Here it is. It provides a first opportunity for me to use Document Cloud: you should be able to see one or two of the comments I’ve added to the text, as you read District Judge Riddle’s findings […]

District Judge Riddle has just ordered Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden, according to reporters’ tweets from court, and Sky News. I’ve not yet had sight of the ruling itself yet of course.

So where does he go from here? To be […]

Earlier I showed you the draft skeleton argument the defence had prepared in January in advance of the extradition hearing today. Now the defence has made available its final skeleton argument (thanks, BBC). Here it is:

So Mark Stephens has told me in a tweet within the last half hour. Here’s his response

yes. They had a long discussion about it.

to my follow-up inquiry

One more point, Mark: did JA object to the governor’s segregation decision?

Earlier […]

Sunny Hundal has published an important piece at Liberal Conspiracy today – one that Benjamin Gray has contributed to, as have I, a bit – arising from Ben Goldacre’s frustration that the mainstream media didn’t seem to […]

Julian Assange’s lawyer Mark Stephens made the denial in a tweet to me this morning:

he didn’t Carl. Have confirmed to anyone who asked. It was the Governors decision, sd to be for safety.

For a few days now I’ve been […]

As I write, Julian Assange may still be in custody, while the necessary processing work is done by the people who’ve stood surety for him, according to media reports. You’ll see that under section 8(4) and (5) […]

One of the bail conditions Julian Assange will be subject to it electronic monitoring – to make sure he’s actually at the Suffolk premises he’s supposed to be at during the periods of his curfew. If you want to know […]

The CPS has phoned me to confirm it took the decision to appeal bail yesterday in Julian Assange’s case – without consulting the Swedish prosecutor. The CPS spokesman stressed to me that this is usual practice in extradition cases. The […]

Our own CPS is the answer, I think.

Here’s a report from a Swedish media source quoting Karin Rosander, spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecuting authority, as saying the decision to appeal was the CPS’s alone, not theirs. It quotes her […]