Former Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon is chief of Julian Assange’s defence team, as of July, 2012. Current media mentions Garzon’s actions vis-a-vis Pinochet. It might say that Baltasar Garzon came under heavy fire for proceedings related to Franco-era “disappearance” of people in Spain. It usually omits Garzon’s actions in relation to Bush and torture at Guantanamo. He lost his [more]
Click on: Julian Assange addresses UN (Full Version with Q&A) Video Published on Sep 27, 2012 by RussiaToday. Julian Assange addressed permanent representatives to the UN General Assembly at a high-level talk on the legal and ethical legitimacy of diplomatic asylum – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/f3jgtl ‘It is time for the US to cease its persecution [more]
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Wikipedia does a good job of drawing the strings together. The text is below; please click on the link to see the original, with active links and footnotes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Six The Bush Six is a term which refers to six former officials of the United States government under the presidency of George W. Bush (2001–09), following [more]
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/09/08/spanish-judge-resumes-torture-case-against-six-senior-bush-lawyers/ The Spanish newspaper Público reported exclusively on Saturday that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo. Back in March, Judge Garzón announced that he was planning to investigate the six prime architects of the Bush administration’s torture policies — former Attorney [more]
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888572,00.html By Lisa Abend / Madrid Mar. 31, 2009 Nacho Doce/Reuters Chile’s Pinochet. Argentina’s Scilingo. Guatemala’s Rios Montt. To the roster of international figures whom Spanish investigative judge Baltasar Garzón has sought to bring to justice, the name of Gonzales may soon be added — as in Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Attorney General and one [more]
