On Friday, January 20, progressive groups in the United States will be hosting the third Belmarsh Tribunal in the capital, Washington DC. The 17-member Belmarsh Tribunal is hosted by Progressive International along with the Wau Holland Foundation.
The DC Tribunal will be held at the National Press Club, close to the US Capitol building, which houses the US Congress. The Club was where Assange first screened Collateral Murder over a decade ago. Collateral Murder is 39 minutes of unedited, leaked footage from a gun cam that showed a US military drone attacking Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, a suburb of Baghdad, and killing 12 civilians.
The Tribunal was formed in October 2021 and named after the high-security prison near London where Assange has been held since 2019. He has spent most of this time there under judicial remand, awaiting the conclusion of his extradition trial. The two previous tribunals were held in London and New York, in October 2021 and February 2022 respectively. It seeks to be a space to expose and scrutinize US war crimes, and advocate for Assange’s release.
In the past, prominent progressive leaders and activists have participated in the tribunals, including former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, exiled US whistleblower Edward Snowden, Greek parliamentarian and economist Yani Varoufakis, Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi, and Brazilian President Lula da Silva.
The more regular members of the tribunal, which include Assange’s colleagues and his...
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