- Lauri Love is a computer scientist from Stradishall in the UK who has a long history of political activism. He played a prominent role in the student and Occupy movements in Glasgow during 2011-12.
Lauri is facing potential extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in #OpLastResort, the series of online protests that followed the persecution and untimely death of Aaron Swartz. Effectively, he is being pursued by the US criminal justice system for allegedly protesting abuses of that same system, with prosecutors in three US court districts accusing Lauri of hacking into various government websites.
For a summary of day 1 of Lauri's extradition hearing, click here. 
#FreeLauri: Thanks to all the amazing people that have come out to support @LauriLoveX <3 pic.twitter.com/gn1YKFkwSd
#FreeLauri: @LauriLoveX is playing "Between The War" by Billy Brag on his sound system* pic.twitter.com/owddJvFkrm
#FreeLauri: I can't imagine what @LauriLoveX's parents are going through. They're such lovely people. pic.twitter.com/pHB7ABKhom
#FreeLauri: @LauriLoveX has just arrived and is chatting to a gentleman from the Finnish media. pic.twitter.com/pvnfSjFBZt- * Playing tunes and making origami may seem flippant, but it's actually a mechanism for @LauriLoveX to cope with insane levels of stress
#FreeLauri: Lauri & a colleague from Hacker House. The two just worked on an educational pitch for the Duke of York pic.twitter.com/G4h65Ya9HE
#FreeLauri: @LauriLoveX's US lawyer @TorEkelandPC has just arrived. He's scheduled to take the stand this morning. pic.twitter.com/iHIufMM24Q
#FreeLove: Here's the schedule of today's witnesses. Cause of delays it's unlikely we'll get to them all. pic.twitter.com/lPcAgCgGRhTestimony from Naomi Colvin, campaigner at the Courage Foundation
- #FreeLove: witness order has been changed. @couragefound's Naomi Colvin has just taken the stand.
- Courage Foundation's @auerfeld has just taken the witness stand in the extradition hearing of @LauriLoveX
- #FreeLauri - @auerfeld explains @couragefound to judge. Talks of impact of U.S. prison system on whistleblowers and hacktivists.
- #FreeLauri: Naomi Colvin [@auerfeld] says it's instructive to compare sentence of Jeremy Hammond in the US to those given to #lulzsec in UK.
- #FreeLauri: Jeremy Hammond was given a sentence (10 years) that was four times as long as that given to any of the members of #Lulzsec.
- #FreeLauri: @auerfeld points out that the US system of coercive plea-bargaining would put @LauriLoveX under undue pressure
- #FreeLauri - @auerfeld mentions the power and importance of promoting public awareness around extradition.
- #FreeLauri - @auerfeld says Lauri has a particular and rare talent of relaying complex tecnnical ideas to a general audience.
- #FreeLauri - @auerfeld talks of various concerns of Lauri facing potential lengthy pre-trial detention in U.S.
Testimony from Jennifer Arcuri, founder of Innotech and CEO of My Hacker House
- Back in court. Back in livetweet mode. Calling @Jennifer_Arcuri (who is awesome btw) #FreeLauri
- #FreeLauri: Back in session. @Jennifer_Arcuri of Hacker House has just been sworn in.
- #FreeLauri - @Jennifer_Arcuri explains @myhackerhouse to the court and its goals to implement cyber skills for social good.
- Jennifer Arcuri talking about the mission @myhackerhouse "implementing cyber security skills for social good" #FreeLauri
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