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CONCERT IN SUPPORT OF JULIAN ASSANGE
July 3, 2023 – at 7:30 p.m.
AT LA MAROQUINERIE

– 23, RUE BOYER 75020 PARIS

Métro Ménilmontant (line 2) or Gambetta (line 3)
Single price: 20€
Info & reservations: www.lamaroquinerie.fr and usual points of sale

Arthur H, Amazigh Kateb and Serge Utgé-Royo will take the stage at La Maroquinerie on Monday July 3 for a concert in support of Julian Assange. Founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange is the most awarded journalist of the 21st century and the symbol of the free press.

In 2010, thanks to documents sent by whistleblower Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks notably revealed the war crimes perpetrated by the United States and its allies during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since then, Julian Assange has been the target of uninterrupted persecution. Detained in the high security prison of Belmarsh, in London, he is under threat of extradition to the United States, where he faces 175 years in prison.

The British government and justice remain deaf to the support given to it by a large number of remarkable personalities, including the former UN special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer (author of the book The Assange Case: A History of Persecution politics, Éditions Critiques, 2022), Nobel Peace Prize-winning lawyer Shirin Ebadi, linguist Noam Chomsky, former president of Doctors Without Borders Rony Brauman, magistrate Eva Joly, mathematician Cédric Villani, philosopher Edgar Morin, artist Ai Weiwei…

Many human rights and press freedom organizations have also called for the charges against Julian Assange to be dropped: Amnesty International, the League for Human Rights (LDH), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , Reporters Without Borders… “The Paris Appeal for Julian Assange” demands the immediate release of the Australian journalist and the granting of political asylum in France. It has been signed by 50 organizations and media.

The situation is urgent: on June 6, the appeal against his extradition judgment was rejected by the British High Court. Julian Assange is threatened at short notice.

 https://www.les-crises.fr/concert-de-soutien-a-julian-assange-3-juillet-la-maroquinerie-paris-20e/

starmer's role.....

 

By Matt Kennard 
Declassified UK

  • Among his trips, Starmer, then head of Crown Prosecution Service, led five-person British delegation that met with Eric Holder for 45 minutes in Washington in November 2011
  • Delegation included the U.K. liaison prosecutor to the U.S., who dealt with extradition
  • Meeting was also attended by head of U.S. Department of Justice’s national security division
  • CPS refuses to clarify to Declassified UK if destruction of the Washington documents is routine procedure

 

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), England and Wales’ public prosecutor, has deleted all records of its former head Keir Starmer’s trips to the U.S., it can be revealed. 

Starmer served as director of public prosecutions (DPP) from 2008-13, a period when the body was overseeing Julian Assange’s proposed extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sexual assault allegations. 

Starmer, who became an MP in 2015, is now leader of the Labour Party. Assange, meanwhile, faces imminent extradition to the U.S. to face up to 175 years in prison under charges mostly related to the U.S. Espionage Act.

While DPP, Starmer made trips to Washington in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 at a cost to the British taxpayer of £21,603. It was his most frequent foreign destination while in post. Max Hill, the current DPP, has made just one trip to Washington during his five-year tenure.

During Starmer’s time in post, the CPS was marred by irregularities surrounding the case of the WikiLeaks founder.

The organisation has admitted to destroying key emails related to the Assange case, mostly covering the period when Starmer was in charge, while the CPS lawyer overseeing the case advised the Swedes in 2010 or 2011 not to visit London to interview Assange.

An interview at that time could have prevented the long-running embassy standoff. 

Assange and WikiLeaks began publishing classified U.S. diplomatic cables — in alliance with some of the world’s largest newspapers — in November 2010. In the same month, Sweden issued an international arrest warrant for Assange over allegations of sexual misconduct, leading to a protracted legal battle, in which the CPS was heavily involved. 

Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi has been waging a years-long legal fight to access documents related to the CPS and Assange case. However, the role of its then head, Starmer, in the episode has always remained unclear. 

 

https://consortiumnews.com/2023/06/29/records-destroyed-of-starmer-trips-to-dc-during-assange-case/

 

 

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