The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange

On January 20, 2023, Democracy Now! is livestreaming the Belmarsh Tribunal from Washington, D.C. The event will feature expert testimony from journalists, whistleblowers, lawyers, publishers and parliamentarians on assaults to press freedom and the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Watch here live at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, January 20. Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Srecko Horvat, the co-founder of DiEM25, will chair the tribunal, which is being organized by Progressive International and the Wau Holland Foundation. 0:00 - Introductions 15:33 - Ben Wizner, lead attorney at ACLU of Edward Snowden 21:20 - Jeffrey Sterling, lawyer and former CIA employee 29:05 - Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher, The Nation 32:35 - Margaret Kunstler, civil rights attorney 39:09 - Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist, Il Fatto Quotidiano 47:20 - Jeremy Corbyn, member of U.K. Parliament and founder of the Peace and Justice Project 56:16 - Steven Donziger, human rights attorney 1:05:19 - Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief, WikiLeaks 1:17:12 - Jesselyn Radack, national security and human rights attorney 1:25:07 - Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent 1:31:45 - Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof 1:38:45 - John Shipton, father of Julian Assange 1:50:19 - Betty Medsger, investigative reporter 2:01:20 - Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower 2:09:50 - Suchitra Vijayan, writer, photographer & activist 2:15:56 - Noam Chomsky, linguist and activist 2:18:42 - Final remarks 2:22:03 - Roger Waters performance Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Support independent media: Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: