The Belmarsh Tribunal
Jan 20 2023
Jan 20, 2023 at 2:00pm
Ballroom
Meeting
This event is not sponsored or endorsed by The National Press Club. Inquiries should be directed to the contact above.
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