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Early Day Motion
Campaign to oppose extradition of Julian Assange to the USA (22 Signatures)
25 Apr 2022
Tabled by: Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East)
That this House notes that Julian Assange faces extradition to the USA and a prison sentence of up to 175 years in a super-maximum-security prison for his journalistic work, carried out in the UK; notes that this includes the exposing of war atrocities and human rights abuses in US-led wars …
Commons Chamber
Easter Adjournment - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) and I had an interesting meeting with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian national, who was taken to Guantanamo - Speech Link
2: Richard Burgon (LAB - Leeds East) atrocities committed in the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well human rights abuses committed in Guantanamo - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
Committee stage - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Sentamu (CB - Life peer) of hospitality was of great help to us all.The way I read this clause is almost as a revisitation of Guantanamo - Speech Link

Select Committee
Attorney General's Office

Oral Evidence Jan. 28 2022

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Blair and Brown Governments—there were some very significant Supreme Court decisions against them: Guantanamo

Select Committee
Reprieve
 AFG0046 - Government policy on Afghanistan

Written Evidence Jan. 26 2022

Inquiry: Government policy on Afghanistan
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: in lethal drone strikes; victims of torture and extraordinary rendition; and scores of prisoners in Guantanamo

Commons Chamber
Bahraini Political Prisoners - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) will leave it to others to make the detailed points on individuals.I was asked some time back, when Guantanamo - Speech Link

Tweet
Richard Burgon (Labour - Leeds East) - @RichardBurgon
10 Dec 2021, 11:17 a.m.

Julian Assange is being targeted for exposing US war crimes - in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. Extradition to the US is not only an attempt to silence him - but to stop all journalists from speaking truth to power. We must continue to oppose his extradition to the US.

Link to Original Tweet

Select Committee
Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, and General David Petraeus (ret.), Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2010-11)
 Combat Stress, Help for Heroes, and General David Petraeus (ret.), Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2010-11)

Oral Evidence Nov. 24 2021

Inquiry: Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: Afghanistan and Iraq, do you think that the international community lost its way with the opening up of Guantanamo

Commons Chamber
Afghanistan: Inquiry - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (CON - Bournemouth East) when we crafted methods to bypass international law, such as creating detention camps, including at Guantanamo - Speech Link

Select Committee
Reprieve
 AFG0007 - Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Written Evidence Oct. 26 2021

Inquiry: Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Inquiry Status: Open
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: in lethal drone strikes; victims of torture and extraordinary rendition; and scores of prisoners in Guantanamo