Wikileaks: Julian's Swedish Case Has Been Moved To The "Terrorism" Court At Belmarsh Jan 11

[Hissyspit]

From WikiLeaks Twitter Feed:

wikileaks: Julian's Swedish case has been moved to the "terrorism" court at Belmarsh Jan 11 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3714864.stm

This BBC article from 2004 details how Belmarsh has a history of having been used as Britain's "Gitmo:"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3714864.stm

[villager]

1. And *what* are the circumstances for releasing the key to the "insurance file" again?

n/t

[Canuckistanian]

12. I'm guessing if he EVER gets handed over to American authorities

Because then it's game over.

[glinda]

21. Or even held there indefinitely. How awful Something must be done.

[tekisui]

2. Terrorist sex by surprise?

[Luminous Animal]

3. Holy hell. The global government is moving in. I'm going to die in a prison.

[phasma ex machina]

10. Too paranoid to comment. nt

[Luminous Animal]

4. FYI, (in case people have forgot)... THERE ARE NO CHARGES LEVIED. ZERO, NONE, NADA.

[glinda]

22. Yea so? do you think they care when they have a facility like this? No trials? No contact?

[EFerrari]

5. You'd think the court would have to justify the change of venue. n/t

[msanthrope]

16. Not to a venue that doesn't exist.

There's no 'court' in Belmarsh prison. (well, there's a magistrate.) There is a court near Belmarsh, called Woolwich, which does high-profile cases that require security.

[EFerrari]

17. Thanks for kicking the thread.

It looks like this isn't a change a venue. There's an extradition hearing scheduled there that day which was out in the press a few weeks ago.

"It's undersood that an extradition hearing of Assange's case will take place at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court on 11 January."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/24/peter_sunde_julian_assange/

[Matilda]

6. I did some other reading on Belmarsh Prison as well,

and it's maximum security, 23-hour lockdown, for high-risk offenders only.

And this for a guy who had sex without a condom - maybe.

The world is becoming even scarier.

[struggle4progress]

7. The high security court is not Belmarsh Magistrate's Court but Woolwich Crown Court

[msanthrope]

15. Well 'Belmarsh' sounds better and fuels more hysteria than actual facts. n/t

[TorchTheWitch]

8. This is about a prison, not Assange's Swedish case

What ridiculous grasping at straws.

There is no Belmarsh court nor is it a "terrorism" court nor is Assange going to a British court as a terrorism suspect.

[msanthrope]

13. Don't bring facts into a perfectly good paranoid rant...n/t

[pnwmom]

9. The link doesn't mention either Wikileaks or Assange.

So why are you trying to whip up hysteria here?

[Hissyspit]

11. What hysteria?

And there are no claims anywhere that the link mentions Wikileaks or Assange.

There are perfectly good reasons to be skeptical of governments and their justice systems. At any rate, I merely passed on to everyone here what WikiLeaks has communicated through its Twitter Feed. Everyone can do research and draw their own conclusions.

[TorchTheWitch]

18. the "research" you provided is about Belmarsh prison

Having nothing to do with Wikileaks, Assange or the Swedish case. And you believe that tacking on this "research" isn't an attempt to whip up hysteria? I notice nowhere in your OP does it say anything about the fact that there is no Belmarsh court, there is no "terrorism" court at all nor is Britain accusing Assange of terrorism which would certainly be worthwhile research concerning the lying twitter feed. So, just how is that this was an attempt to allow people to draw their own conclusions? If that was the case you would have just pointed to the twitter feed and that's it. Instead you added "research" that attempted to perpetuate the lying twitter feed and omitted that research that shows it for the lie it is.

It's a GIVEN that any links provided pertain to the issue of the OP, so why are you claiming that it isn't your fault that the "research" link you provided has NOTHING to do with Wikileaks or Assange???

[msanthrope]

14. Why would the links match the subject matter of the OP?

I think you expect too much from the typical DU/Assange thread....

[mmonk]

19. The OP is posting what WikiLeaks Twitter put out.

[leveymg]

20. If still within the edit period, you really should change that headline.

The security court is in Woolwich. Are you suggesting that Assange would be imprisoned at Belmarsh during trial or if convicted?