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Sat, Jan 21, 2023 2:00 PM

BELMARSH TRIBUNAL FOR JULIAN ASSANGE

The Belmarsh Tribunal— organized by the Progressive International in partnership with the Wau Holland Foundation — was held at the National Press Club, where Julian Assange first premiered Collateral Murder, the leaked video documenting war crimes committed by the United States Army in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, Iraq.

The Tribunal is co-chaired by journalist Amy Goodman and philosopher Sre?ko Horvat.

Members of the Tribunal include: Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, human rights attorney Steven Donziger, former CIA official Jeffery Sterling, parliamentarian Jeremy Corbyn, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, journalist Stefania Maurizi, professor Noam Chomsky, Stella Assange, and many others.

Partners of the Tribunal include: Democracy Now, Defending Rights & Dissent, Courage Foundation, DiEM25, The Intercept, The Nation, and PEN International.

Co-chair Sre?ko Horvat said: "The First Amendment, Freedom of the press, and the life of Julian Assange are at stake. That's why the Belmarsh Tribunal is landing literally just two blocks away from the White House next January. As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe. Our tribunal is gathering courageous voices of dissent to demand justice for those crimes and to demand President Biden to drop the charges against Assange immediately.”