Lawyers there is incidentally case law which says that the physical layout of the courtroom can have bearing on whether a trial is fair or not so for our all or his protests about that have been disregarded but beyond this i am becoming worried by the trend of some of the legal arguments in the very interesting lee the prosecution seems to have accepted i should say the crown seems have accepted that the things that he has been charged with are political offenses but the argument now seems to be that that isnt relevant at all in extraditing him because the u. K. Extradition act of 2003 doesnt say that people cant be extradited on police for political offenses even though there has always been well understood. Even though the extradition treaty with the United States. Precluded and that does worry me that worries me a great do well it should worry us all because Julian Assange has a journalist ok i mean the way hes being treated me go to jail or here also in london the way hes being tre
Extradition act of 2003 doesnt say that people cant be extradited on police for political offenses even though there has always been well understood well how even though the extradition treaty with the United States seems appropriate and that does worry me that worries me a great deal well it should worry us all because Julian Assange is a journalist ok i mean the way hes being treated me go to jail or here also in london the way hes being treated here is if he said terrorists i mean the the layout is theres alexander macarius just told us i mean this is treating him as if hes a danger to society in themselves there is no evidence in his past to to prove that they have this justified whatsoever he is being treated like a terrorist because hes a political prisoner and theres no 2 ways about it go ahead taylor. Yes youre exactly right peter in fact we know that Julian Assange has been in london belmarsh prison which is often referred to as the u. K. s Guantanamo Bay and we also learned e
Not too far behind at 48000 now taking a closer look at the numbers here in this nation some 580 americans have now died due to complications with the virus so in an effort to fight the rising numbers of cases here in this country the u. S. National guard has been activated in new york california and Washington State almost half of all the u. S. Cases are all in new york alone and here in the Nations Capital republicans and democrats are still clashing over the senate bill on the coronavirus rescue bill brauns out is joining us hes been following the the clash coming out of capitol hill so where does it look like theres any chance that the senates going to vote on this anytime soon unfortunately manila actually doesnt look that way there is some growing optimism though from the key negotiators of this deal as this relief bill is now going into phase 3 after the bill failed to pass sunday night and then again monday night before treasury secretary Stephen Minucci and Senate Minority lea
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To do. Just. One thing with your house on them. Hello in a welcome across talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle in london Julian Assange and youre standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher saunters libya even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldnt know that for. The Mainstream Media. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of Consortium News dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and cofounder of action for a stone age and were joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or across the cause and effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to the the legal part of this story here will go to our examine me curious alex i mean the Mainstream Media when it does report the tr