzer said he is convinced Assange cannot "Get a fair trial in the United States" after nearly a decade of "Unrestrained public mobbing, intimidation, calls for his assassination and instigation to violence against him."
"There is no longer equality before the law. There are no longer transparent court proceedings when you have a secret grand jury and a secret session debating classified evidence. These are proceedings skewed against the defendant. I don't think Julian Assange would get a fair trial."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-22/coming-show-trial-julian-assange
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