Why is Julian Assange still being held by UK?

Our show is hosted by George Galloway with an audience of experts in London.

Some Talking Points

Should Assange be furloughed from Belmarsh prison (his bail under outbreak has already been refused)?
Why did the UK refuse to bail Julian Assange from prison over the coronavirus outbreak?
Why UK does not follow other countries’ leads in at least temporarily releasing political prisoners during the outbreak?
Why the UK is so keen to keep Julian Assange in jail when he has not committed any crime in the UK?
Is Assange’s arrest an assault on freedom of information and a potential threat to journalists?

First aired on Monday 25th May 2020 at 19:00 (London time) (18 GMT+1) on AL Mayadeen network

A production of Narcissi for Al Mayadeen TV

David Lawley Wakelin	Revolutionary Activist, Documentary Filmmaker
Patrick Christys	Journalist, broadcaster, blogger
Kevin Dooley	Documentary maker – Social Scientist
Jeremy Beck	(Video Link from Melbourne, Australia) National Executive, Australian Citizens Party
Dr Tom Piers	(Video link from S London, UK) Psychiatrist, Political activist
Nozomi Hayase	(Video link from San Francisco, US) liberation psychologist and journalist, Campaigner on Free Assange
Fra Hughes	(Video message – Belfast, Northern Ireland) Political Activist
Deepa Govindarajan Driver	(Video message – London UK) University Lecturer
Afnan Fakhri	(Video message – Jordan) Journalist
Clifford Samuell	(Video message – UK) Campaigner for Assange, Music artist