I wonder if the judge refusing to recuse herself has anything to do with the two agents, allegedly carrying automatic weapons illegally in the courtroom, addressing her while closely standing before her bench. On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 2:20 PM Zenaan Harkness <[1]zen@freedbms.net> wrote: An open request to the Queen of England and Great Britain:  If you, our Queen of England and Great Britain and its dominions,  have any power left within your authority as Queen, please do  exercise such power as is required to right this great injustice  summarized below, this blight of such clear and self evident  conflicts of interest and of injustice under the auspices of your  authority, exercised against Julian Assange.  Humbly,  Those who seek the upholding of justice and righteousness in this,  our shared world ⦠This statement by [Judge Emma Arbuthnot] captures the Alice-in-Wonderland quality of the judicial persecution of Assange. She dismisses as unreasonable Assangeâs fears that if he voluntarily left the Ecuadorian Embassy he would be arrested by British police and extradited to the United States because he did not appear in court to express them. And yet, [Judge Emma Arbuthnot] is now presiding over [Julian Assange's] extradition trial. ⦠The Coming Show Trial Of Julian Assange [2]https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-22/coming-show-trial-julia n-assange  Authored by Chris Hedges via Truthdig,  [3]https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-show-trial-of-julian -assange/  ...  The judge, Emma Arbuthnot, cut him off, saying âthis is not the  time to go into this.â  Commenting in 2018 when Assangeâs lawyers requested that the  warrant for his arrest be dropped, Arbuthnot said, âI accept that  Mr. Assange had expressed fears of being returned to the United  States from a very early stage in the Swedish extradition  proceedings but, absent any evidence from Mr. Assange on oath, I do  not find that Mr. Assangeâs fears were reasonable,â  This statement by the judge captures the Alice-in-Wonderland  quality of the judicial persecution of Assange. She dismisses as  unreasonable Assangeâs fears that if he voluntarily left the  Ecuadorian Embassy he would be arrested by British police and  extradited to the United States because he did not appear in court  to express them. And yet, she is now presiding over his extradition  trial.  This circular logic is not the only disturbing aspect of Judge  Arbuthnotâs overseeing of the Assange case. She is married to James  Arbuthnot, who sits in the House of Lords, is a British  Conservative Party politician, was the minister of state at the  Ministry of Defense and for nine years was the chairman of the  Defense Select Committee in the House of Commons, a committee that  oversees the operation of the Ministry of Defense and the armed  forces. Arbuthnot, who was reprimanded while a member of Parliament  for diverting public funds to maintain his two homes, is a director  at SC Strategy, established by John Scarlett, the former head of  the British foreign intelligence service MI6. The politician also  is on the advisory board of Thales UK, a huge arms manufacturer  whose corrupt business practices, which included massive bribes to  heads of state in exchange for arms contracts, were exposed when  some of its internal documents were published by WikiLeaks.  The judge âhas a strong conflict of interest,â Melzer said from  Vienna when I interviewed him by video link for my television show,  âOn Contact.â âHer husband had been exposed by WikiLeaks.â  Assangeâs lawyers have asked the judge to recuse herself. She has  refused.  ... On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 04:54:58PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >  Extradition order to send Assange to US poses existential threat >  to all truth seekers â Galloway >  [4]https://www.rt.com/news/461759-assange-galloway-extradition-uk- us/ > >   Julian Assangeâs extradition to the US would be a deathblow for >   all truth seekers, George Galloway told RT, warning that anyone >   who fails to support Assange will one day share the same fate as >   the persecuted Wikileaks co-founder. > >   Britainâs Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed on Thursday that >   he had signed a request for the extradition of Assange to the >   US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act. The >   order will go before the UK courts on Friday. > >   Galloway, a former MP who has campaigned tirelessly for >   Assangeâs freedom, quipped that the âdarkâ episode shows that >   Theresa Mayâs âzombieâ government was ânot content with all the >   other disasters for which itâs responsible.â > >   He insisted that Assangeâs supporters would ânever give upâ the >   fight to stop his extradition to the US and secure his safe >   release from UK custody. > >   Failing to support Assange now will have disastrous consequences >   for journalism and all who profess to hold progressive values, >   Galloway warned. He expressed particular discontent with those >   who would have ordinarily protested Assangeâs treatment at the >   hands of the UK authorities, but remained silent because the >   Wikileaks co-founder was accused of sexual misconduct â what >   Galloway decried as a politically-motivated smear. > >    The liberals and the progressives, as they describe >    themselves, they will one day be a victim of this tyranny >    themselves, that is unless they eventually give up any >    pretense of actually being liberals and actually being >    progressives. > >   Asked about what would happen if Assange is ultimately >   extradited, Galloway said that the consequences for allowing such >   an injustice would be devastating. > >   âEvery truth seeker will go down if Julian goes down.â > >   Assange faces a litany of charges in the US, including one count >   of conspiring with Chelsea Manning, the former intelligence >   analyst and whistleblower, to gain access to the US Pentagon >   network. The Australian journalist is currently serving a 50-week >   prison sentence in the UK for jumping bail. > > > >  Journalists silent on Assangeâs plight are complicit in his >  torture and imprisonment >  [5]https://www.rt.com/op-ed/461509-journalists-media-assange-wikil eaks/ > > > > > On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 11:38:14AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > The wheels of "democracy" when it works, when someone with heart, > > patience, tenacity and a strong sense of justice (a mighty lot to ask, > > so we can be very grateful for this man of principal) such as George > > Galloway, is an event worth witnessing, given how rare such events are. > > > > George Galloway you have been vindicated. Thank you for speaking so > > clearly. > > > > "Mr Blair: This Is For Iraq (Video)" > > [6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNmy5-2va8 > > > > (Youtube link also here: > > [7]http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/mr-blair-iraq/ri15485 > > ) References 1. mailto:zen@freedbms.net 2. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-22/coming-show-trial-julian-assange 3. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-show-trial-of-julian-assange/ 4. https://www.rt.com/news/461759-assange-galloway-extradition-uk-us/ 5. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/461509-journalists-media-assange-wikileaks/ 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNmy5-2va8 7. http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/mr-blair-iraq/ri15485