Assange Hearings

Here are Consortium News‘ daily updates on the Julian Assange hearing from Old Bailey in London. CN has remote video access to follow every moment of the dramatic events.

Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria’s live daily video reports when court is in session can be viewed here. Follow our live Tweeting of the hearing here.

EDITORIAL: A Trial Begins in London

An Historic Setting for Assange’s Case

WATCH: CN Live! —‘The Media Trial of the Century’

DAY ONE OF ASSANGE HEARING: Dramatic Opening Day; First Witness Testifies After Judge Denies Adjournment to January

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 1

DAY TWO OF ASSANGE HEARING: US Tries to Narrow its Espionage Charge to Only Naming Informants; Defense Witness Crumbles Under Cross Examination

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 2

DAY THREE ASSANGE HEARING—Defense Witness Dismantles Key Elements of Government Case

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 3

ASSANGE HEARING DAY FOUR: Hearing Adjourned to Monday While Lawyer Who Was in Court is Tested for Covid-19

CN Live! Video Report on Adjournment of Hearing Until Monday Over Coronavirus Scare

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Lawyer’s Covid-19 Test is Negative; Trial Resumes on Monday Morning

WATCH: CN Live! New Episode: ‘Drama in the Court’ with Defense Witness Trevor Timm (and Kim Dotcom)

ASSANGE HEARING DAY FIVE—Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings 

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 5

ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIX—Prosecutor Says Government Can Prosecute Journalist for Publishing

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 6

ASSANGE HEARING DAY SEVEN— Ellsberg and Goetz Refute Informants Were Harmed and That Assange Was First to Release Their Names

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 7

ASSANGE HEARING DAY EIGHT— Espionage Act Put in the Dock 

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 8

ASSANGE HEARING DAY NINE—US Again Insists Journalists are Not Precluded From Prosecution Under the Espionage Act

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 9

ASSANGE HEARING DAY TEN—Fairbanks Testifies Trump Ordered Assange Arrest; US Concedes WikiLeaks Not First to Publish Cables; But Says it Had Widest Reach

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 10

ASSANGE HEARING DAY ELEVEN—US Tries to Undermine Doctor’s Testimony About Assange’s ‘High Risk of Suicide,’ Alleging That Assange is Faking Illness

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 11

ASSANGE HEARING DAY TWELVE—Lewis Challenges Diagnosis of Assange’s Autism as Suicide Risk

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 12

FINAL REPORT: ASSANGE HEARING DAY THIRTEEN–Prosecution Witness Tries to Play Judge; Leaves Out Reason Why Assange Was Sent to Belmarsh Medical Ward

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 13

FINAL REPORT: ASSANGE HEARING DAY FOURTEEN—Baraitser Grants Defense 4 Weeks to Prepare for Final Argument, Citing US Election

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 14

FINAL REPORT: ASSANGE HEARING DAY FIFTEEN—Alexandria Jail and SAMs Isolation Conditions Described in Detail; Gov’t Tries to Paint Rosy Picture of US Prisons

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 15

FINAL REPORT: ASSANGE HEARING DAY SIXTEEN–Anonymous Witnesses to Detail Alleged CIA Plot to Kill Assange

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 16: Alleged CIA Plot to Kill Assange

FINAL REPORT: ASSANGE HEARING DAY SEVENTEEN—US Intel Spying on Assange Detailed in Court, Including Plans to Kidnap or Poison Him

WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing–Day 17: Defense Testimony on US Intel Plot to Kill Assange

WATCH: Julian Assange — What’s the Appeal?

Chief Justice of England & Wales, Who Blocked Lauri Love Extradition, Joins Bench for Assange Hearing

WATCH: Assange’s Future Foreseen 10 Years Ago

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange: Malingerer or Martyr?’

DAY ONE: US Lays Out Appeal Against Assange Judgement

DAY ONE: Assange Lawyer in Fiery Rebuttal at Day’s Conclusion

WATCH: CN Video Report Assange Hearing Day One

DAY TWO: Assange Lawyer Presses Parallels With Love Case

DAY TWO — ‘CIA Tried to Kill Assange;’ US: ‘He’s Only Moderately Depressed & Won’t Go to Isolation’

WATCH: CN Live! New Episode—‘Judgement Day’

WATCH: CN Live!—‘Freedom Denied’ with Roger Waters and John Pilger

ASSANGE DENIED BAIL DESPITE BEING ‘DISCHARGED’

WATCH: ‘The Trial of Julian Assange: Implications for Press Freedom’

US Files Appeal in Assange Case