(2019-08-14). Stand 4 Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning -Solidarity with London Action. indybay.org Join our protest against Julian Assange's US Extradition and Chelsea Manning's imprisonment. We'll chant for their freedom, distribute flyers and engage with the public over a two hour call to action, at the Powell & Market Cable Car turnaround. | "The days when I could read and speak and organize to defend myself, my ideals, and my people are over until I am free! Everyone else must take my place." — Julian Assange, from Belmarsh Prison…
(2019-08-14). Killing Julian Assange Slowly. globalresearch.ca Since April 11 when unlawfully dragged from Ecuador's London embassy to captivity, Assange has languished under draconian conditions in a UK dungeon at the behest of the Trump regime, wanting him tried in the US for the "crime" of truth-telling …
(2019-08-14). "Voyage of the Damned:" Hundreds of refugees stranded in the Mediterranean. wsws.org Europe's governments have shut their doors to refugees rescued from the sea after fleeing death and torture.
(2019-08-14). Saudi Woman Activist Refuses to Deny Torture in Prison. telesurenglish.net Imprisoned women's rights activist Loujain Hathloul rejected Saudi Arabia's proposal to secure her release from prison in exchange for a video statement denying reports she was tortured in custody, her family said Tuesday. | RELATED: | Nicki Minaj Cancels Saudi Concert Citing Women, LGBT Rights | Hathloul, along with at least a dozen other women's rights activists, was arrested over a year ago as Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women driving cars, which many of the detainees had lon…
(2019-08-13). The German media and Julian Assange: Silence and slander. wsws.org Over a week after a US federal court threw out a civil case brought by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) against Julian Assange, the German media has been dominated by an embarrassed silence.
(2019-08-13). UN-Backed Conference on Torture to Be Held in Egypt. telesurenglish.net An international conference organized by the United Nations on torture will be held on Sept. 4 and 5 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, while the country has been accused to be responsible for "a torture epidemic," as it has one of the worst records worldwide on abuse. | RELATED: | Car Explosion Kills 19 at Cancer Institute in Central Cairo | Organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Middle East and North Africa (Romena) and the Egyptian government's…