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Two supporters wear masks and hold signs during a protest against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court in London
“WE ARE in an Alice in Wonderland world,” Julian Assange’s legal team said today, if a treaty that gives rise to his extradition cannot be used to defend him.
Appearing for the Wikileaks founder at his extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court, Edward Fitzgerald QC was responding to a sustained argument that the terms of the treaty were irrelevant to the case.
The US/UK Extradition Treaty of 2003 is a short and apparently straightforward document.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
Legal frameworks designed to safeguard women are too often weaponised against them, reinforcing male power and entrenching injustice. The FiLiA Ending MVAWG Team highlight some of the issues
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As advertising drains away, newsrooms shrink and local papers disappear, MIKE WAYNE argues that the market model for news is broken – and that public-interest alternatives, rooted in democratic accountability, are more necessary than ever
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury