The gaunt, other-worldly figure of Julian Assange will loom from behind a perspex screen at the start of a four-week Old Bailey hearing tomorrow that is likely to determine his fate. It’s me that’s being deprived.’Even those with a passing knowledge of the Assange case have a view. Julian Assange (left) is pictured with his son Gabriel (right). This is a political act by the Trump government and Julian is accused of a political offence, which is outside the terms of the UK-US extradition treaty. Last night, Assange’s father, John Shipton, said: ‘The UK judiciary’s authority has been usurped by the US Justice Department.’

Source: Daily Mail September 05, 2020 21:01 UTC