UAE arms deal: Critics turn to Biden as Senate fails to block $23bn sale
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-11
UAE arms deal: Critics turn to Biden as Senate fails to block $23bn sale | US Senate narrowly votes against measure to halt enormous arms deal with Abu Dhabi; activists want Biden to cancel or revise sale | Ali Harb | Fri, 12/11/2020 – 00: 13 | Deal includes advanced F-35 jets and killer drones (AFP/File photo) | After the US Senate failed to block an enormous arms deal with the United Arab Emirates, opponents of the sale a…
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Rebekah Jones, Florida's COVID-19 whistleblower, says Gov. DeSantis has health officials "terrified"
Matthew Rozsa | salon.com | 2020-12-11
After campaigning for transparency in COVID-19 case reporting, Jones' home was raided by armed agents…
salon.com/2020/12/11/rebekah-jones-floridas-covid-19-whistleblower-says-gov-desantis-has-health-officials-terrified/

OPCW executives praised whistleblower and criticized Syria cover-up, leaks reveal
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-12-10
Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the "Russian narrative." These private admissions further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up, and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/12/10/opcw-executives-praised-whistleblower-and-criticized-syria-cover-up-leaks-reveal/

Julian Assange: COVID Risks and Campaigns for Pardon
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-10
Before the January 4 ruling of District Judge Vanessa Baraitser in the extradition case of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher will continue to endure the ordeal of cold prison facilities while being menaced by a COVID-19 outbreak. From November …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-covid-risks-campaigns-pardon/5731762

Six times the ICC says British forces committed war crimes in Iraq
Areeb Ullah | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-10
Six times the ICC says British forces committed war crimes in Iraq | Despite not pursuing its own investigation, court says there is 'reasonable basis' to believe British forces committed murder, rape and torture | Areeb Ullah | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 16: 00 | An Iraqi youth looks at a British soldier pointing his machinegun while conducting a security operation in the Iraqi southern city of Basra, 16 February 2006 (AFP)…
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Anti-imperialists around the world extend solidarity for Assange
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-10
Anti-imperialist movements from around the world have extended their solidarity to the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. The call for action was made in a joint statement, released on December 10, by a global coalition part of the International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle. In the call for action, scheduled to fall on International Human Rights Day, movements have demanded an end to the "inhuman conditions" that Assange has been subjected to in Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom. | Activists are encouraged to sign an open letter to the Britis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/10/anti-imperialists-around-the-world-extend-solidarity-for-assange/

On Human Rights Day, a global call to #FreeAssange
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-10
Organizations and militants across the world are writing to the UK government with the demand to free Julian Assange who has been lodged in Belmarsh prison for months…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/10/on-human-rights-day-a-global-call-to-freeassange/

Italy to indict Egyptian security officers in Giulio Regeni murder case
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-10
Italy to indict Egyptian security officers in Giulio Regeni murder case | Italian prosecutors give four men 20 days to respond to charges before asking judge to begin trial | MEE and agencies | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 16: 18 | Activist in Cairo holds poster calling for justice in case of murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni in 2016 (Reuters) | Italian prosecutors in Rome announced on Thursday that they plan to s…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/italy-indict-egypt-security-officers-torture-and-death-regeni

Stop government attack on COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones!
wsws.org | 2020-12-10
The SEP condemns the fascistic police raid on Jones' home, meant to suppress her work exposing the spread of COVID-19 in Florida and in schools across the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/10/pers-d10.html

Biden's Defense Secretary Pick Shows the Revolving Door for Military Contractors Remains
Sarah Lazare | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-10
Pres ≠i ≠dent-elect Joe Biden has tapped retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III for the pow ≠er ≠ful role of defense sec ≠re ≠tary, news out ≠lets revealed Decem ≠ber 7. Spec ≠u ≠la ≠tion over who Biden would pick had been brew ≠ing for weeks. All three top con ≠tenders for …
globalresearch.ca/biden-defense-secretary-pick-shows-military-contractors-remains/5731810

Genocidal monarchy set to receive $23 billion in U.S. weapons after Senate resolution fails
Patricia Gorky | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-10
Two resolutions in the Senate to block the sale of $23 billion in advanced fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates failed yesterday in close votes.
liberationnews.org/genocidal-monarchy-set-to-receive-23-billion-in-u-s-weapons-after-senate-resolution-fails/

US Senate fails to block arms sales to UAE despite concerns of misuse and regional arms race
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-12-10
Two resolutions presented to block the sale of F-35 jets and Reaper Drones to UAE were defeated by a simple majority of 49 to 47 and 50 to 46 in the 100-member Senate…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/12/10/us-senate-fails-to-block-arms-sales-to-uae-despite-concerns-of-misuse-and-regional-arms-race/

'Severe Blow to Iraqi Torture Survivors': Despite Evidence of UK War Crimes, ICC Drops War Crimes Probe
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-09