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The phrase "Stalinist trial" normally refers to either a staged trial [1] or to a trial-by-three without due process [2]. Which of these applies to Julian Assan
by Mikhail_Edoshin 6y ago
The phrase "Stalinist trial" normally refers to either a staged trial [1] or to a trial-by-three without due process [2]. Which of these applies to Julian Assange?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Trials
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_troika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_troika
- belorn 6y ago"the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt, and/or innocence, of the defendant. The actual trial has as its only goal the presentation of both the accusation and the verdict to the public so they will serve as both an impressive example and a warning to other would-be dissidents or transgressors"
- Mikhail_Edoshin 6y agoThe article has no such quote. And if it did, it would still have to back it up, didn't it? So far it looks like a bunch of overstatements without any real substance. E.g. "The extradition hearing in London this week is the final act of an Anglo-American campaign to bury Julian Assange." How can a mere extradition hearing be the final act?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThis is a transcript of a public address. The time the speaker had was likely limited, and the target were people already aware of the details.