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You mean Britain's current justice system - judging by how many years Julian Assange has been held in prison without charges. Once you get past the propaganda,
by atlantic 3y ago
You mean Britain's current justice system - judging by how many years Julian Assange has been held in prison without charges. Once you get past the propaganda, our Western justice is really nothing to gloat about.
- midasuni 3y agoAssange was charged, tried, convicted and imprisoned in 2019. He was freed from that after serving his sentence. He since been held awaiting extradition after being charged in the US with a ton of crimes Since then various of appeals have been progressing to extradite him or not, and quite rightly as someone convicted of fleeing bail He not eligible for bail.
- atlantic 3y agoHe was convicted of jumping bail. But not of any actual crime. As regards the US, be specific: he's being punished for tarnishing its image by revealing extrajudicial murder on a massive scale.
- midasuni 3y agoJumping bail is a crime, a crime he rightly paid for, and I wouldn’t expect someone who jumped bail to be granted bail. I’m no fan of the one sided extradition treaty the U.K. and US has, however the US has raised plenty of charges including conspiracy to hack, actually hacking, and the espionage one.
- atlantic 3y agoJumping bail was perfectly justified under the circumstances, since he was at risk of extradition (or extraordinary rendition) to the US, where his chances of a fair trial are nil. As for the alleged offenses, they were not committed on US soil, so they are outside the jurisdiction of American courts.
- gexla 3y agoI'm not familiar with the case, but isn't he essentially fighting to stay in UK prison rather than being moved to the US? Sure, he's also fighting to get out of UK prison, but the main fight is, not getting extradited. This boils down to a preference of where to be imprisoned?
- MagicMoonlight 3y agoI mean he has been charged, that’s why they’re trying to extradite him
- atlantic 3y agoSo if some random foreign country tries to extradite you, you stay in prison for the duration of the extradition process, even if it takes a decade?
- Paradigma11 3y agoAssange is using his rights to fight against a speedy trial. Do you want to strip him of those rights?
- atlantic 3y agoHe shouldn't be going to trial in the first place. Journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for exposing government malfeasance. And as the alleged crime was not committed on US soil, the charge of espionage in nonsensical, as the US has no jurisdiction. The intention is to make an example of Assange, not to give him justice, hence the prolonged detention in Belmarsh.
- Paradigma11 3y agoThe alleged crime was commited on US soil (or was she overseas?) by Manning and Assange is accused of helping facilitating it. Assange has shown himself to be an extraordinary flight risk and is fighting his extradition, hence his prolonged detention in Belmarsh.