Amy Goodman, I love that woman, covered “A Significant Victory”: Julian Assange Hails U.N. Panel Calling for His Freedom, At bottom, the link to the actual UN Report. In response to CTV News Coverage of this important development for democracy, I used their “Error Report” button to submit THREE FACTUAL ERRORS. – – – – – – – – – […]
IMPORTANT VIDEO Click on http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/5/a_significant_victory_julian_assange_hails A United Nations panel has officially concluded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been “arbitrarily detained” and should be allowed to walk free. Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for more than three years. He wants to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations, which […]
(I don’t try to report on all the things Julian Assange is doing, from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London where he has been confined since June 2012 – 3 years.) INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENT, France mulls offering asylum to Assange and Snowden. link at bottom, in the Google Alerts for June 26 – – – – – […]
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150310/1019315975.html As he waits in limbo inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, the Swedish Supreme Court has decided to accept an appeal hearing for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The decision comes after Assange issued a challenge to his arrest on February 25. The Swedish Supreme Court is reportedly requesting the opinion of the Attorney General […]
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Is-Swedens-Offensive-Against-Assange-Unraveling-20150214-0022.html In January, Sweden’s record was reviewed by UN Human Rights Council members. Ecuador asked it to justify long periods of pre-charge detention. On the morning of 23 October 2010, WikiLeaks co-founder – Julian Assange – shared a London press conference stage with Iraq Body Count staff, and numerous other experts. Together, they defended WikiLeaks’ […]
With many organizations now putting out lengthy lists of “good news stories” I have the impression of a rapidly mobilizing, empowered citizenry. It’s like spring has arrived; there is new life shooting up everywhere around us! I selected just a few examples. Can’t celebrate if we don’t know about them! 1. 2014-04-17 Monsanto and Big Food […]
From: Bennett Sent: March-24-14 To: Sandy Finley Subject: Snowden, et al I am a great admirer of Snowden amd will listen to his presentation, likely tomorrow if all goes well (and it may not go well at all) I have been harping on this privacy issue for a long time but people don;t seem […]
There are trade deals to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific! Pacific: Canada and the U.S. are in the same trade deal, the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) – – news of leaked text is below. Atlantic: see 2013-11-09 Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP) vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” Leaked Asia trade […]
If you have time for only one thing, listen to this remarkable panel discussion from Australia, The war on whistleblowers and journalism, at http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/19/war-on-whistlelblowers-and-journalists. (Bradley Manning is now Chelsea Manning) THE PANELISTS ARE – – WOW! Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published the NSA (National Security Agency) information leaked by Edward […]
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/16294-snowden-s-father-lawyer-challenge-obama-s-claims By Jack Kenny Edward J. Snowden’s father Lon (shown INSERT: go to the URL) and the Snowden family lawyer said Sunday that they will soon be going to Moscow to see the fugitive whistleblower and his Russian attorney. Lon Snowden also said he would urge his son to come home and face trial if […]