In the United States and 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 publishers and to seek justice for the crimes they expose.
The First Amendment — and the life of Julian Assange — are at stake. Join us in person or online.
Amy Goodman
Democracy Now
Srećko Horvat
Philosopher, Co-Founder of DiEM25
Stella Assange
Partner of Julian Assange and member of his defense team
Daniel Ellsberg
Whistleblower, Pentagon Papers
Noam Chomsky
Linguist and Activist
Jeremy Corbyn
Member of UK Parliament and
Founder of the Peace and Justice Project
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 Radack
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
The Nation
Selay Ghaffar
Spokesperson, Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
Betty Medsger
Investigative Reporter
Suchitra Vijayan
Executive Director, The Polis Project
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