The Belmarsh Tribunal

Jan 20 2023

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Jan 20, 2023 at 2:00pm

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Around the world, state actors are cracking down on journalists, sources, and publishers in a globally coordinated campaign to disrupt the public’s access to information and shut off their sources of dissent.

 

A landmark case in this campaign is that of Julian Assange, the publisher who founded WikiLeaks, exposed crimes by the United States government, and now faces 175 years in prison if extradited from the Belmarsh Prison where he is currently held in the United Kingdom.

 

Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the Vietnam War, the Belmarsh Tribunal brings together a range of expert witnesses — from constitutional lawyers, to acclaimed journalists and human rights defenders — to present evidence of this attack on the freedom of the press and to seek justice for the crimes they expose.

 

Join us on 20 January at 2:00pm at the National Press Club. Register to attend here: https://act.progressive.international/belmarsh-tribunal-dc/

 

Chairs of the Tribunal:

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now

Srećko Horvat Philosopher, Co-Founder of DiEM25

 

Members of the Tribunal:

Jeremy Corbyn Member of UK Parliament and Founder of the Peace and Justice Project

Stella Assange, Partner of Julian Assange and member of his defense team

Daniel Ellsberg, Whistleblower, Pentagon Papers

Noam Chomsky, Linguist and Activist

Chip Gibbons, Policy Director, Defending Rights and Dissent

Kevin Gosztola, Managing Editor of Shadowproof

Margaret Kunstler, Civil Rights Attorney

Stefania Maurizi, Investigative Journalist, Il Fatto Quotidiano

Jesselyn Raddack, National Security and Human Rights Attorney

Ben Wizner, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Lead attorney of Edward Snowden

Renata Ávila, Human Rights Lawyer, Technology and Society Expert

Jeffrey Sterling, Lawyer and former CIA employee

Steven Donziger, Human Rights Attorney

Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editorial Director and Publisher of The Nation

Betty Medsger, Investigative Reporter