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The Assange Legacy
Drinks with Greg Barns SC
Hosted by:
John Ridley AM
August 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
$55.00 – $65.00Julian Assange is finally free. The Wikileaks founder is a free man after a 14 year legal battle that included seven years of self-imposed exile and 5 years incarceration. He returned to Australia in June 2024 after pleading guilty to a charge of “conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information” as part of a plea deal which, due to time already served, resulted in his release from prison.
What does the outcome of the Assange case mean for press freedom globally? And where to from here for Assange?
Greg Barns SC was actively involved in the campaign to free Julian Assange. He has written extensively about Assange, focusing on the significant legal and human rights issues surrounding his case.
Greg Barns SC was called to the Bar in Victoria in 1986, where he practised until 1989. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Tasmanian Bar and is also an interstate member of the Victorian and Western Australian Bars. Greg practices in the areas of criminal law, administrative law, and human rights, including sexual abuse, prison and forced adoption cases.
He graduated BA/LLB from Monash University in 1984. Since 2014 Greg has been a sessional lecturer at RMIT University since 2014. He is a former President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. He was appointed Senior Counsel in Tasmania in 2020. He is Chair of the Prisoners Legal Service in Tasmania and is a Patron of the Justice Reform Initiative.
Join Greg for what will be an informed discussion of this legacy case.
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