(2020-11-11). Robert Fisk: Death of a "Controversial" Journalist. dissidentvoice.org 
Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, died on 30 October aged 74. In reviewing his life and career, the newspaper for which he worked for more than two decades wrote of their star reporter: 'Much of what Fisk wrote was controversial…' As John Pilger noted, in describing Fisk's journalism as 'controversial' the Independent was …
(2020-11-11). Portland Drone Testing Facility Cancelled. popularresistance.org Last week, the Port of Portland announced it would cancel a pending lease with Verizon for seven acres of riverfront property in one of Portland, Oregon's most diverse neighborhoods. Verizon and their Portland-based subsidiary Skyward had sought to lease this area to test drones on Verizon's 5G network along the Willamette river. | "We appreciate the Port responding in support of community members and organizations who organized quickly to oppose this facility," said Cassie Cohen (she/her), Executive Director of the Portland Harbor Community Coalition.
(2020-11-11). US to sell advanced weapons worth billions to the UAE. peoplesdispatch.org Sale of F-35 fighter aircraft and advanced drones to the UAE is expected to increase the arms race in the Middle East region. Activists have especially flagged the potential use of these weapons in Yemen…
(2020-11-09). Alleged victims of torture target US assets of Libya's Khalifa Haftar in lawsuit. middleeasteye.net 
Alleged victims of torture target US assets of Libya's Khalifa Haftar in lawsuit | Plaintiffs are targeting assets worth millions of dollars owned by Haftar and his family as compensation for his alleged involvement in war crimes, WSJ reports | Mon, 11/09/2020 – 21: 57 | Most of the 17 Haftar-linked properties are owned by limited liability companies controlled by his son Okba Haftar (AFP/File photo) | New det…
(2020-11-09). US urged to stop drone sales to UAE over civilian deaths in Yemen and Libya. middleeasteye.net 
US urged to stop drone sales to UAE over civilian deaths in Yemen and Libya | Amnesty International warns that Washington would be culpable for rising civilian death toll in both countries | Mon, 11/09/2020 – 18: 14 | The armed MQ-9B drones will be equipped with maritime radar and could be delivered in 2024 (Reuters/File photo) | Amnesty International has called on the United States to stop the sale of 18 soph…
(2020-11-09). 'You talk like a prosecutor': Azerbaijani president Aliyev nails BBC journalist on 'media freedom' by bringing up Assange. rt.com 
BBC News correspondent Orla Guerin got more than she bargained for when her questioning of President Aliyev about the supposed lack of media freedom in his country ended up with him grilling her on Julian Assange's imprisonment. | Guerin's
(2020-11-09). Migrant friend to Julian Assange dies in UK's Belmarsh prison. wsws.org The suicide of Manoel Santos has drawn attention to the UK government's criminal practice of holding people facing deportation in prisons, even in maximum security institutions.
(2020-11-09). End 2020 on a Humane Note: The International Community Calls for Human Rights Protections for Assange, Manning and Snowden. globalresearch.ca When governments don't abide by the law, it is imperative that the international community hold those governments to account. Let's be reminded that during World War II, the
(2020-11-09). Nationwide protests against secret trial of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. greenleft.org.au Actions were held in several cites around Australia on November 9 to demand the immediate dropping of the prosecutions of East Timor oil espionage whistleblower Witness K and his lawyer, Bernard Collaery. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2020-11-09). Big Telecom 5G Networks: The Devious Art of Camouflaging Its Dangerous 5G Telecommunication Towers. globalresearch.ca For much more on the dangers of 5G, go to my March 10, 2020 Duty to Warn column "5G networks will become the connecting digital tissue for drones, autonomous vehicles, blockchains, the "internet of …
(2020-11-09). Mèxico: Expresidentes ladrones y asesinos. indybay.org Mèxico: | Expresidentes ladrones y asesinos…
(2020-11-08). Australia's War Crimes and Culture of impunity. strategic-culture.org There is yet no reckoning for Australia's SAS war crimes in Afghanistan, although details of horrendous atrocities are coming to light. A 2016 report detailing the extent of torture and extrajudicial killings by the Australian SAS forces in Afghanistan have been The 2016 report which has recently been seen by two leading Aus…