Watch Amy Goodman and The Intercept’s Ryan Grim co-chair the Belmarsh Tribunal on the case against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
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 the assault on press freedom and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The tribunal was organized by Progressive International and the Wau Holland Foundation.
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Ewen MacAskill, journalist and intelligence correspondent (formerly The Guardian)
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John Kiriakou, former intelligence officer for the CIA
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Sevim Dağdelen, member of the German Bundestag
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Lina Attalah, co-founder and chief editor of Mada Masr
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Abby Martin, journalist and host of The Empire Files
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Michael Sontheimer, journalist and historian (formerly Der Spiegel)
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Mark Feldstein, veteran investigative reporter and journalism historian at the University of Maryland
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Maja Sever, president of European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
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Ben Wizner, lawyer and civil liberties advocate with the ACLU
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Marjorie Cohn, professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and former president of the National Lawyers Guild
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Trevor Timm, journalist and co-founder of Freedom of the Press Foundation
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Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author
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Rebecca Vincent, director of campaigns, Reporters Without Borders>>
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