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#AssangeCase: We'll be live-tweeting the district court ruling in Julian Assange's extradition hearing today. Our report will be posted here:

 Here's an overview of the major arguments at issue and what expert witnesses had to say about them: https://t.co/KCK1gi8WOs
Follow @DEAcampaign for live coverage outside the courtroom: https://t.co/3HT2Zn9MJ2
Assange Extradition Ruling: What to Expect https://t.co/n1UBuSfN0T
Follow a list of those covering #AssangeCase here https://t.co/AQyBdJSuda
We can now see Julian Assange in the glass dock, in a suit and mask. #AssangeCase
Judge asks defense if they need to say anything before giving the ruling, they say no. Judge says she has prepared a written ruling, which will be made available online. Judge reading rules of the court.
Judge: I have no intention of reading this [ruling] out, instead I will touch on some of the arguments #AssangeCase
Judge: It is not the UK US Treaty that creates enforceable rights, but the Extradition Act of 2003. The act removed the bar on extraditing for political offenses
Judge: Next I’m to consider whether the offenses in the request would be offenses in the UK as well as in the US. Mr Assange’s conduct went beyond that of a journalist, in agreeing to help Ms Manning crack a password
#AssangeCase judge: Disclosing the govt files was a multi-step process. If they had successfully cracked the password, Manning could have perused files anonymously and would have been harder to detect
Judge: For months Assange had been communicating with Manning. When told she had nothing left to give him, he said ‘curious eyes never run dry.’ After this comment she downloaded 100s of 1000s of State Dept cables
Judge seems to be completely taking the US government’s narrative, saying Assange's comments at conferences encouraging leaks go beyond those of a journalist
Judge: defense submits that by disclosing Manning’s documents, Assange was acting as a journalist & should be protected by free speech laws. The difficulty with this argument is it vests in Assange the right to sacrifice the safety of individuals named, in the name of free speech
Judge is recounting US govt claims of needing relocate named sources from the cables

Judge refers to Mr Assange’s ‘indiscriminate’ release of State Dept cables, contrasts with redacted cables published by other media outlets
Judge: this indictment is narrowed to the cables containing names of informants. In UK Assange would not be protected by free speech laws
Judge refers to defense's 'extraneous' arguments such as Assange's political opinions
Judge finds it isn’t her place to comment on the Embassy spying case, that is being handled in Spanish court and this court doesn’t have access to these documents
Judge seems to be potentially justifying spying on Assange because CNN reported that Assange had turned the embassy into a ‘command post’ for election meddling
Judge next considers whether it would be unjust or oppressive to extradite. Judge refers to Mr Assange evading US justice when requested by Sweden
Judge: In relation to impact of extradition, I found the impact of extradition likely to come to Assange’s family is "sadly nothing out of the ordinary"
Judge now saying that the EDVA has large counties for the jury pool, can’t prove who his jury pool would be (that it would only be ex-nat. sec. officials)
Judge notes plea deals are more common in the US but plea deals happen in UK too
Judge says she finds no evidence the US prosecutors "have every intention of punishing Mr Assange"
Judge: I have no reason to doubt the constitutional protections available in the US would ensure a fair trial
Judge: on the question of whether the charges are so overboard so as to be abusive (‘doctrine of vagueness’, ‘doctrine of overbroadness’). Defense hasn't criticized US legal system. I’m told challenges of this nature can be made at the pre-trial stage or in the trial
Judge: US courts have held that those outside the US do not possess rights in the US. Mr Assange, when he faces trial, will be on US soil. No authority supports the assertion someone in his position would not have US protections. Reject defense arguments on Article 7
Judge: Mr Assange, for the same conduct in the US, would be tried here in UK too and would get Article 10 protections. "This court trusts that a US court will properly consider Mr Assange’s constitutional right to free speech"
Final argument is whether it would be oppressive to extradite. I accepted Prof Kopelman opinion that Mr Assange suffers from a recurrent depressive disorder. I accepted he has Asperger's
Judge: I accept Mr Assange has remained depressed at HMP Belmarsh, has been considered at risk of suicide. Prison notes contain numerous claims of suicidal ideation
Judge reviewing evidence on Assange's suicidal ideation, time in HMP Belmarsh. 'The overall impression is of a depressed and at times despairing person'
Judge: I’ve considered evidence on potential conditions in US prison. Judge reviews statements from CIA on WikiLeaks as ‘hostile’, Assange continued to release docs from the embassy
Judge seems to accept Assange could well be sent to ADX Florence, that he would be held in serious isolation
Judge: purpose of the SAMs regime is to minimize communications, prisoners have extreme limitations. These conditions were considered by all experts to have deleterious impact on Assange’s mental health
Judge: I’m satisfied that Mr Assange has the intent to circumvent suicidal prevention measures. Accepts Kopelman testimony that Assange would be single minded in suicidal ideation
Judge: Therefore I rule it would be unjust to extradite Mr Assange. The US has the right to appeal.
Prosecution says they will appeal. Asks for Assange to be kept in detention.
Defense asks Assange to be released. Judge says she will consider positions for and against.
Parties taking time to consider arguments for bail. Back in 45 minutes. #AssangeCase
Judge blocks the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, ruling the abusive U.S. prison system could not protect him from suicide

https://t.co/T5BqJ35wSx
Assange is back in the dock, lawyers are in court, waiting for the judge. Will hear discussion over what happens to Assange immediately next, released on bail or kept on remand. #AssangeCase
Judge back in court. Defense lawyer Ed Fitzgerald says the judgement constitutes the strongest grounds for granting bail, but would like to put all our arguments forward including the conditions in Belmarsh, so we wish to make a bail application to you on Wednesday.
Case adjourned until Wednesday 10am GMT for the full and formal bail application, Assange will be physically produced then, will be kept in HMP Belmarsh until then. #AssangeCase
Full thread of today's live-tweets on #AssangeCase ruling https://t.co/8mynZJlIxz
Live feed outside the courtroom, statements expected shortly https://t.co/UQbjDpviqe
What turned out to be the most consequential testimony in Assange's extradition hearing: Medical Testimony & U.S. Prison Conditions

https://t.co/WyYYICGvMG
Assange's partner @StellaMoris1 about to speak: https://t.co/UQbjDpviqe #AssangeCase
Stella: today isn't the day Julian is coming home, but that day will come soon.
Stella: it is concerning that the US hasn't withdrawn its indictment. We will never accept that journalism is a crime, in this country or any other.
Julian's freedom is coupled to all our freedoms. #AssangeCase
https://t.co/JBplVyvLpb
WikiLeaks' @khrafnsson speaking now -- 'a glimpse of hope for the new year, and perhaps for a new era'.

'It is a win for Julian Assange, but it is not necessarily a win for journalism.'

https://t.co/UQbjDpviqe
.@kgosztola live recapping today's #AssangeCase ruling https://t.co/i1gUrxUpaK
Some background for #AssangeCase: Lauri Love defeated a US extradition request on similar grounds in 2018, when the High Court overturned the district court's ruling and found that the US prison system couldn't guarantee adequate mental health care https://t.co/dIJfNanFdr

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