of course, his prison sentence lasts so long, he has been sitting in belmarsh maximum security prison but before that he was in the embassy. police, but they wanted to show the united states, you know, they were essentially showing their allegiance, that's how we are faced with the lawlessness that continues... his imprisonment in belmarsh is part of the game that they play, in which the united states says, well the british are holding him back, it's not us at all, he not on us soil, but the uk says, well, it's not really us, because the us is asking for extradition, and he's been there for almost 5 years, they're playing this game, they know, no one is responsible, it's just a game, which they have been playing for many years, i know the cia was plotting the murder of your husband, who at that time was not charged with anything in the united states. he continues to be prominent, he ran for president after that, and no one in the american media said anything about it, with some exceptions, but no one didn't even mention that he wanted to kill your husband. what do you think of it? wel

for the last five years julian assange has been held in belmarsh prison and we had thought he might comehis lawyers that he is too unwell to attend either here or by video link from belmarsh prison, so he is not here but you can see behind me has supporters definitely are. they have been here from early this morning and chanting and holding placards saying threejulian assange. his lawyers are inside arguing his case to the two judges that are hearing this case. my colleague is on the side and has been live blogging on the bbc news website and they started off by saying julian assange was subject to an unjustified interference of freedom of speech and that he was being prosecuted for political offences and this is one of their big arguments. they say that it is an abuse of the process to go for extradition for political offences so that is one of the big key points that they are putting to the judges over the next two days. his wife is also here and they spoke before they went into court in the case started. let's listen to what she had to say. there is no possibility of a fair trial ifju

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of course, his imprisonment lasts so long, he has been in belmarsh maximum security prison for almost, but before that he was in the ecuadorian embassy in central london, during this time, while he was in the embassy, ​​it was surrounded by british police, they spent millions and millions, i think 5 million pounds a year in... force from the british police, but they wanted to show the united states, you know , this is a show of force, of course, a demonstration in essence, they were demonstrating their loyalty, this is how we faced lawlessness that has been going on for more than 10 years, the former director of the cia, plotted the murder of your husband, who at that time was not charged no charges in the us, he continues to be prominent, he ran for president after that, and no one in the us has said anything about it, with some exceptions, but no one even mentioned that he wanted to kill your husband, what do you think about this? well, i think that... the cia is a wok organization that terrifies all politicians, at any level of government, that's right, they are professional killer

at the start of the day said he was too unwell to appear either in person or via video link from belmarsh arguing it was politically motivated and he should not be punished for doing his job as a journalist. they said he was subjected to a cia kidnapper assassination plot inside the ecuadorian embassy. you will remember he sought political asylum inside the ecuadorian embassy for about seven years before he was arrested by police in 2019 and sent to belmarsh prison. during a break in proceedings while the judges had lunch, stella, his wife, came out and addressed the crowds. at one point they were chanting stellar. we managed to grab a few words with her when they came off stage and we askedif when they came off stage and we asked if they fail in this hearing what they will do next. here's what she said. that is not a straightforward measure, it is only a small minority of cases_ measure, it is only a small minority of cases that — measure, it is only a small minority of cases that actually get a rule 39 order_ of cases that actually get a rule 39 order ttut— of cases that actually get a

, belmarsh?sh, in belmarsh? yeah. so what's difference? is what's the difference? what is so american prison so bad about an american prison compared to the situation that he's been dealing with here? that affect mental health? >> well, i think it really comes down to the optics that assange >> well, i think it really comes dowpresented, tics that assange >> well, i think it really comes dowpresented, which at assange >> well, i think it really comes dowpresented, which is assange >> well, i think it really comes dowpresented, which is ,.ssange >> well, i think it really comes dowpresented, which is , yowge has presented, which is, you know, he is this this paragon of, of, of free speech and of, of, of, of free speech and being incarcerated. obviously is potentially kerbing him. and a lot of the media have jumped behind this and said, this is going to impinge on free speech. it's not. it's about appropriation of information. which information should come into the public light which into the publi

and so you're sitting in so when you're sitting in belmarsh isolation , as belmarsh prison in isolationct he is staring down the prospect act of extradition to those conditions , as it has a serious conditions, as it has a serious toll on your mental and physical health and where are we now as a as a western culture with rule of law, with notions like habeas corpus? >> you know, the idea that you are not to be destroyed or or in any way ruined or stripped of your life and property until you've faced a jury of your peers and cruel, unusual punishments and prohibitions against those. and yet, as a civilisation, we're watching in real time, round the clock that very thing happening to one publisher. that's all he is. he's a publisher. >> he's a publisher who's won journalism awards. the world over and been nominated for the nobel peace prize for the very same publications for which the us put him in prison. us want to put him in prison. for the rest of his life. face 175 years in prison. but it's not just breakdown. it's the not just the breakdown. it's the breakdown of the rule of law. we

he is currently held in belmarsh prison.so they say that is the reason why they don�*t want him extradited to the us. indeed, his wife stella told the bbc yesterday that his both physical and mental health has deteriorated while he is in prison and she says this decision is basically a life and death one for him if he was extradited to the us he wouldn�*t survive. the us authorities say that they will treat him fairly and that there won�*t be any issues if he was extradited. it has to be said that also his lawyers say that he could face up to 175 years in jail. also his lawyers say that he could face up to 175 years injail. now thatis face up to 175 years injail. now that is a claim that the us authorities categorically deny. they say it could be four or six years but they also say if he was convicted, then he may well be allowed to serve his sentence back in australia because of course, julian assange is an australian citizen. . ~' , ., julian assange is an australian citizen. ., ~ , g, . julian assange is an australian cit

he was sent to belmarsh prison, the worst prison in england, and he has not yet appeared in any properring. this situation has been going on since 2019, so it is 5 years of suffering in a dungeon which is administered in a medieval manner. foreign minister in a joint press conference with his hungarian counterpart about the signing of two strategic roadmap documents agricultural cooperation was announced in the joint economic commission of the two countries. the value of the turkish lira against foreign currencies continued to decline and reached its lowest level in today's market. the central bank of turkey, which after the new period of the current government , had set the agenda to increase the bank interest to control the value of the national currency. in the period of several months, the previous president could not control the rate of inflation and the depreciation of the national currency, and now the new president of the central bank, who has been appointed for two weeks, is looking for a solution. we expect the people to improve the economic situation with more. probably anot

as soon as he stepped out of the embassy, ​​what he predicted happened to him. fell into belmarsh prisone worst prison in england, and still in no session. there is no proper procedure. this weight continues from 2019. so we are talking about 5 years of suffering in a dungeon that is run in a medieval way . in a joint press conference with his hungarian counterpart, the foreign minister announced the signing of two strategic documents on the road map of agricultural cooperation in the joint economic commission of the two countries. mr. amir abdullahian also he emphasized the pursuit of political solutions to stop the construction of fences in gaza. mr. amir abdullahian also said that the repetition of undocumented claims about iran's involvement in the war in ukraine has reached a boring stage. the minister of foreign affairs of hungary, peter szijarto , also considered iran's role in global security to be important and said: we must prevent the spread of tension in the region, and in the final report of tonight's program , the parity rate of the turkish lira against foreign currencies r

you're belmarsh for five years. you're not that. but you'd not happy about that.than to go there in the states. chelsea manning, who obviously provided him the material him with a lot of the material and she had her sentence commuted president obama. he commuted by president obama. he understood precedent that understood the precedent that that could have on journalism. why think that the why do you not think that the same, , treatment could be same, um, treatment could be given to your brother? >> well, we would have seen this, this prosecution this, you know, this prosecution dropped a long time ago. if that was case. um, i think was the case. um, i think chelsea manning was . her chelsea manning was. her sentence commuted in 2017. so that's not a seven years ago now . so, uh, the sort of prison conditions that he would face there are , you know, have been there are, you know, have been found to be torturous. there are, you know, have been found to be torturous . the un found to be torturous. the un special rapporteur on torture called on the united kingdom just

currently the journalist is being held in the british belmarsh maximum security prison, during which he, according to his wife, suffered a mini-stroke and in general his health continues to deteriorate. if today's appeal is unsuccessful, assange's only option to avoid extradition will be to appeal to the european court of human rights. venezuela will enter brix soon. the president of this country expressed confidence in this. nicolas maduro, he added that the colonial world is being replaced by the new world of sbrix, it already exists and is irreversible, added the venezuelan leader. the statement was made at the moment when they landed in caracos. russia became the chairman this year. cuba is showing interest not only in close cooperation with moscow, but with its partners. lavrov said that a framework document on cooperation between cuba and the eurasian economic union is being prepared right now. nikita korzuna has all the details of this visit. everything brings with it renewal, wrote the founder of the cuban revolution, xase martí, in the 19th century. his statements were recal

after this, he was immediately detained and sent to belmarsh prison.al depression. doctors also diagnosed him with autism and suicidal tendencies. in 2022, the uk home office announced that assange would be extradited to the united states. now the journalist there was one of the last chances to avoid falling into the hands of the americans. the london high court is expected to announce its verdict in early march. fought for all our freedoms and he made a huge sacrifice, now he is in prison, he faces life imprisonment and extradition to the united states. the need for his pardons cannot be delayed. those who protested outside the courthouse throughout the days during which the hearings were held are also demanding the release of asandzha. but the world media somehow didn’t pay much attention to them. who is interested? a statement by people who dared to oppose the british decision. we must challenge what is happening, our country is increasingly becoming a very repressive state, a journalist who exposes war crimes is himself being prosecuted, i think th

since 2019, mr assange has been locked up in belmarsh prison and as you said, he is not attending thiseginning of the day said he was too unwell to attend in person or by video link that his wife is here and throughout the day she has been addressing the campaigners that have been outside the court. she did that at lunchtime when she stood up on stage and they chanted her name. after she came off the stage we managed to grab a few words with her and asked what would happen if they were not successful in this appeal. here is what she had to say to us. we will try to bring his case to the european court of human rights and he will try to obtain an order to stop the actual extradition of him getting on, being put on a plane. that is not a straightforward measure. it is only a small minority of cases that actually get a rule 39 order, but in this case, there would be irreparable harm, so we are confident the european court of human rights will recognise that julian's life is at risk. we note happens to political prisoners, we will know what happened to alexei navalny last week and what wil

after this it is immediately he was detained and sent to belmarsh prison, where the journalist developedlinical depression, and doctors also diagnosed him with autism and suicidal tendencies. in 2022, the uk home office announced that assange would be extradited to the united states. now the journalist has one of the last chances to avoid falling into the hands of the americans. the london high court is expected to announce its verdict in early march. if it is in favor of asandzh, he will be able to appeal again. he is now in prison, facing life imprisonment and extradition to the united states. the need for his pardons cannot be delayed. release asandzha and those who protested outside the courthouse all the days during the hearings. but the world media somehow didn’t pay much attention to them. who is interested in the statement of people who dared to speak out against the decision of the british fimid, she is not only blind, but also tied hand and foot by the pain of washington. we must challenge what is happening, our country is increasingly becoming a very repressive state, a journa

assange has been held in london's infamous belmarsh prison since 2019 awaiting possible extradition to the u.s. prior to that, he spent seven years inside ecuador's embassy in london. he had political exiles there. australian mp andrew wilkie introduced the resolution. >> this should be the time for all of us to take a stand, to stand up and take a stand and stand with julian assange, stand with the principles of justice. stand for the principles of media freedom and the rights of journalists to do their job. this has gone on too long. it must be brought to an end. i am confident this parliament can support this, then it will send a very powerful political signal to the british government and to the u.s. government. amy: to see the two tribunals held at the national press club last year, you can go to democracynow.org. in news from california, the bay area air quality management agency says it has won a decisive victory in a years-long legal battle against two oil refineries in the east bay. in a pair of settlements, chevron and the martinez refining company have agreed to cut emission

and being in belmarsh prison belmarsh high security prison has on him and the prospect has had on him of this case and it would of this case and what it would mean him to be extradited to mean for him to be extradited to the united states. the toll that mean for him to be extradited to the having states. the toll that mean for him to be extradited to the having on|tes. the toll that mean for him to be extradited to the having on him the toll that it's having on him is a significant one. >> said in court today, then? >> so today, the court heard outside of the arguments, our arguments should arguments on why he should be given permission they given permission to appeal. they range about range from arguments about free speech fact that is speech and the fact that this is a the first time in history that a the first time in history that a being prosecuted a publisher is being prosecuted in for what is in the united states for what is journalistic we heard journalistic activity. we heard about the fact that julian shouldn't extradited because shouldn't be extradited because he's punished

if the founder of wikileaks himself will appear in courthouse or will speak via video link from belmarshembassy building. his organization wikileaks has published millions of classified documents, including on us war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. illegal wiretapping of world leaders and other activities of intelligence agencies, about which the states would prefer to remain silent. israel has banned a foreign leader from entering the country for the first time. the president brazil's luiz inacio lula da silva compared the gas bombings to hitler's crimes against the jews. the next day, the brazilian ambassador was called to the holocaust memorial in jerusalem. they announced that dasilva is now a person of nangrad in israel and will remain so until he apologizes. the brazilian leader's special representative for international affairs has already stated that no one intends to apologize. and all this against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in northern israel, on the border with lebanon. the fighters attacked two. hezbollah weapons depot next to city ​​of sidon. this happened after

journalist julian assange, who published truth inconvenient to the us and the west, presently rots in belmarshrison as he fights extradition to the us . i'm prison as he fights extradition to the us. i'm not yet prison as he fights extradition to the us . i'm not yet aware of to the us. i'm not yet aware of biden mentioning far less lamenting the death in a ukrainian prison of us citizen and writer gonzalo lira , who was and writer gonzalo lira, who was critical of the zelenskyy regime. biden's administration . regime. biden's administration. has sought determinedly to jail his and their strongest and most popular opponent, donald trump. and yet , in popular opponent, donald trump. and yet, in the popular opponent, donald trump. and yet , in the immediate and yet, in the immediate aftermath of navalny's death , aftermath of navalny's death, biden highlighted vladimir putin's attempts to stamp putin's death attempts to stamp out the opposition zelenskyy , out the opposition zelenskyy, propped up only by western cash , propped up only by western cash, has crushed his own political opponents as w

trial in belmarsh prison in london since 2019 for telling the truth.published confidential details about , among published confidential details about, among much else, published confidential details about , among much else, the about, among much else, the identities of detainees in the dungeons of guantanamo bay, filled overflowing after the filled to overflowing after the invasion of afghanistan , about invasion of afghanistan, about the iraq war, about the relations between the united states government and president assad of syria. millions upon millions of documents , this millions of documents, this deeply embarrassing and incriminating to those implicated in their contents . implicated in their contents. the us government wants to take juuan the us government wants to take julian assange to the us and put him on trial, or at least to bury him forever out of sight and out of mind in their legal system, in olden days, castles and jails had oubliette bottle shaped dungeons, access only via a trap door above . oubliette is a trap door above. oubliette

which usually put in belmarsh which is usually a we reserve for a prison.s and you know, serial killers. yes. the high court wants, um, essentially allowed him to delay extradition, but that was purely on the grounds of his ill health. uh, no. court in the uk , including the supreme in the uk, including the supreme court, actually has ever recognised his defence, his right to free speech or the importance of press freedom. so i'm actually very pessimistic about where this is going. >> very interesting. we're going to keep some tabs on this one. fraser myers, thanks so much for joining us. and still to come on free speech nation tonight , a free speech nation tonight, a transgender cyclist threatens to take legal action against british cycling and we're going to be discussing this week's chaotic scenes in the house of commons. uh, but next, me and my brilliant panel will get more questions from this lovely studio audience. don't go anywhere >> you're listening to gb news radio . welcome back radio. welcome back to free speech nation. >> later in the show i'l

before that. in belmarsh since 2019 with no trial. before that. it, from the likes of david cameron . david cameron. >> look, i don't have a strong point on julian assange. there are other things that i would take issue with him over and over and above wikileaks, which i think has played an important role in in putting sunlight into certain areas and at other times has played a considerably less salubrious role . um, so i think salubrious role. um, so i think that there are questions to be asked about julian assange himself and wikileaks as a whole, as an organisation where it's done right and wrong. but i think in terms of, um, what changes in american foreign policy might have if you when we're talking about investing in defence, when we're talking about investing money in ukraine, when we know that that war in ukraine has cost us, not the money that we're putting in in just in sending, um , support in just in sending, um, support to the ukrainians , it's more to the ukrainians, it's more because of the way that the russian aggression there has

having legal battles for over a decade now, and for the last couple of years he's been staying at belmarshin south—east london. >> but as of yesterday, it was the first of two days. today is the first of two days. today is the last day of the hearing , the last day of the hearing, essentially, to try and get permission to take his appeal further , either here at the high court. >> now, his lawyers have been here, as well as those representing the us. and the last two days, and they are still continue this afternoon . still continue this afternoon. >> now, of course, julian assange, he is the founder of wikileaks, which started in 2006, essentially a platform for people to come forward with classified information without much editorial comment from him and his colleagues. >> but it rose to prominence in 2010 when they released the video of a us. military helicopter which showed civilians being killed in iraq. >> they also went on to release more than 90,000 classified u.s. more than 90,000 classified us. military documents on the war in afghanistan, and around 400,000 did secure us files on