Archive of posts with category 'Documents'

Legal submissions on US assurances

Below you’ll find submissions from Julian Assange’s legal team on the sufficiency of assurances submitted by the US Government - as well as the US Government response - for the...

Julian Assange skeleton arguments February 2024

Julian Assange skeleton arguments for the appeal renewal hearing (Day X) are available at the following links:

Assange Certification Application and Ruling

The pronouncent granting certification for a Supreme Court appeal is available below, along with the defence application and an explanatory note from Julian Assange’s solicitors Birnberg Peirce:

Assange Extradition Appeal Ruling

The judgment and summary in the extradition apeal hearing of Julian Assange are available at the below links:

Respondent (Assange) skeleton arguments October 2021

Respondent (Assange) skeleton arguments for the Assange extradition appeal hearing are available at the following link:

Appellant (CPS) skeleton arguments October 2021

Appellant (CPS) skeleton arguments for the Assange extradition appeal hearing are available at the following link:

Defence Response to Appeal Arguments

The Defence response to the Appeal arguments of the United States can be read at the following link:

Assange Extradition Hearing Ruling

The judgement in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange is available at the below link:

Witness Statement: Yancey Ellis

Yancey Ellis is a Washington DC-based defence attorney admitted to the Eastern District of Virginia, where he worked in the Public Defender’s Office for several years. This evidence focuses on...

Witness Statement: Dean Yates

Dean Yates is a former Reuters journalist who was the organisation’s Baghdad Bureau Chief in 2007 and 2008. It was not until 2010 when WikiLeaks published the Collateral Murder video...

Witness Statement: Carey Shenkman

Carey Shenkman is a New York based freedom of speech and civil rights attorney. His evidence provides a history of the legislation under which Assange has been charged, namely the...

Witness Statement: Khaled El-Masri

Khaled El-Masri is a German and Lebanese citizen who was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police in 2003, and handed over to the CIA. In 2012 the European Court of...

Witness Statement: Trevor Timm

Trevor Timm is the Executive Director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. His evidence lays out the differing approaches to leaks from the Obama and Trump Administrations.

Witness Statement: Paul Rogers

Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. His evidence will speak to the politically motivated nature of the case.

Witness Statement: Clive Stafford Smith

Clive Stafford Smith, JD, OBE, is a British attorney who specialises in the areas of civil rights and working against the death penalty in the United States of America. He...

Witness Statement: Mark Feldstein

Mark Feldstein is a Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Maryland. He has twenty years’ experience as an investigative journalist.

Assange Prosecution Argument September 2020

The prosecution skeleton argument for the Assange extradition hearing is available at the following link:

Assange Defence Arguments September 2020

Defence skeleton arguments for the Assange extradition hearing are available (in two parts) at the following links:

Defence opening remarks for renewed application to adjourn

Below you’ll find the defence opening remarks for renewed adjourment application in the Julian Assange extradition case delivered during the case management hearing on April 27, 2020 at Westminster Magistrates...

Renewed Application to Adjourn Hearing Fixed for 18 May 2020

Below you’ll find the renewed hearing adjourment application in the Julian Assange extradition case considered during the case management hearing on April 27, 2020 at Westminster Magistrates Court.

Complete US Skeleton Argument

Below you’ll find the complete US skeleton argument, presented by James Lewis QC at Woolwich Crown Court on February 24, 2020.

Defence Skeleton Argument on Political Offence Protection

Below you’ll find the defence skeleton argument and defence reply on political offence protection, presented by Edward Fitzgerald QC at Woolwich Crown Court on February 26, 2020.

Defence Opening Summary

Below you’ll find the opening summary of defence case, presented by Edward Fitzgerald QC at Woolwich Crown Court on February 24, 2020.

US Opening Note and Skeleton Argument on Political Offence

Below you’ll find the US opening note and skeleton argument, presented by James Lewis QC at Woolwich Crown Court on February 24, 2020.