UK: Obstacles To Access For Julian Assange Hearings Undermine Open Justice

Amnesty International is deeply frustrated by the significant hurdles that its staff and other observers have faced in their attempts to monitor the hearings in UK courts in the case of Julian Assange v USA. Amnesty International has called on the US government to drop all charges against Julian Assange for his publishing activities and on the UK authorities not to send Assange to the USA or any country where he would be at risk of serious human rights violations. The Assange campaign at Amnesty International involves a range of activities including research, legal analysis, advocacy, and consistent and impartial monitoring of the UK extradition hearings by expert staff and independent international trial monitors to observe and document the proceedings.