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Assange 'too ill' to attend court hearing via video link
RTÉ News ^ | Monday, 1 Jun 2020 11:30

Posted on 06/01/2020 9:35:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was said to be too ill to attend the latest court hearing in his extradition case. […]

A brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning was barely audible over a telephone link available for journalists to listen in to proceedings.

A spokeswoman from Bridges for Media Freedom, a press freedom organization which has been monitoring the hearings, said Assange’s barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC, told the court his client did not appear by video link because he was unwell.

The court has previously heard Assange has been given medical advice that using the prison facility could raise the risk of coronavirus infection. …

(Excerpt) Read more at rte.ie ...


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KEYWORDS: assange; julianassange; obamalegacy; wikileaks

1 posted on 06/01/2020 9:35:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

If one of the government no-goodniks can get time off with pay for PTSD related to investigation into his corruption then no doubt Assange is too ill to appear.


2 posted on 06/01/2020 9:36:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Olog-hai

A tragedy what’s been done to this hero by the left.


3 posted on 06/01/2020 9:36:43 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

*** A tragedy what’s been done to this hero by the left. ***

Did you forget the /S tag?
There is no difference in right or left wishing for the death of Assange.

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/


4 posted on 06/01/2020 10:16:51 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: sockmonkey

No I did not. Yes there are those on the right of weak mind swayed by the leftist propaganda. That aside it’s the left’s attempt yet again to hide their crimes.


5 posted on 06/01/2020 11:08:05 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

April, 2017 Arresting Julian Assange is a priority, says US attorney general Jeff Sessions

Apr 11, 2019 · Pompeo and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions unleashed an aggressive campaign against Mr. Assange, reversing an Obama-era view of WikiLeaks as a journalistic entity.

Maybe there is no difference between the right and the left. Same goals, different tactics.


6 posted on 06/01/2020 11:17:15 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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Assange is 49 years old in July...?

what is his known illness?

7 posted on 06/01/2020 2:47:37 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: sockmonkey

Yup.


8 posted on 06/01/2020 2:57:39 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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