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What are They Hiding? Human Rights Groups Blocked from Monitoring Julian Assange Trial

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By Alan MacLeod

September 18, 2020 from ApokalypsNu shared with thanks

The high profile extradition hearing of publisher and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continued in Central London today. But it did so without oversight from international human rights groups.

Julia Hall, an expert on criminal justice and human rights for Amnesty International, revealed that her organization was again denied entry to the court today, despite their repeated requests to be recognized as fair trial monitors.

Fair trial monitors are a critical component to upholding transparency and regulation in courtrooms across the world, reminding authorities that independent witnesses are scrutinizing them. Hall noted that Amnesty monitors have been recognized as international fair trial monitors for cases in many repressive states, including Bahrain and Turkey, and even oversaw cases at Guantanamo Bay.

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4 thoughts on “What are They Hiding? Human Rights Groups Blocked from Monitoring Julian Assange Trial”

  1. Investigative journalists and publishers who set out to expose the truth are not liked by governments (including local councils), they do what they can to silence them, and if they can’t be silenced they try to publicly humiliate them. We experienced that ourselves last month with the nefarious Kapiti Coast District Council.

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      1. The KCDC seized on a satirical piece written by one of our contributors and posted on Waikanae Watch to claim that somehow we support sexism and racism (despite the many articles that we have had opposing both) — it reflected the KCDC’s annoyance with our continued questioning of highly dubious projects, their deceiving the public, and then a condemnation we posted of bullying by the Chief Executive and Mayor of elected members who opposed them. I resigned from the local community board in Waikanae in protest at their tactics, and so did another member; 2 out of 4.

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