March 26th 2024
The Assange ruling broken down and explained:
The ruling in the Assange case today is unique.
In that it offers almost no ground to actually appeal on (only 2 grounds were granted out of many).
The court refused to admit new evidence; sanctioned previous errors by the lower court; and also made arguments in favor of a fictional reality in which the actions of the CIA-run U.C. global spying operation were justified “because Assange might have fled to Russia” and “not provably connected to the current extradition case”. It also called the death threats by the former head of the CIA “immaterial to the case”.
These are egregious mischaracterizations of reality at the High Courts hands. Repetitively sanctioned by the UK.
So while it is good that Julian has the possible right to appeal an extradition put in place by the U.S. appealing his win at court in the first place; it is also a setup for the later loss and inevitable move by the U.S. courts to steal him away.
It also serves to silence Julian yet again; dragging the process out for several more weeks of indefinite detention in Belmarsh prison with no charge; and sets up yet another appeals process that is little more than a thinly vieled excuse not to release him.
The caveat to today’s win is that all the U.S. has to do is promise not to sentence him to death, and promise Julian has first amendment rights; and the courts will allow the travesty; no appeal granted.
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So it is what we call a pyrrhic victory. In other words, a false victory.
It is a sign that the U.S. knows it cannot win the case; and so is determined to use the process itself to punish Assange for as long as is possible.
As long as the process drags on, they neither have to fight him in court and lose; nor let him speak.
This is the real danger for Julian. An endless cycle of legal negotiating meant to kill him slowly over time while he languishes in the harshest UK prison in existence without charge.
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