Register for the Belmarsh Tribunal: Free Julian Assange

For exposing the criminality of the War on Terror, the US and its allies have persecuted, imprisoned, and plotted to assassinate Julian Assange. Belmarsh Tribunal turns the tables in the extradition hearing against Julian Assange, a case that will shape the future of journalism for decades to come.

Organized by The Progressive International the tribunal will hold its first physical proceedings in London at the Convocation Hall, Church House, Westminster.

WHEN: 3pm BST, 22 October

Srećko Horvat, cabinet member of the Progressive International and one of the founders of the Belmarsh Tribunal, said:

"After the revelations about the murderous CIA plans to kill a publisher and journalist on British soil, not only the current US government but also the UK government must be held responsible for still keeping Assange in prison. The Biden administration should drop the charges against Assange and the UK government should free him immediately and end the suffering and torture of a courageous man who has committed no crime. In a society in which telling the truth becomes a crime, we are all accomplices of crime as long as Assange is in prison."

The High Court will hear the appeal on October 27-28 in London, which will decide Julian Assange's immediate fate. He remains imprisoned in maximum security Belmarsh prison for two and a half years, despite winning his extradition battle in the UK’s District Court last January. For now all eyes must be focused on the appeal at the High Court at the end of October. Public pressure is the only thing that can end the deliberate, punitive incarceration of Assange. This is, when all is said and done, the most important press freedom case of the 21st century.

Join the demonstration: Saturday 23 October, 1pm, assemble at BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place for a march to the High Court.