Daily Archives: June 20, 2021

2021-06-20: News Headlines

Anish R M (2021-06-20). After release of whistleblower Reality Winner, now attention on Assange, Hale and Snowden. peoplesdispatch.org Winner was released for good behavior while in prison and will continue to remain under transitional custody for the remainder of her sentence. Meanwhile, activists and journalists are calling for attention to cases against Julian Assange, Daniel Hale and Edward Snowden…

Cynthia Papermaster (2021-06-20). Saturday 6/26: Free Assange! Stop the Extradition! Drop the Charges! indybay.org Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, 1433 Madison St., | Oakland, between 14th & 15th Streets, near Lake Merritt BART…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-20). Escalation In Yemen: Houthis Shot Down US Drone, Lunched More Drones & Missiles At Saudi Arabia (Videos). southfront.org On June 20, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) shot down a US drone over the central Yemeni province of Ma'rib, where…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-06-20). Yemen launches extensive drone operations against Saudis. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) — A Saudi coalition spokesman said 17 drones belonging to the Yemeni forces had hit targets in Saudi Arabia.

WSWS repost (2021-06-19). NYT marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Canary (2021-06-19). Julian Assange's partner brands his incarceration 'intolerable and grotesque'. thecanary.co The partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has described his ongoing incarceration in one of England's highest security prisons as "intolerable and grotesque". | Intolerable: | Stella Moris and the couple's two young sons, Gabriel and Max, visited Assange in prison for the first time in eight months on the morning of Saturday 19 June. | Despite winning his long-running extradition battle in January against the US, Assange remains in HMP Belmarsh in south London pending the outcome of an appeal. | Moris stands with her children Gabriel and Max, as she speaks to the media outside Belmarsh Prison (Domin…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-19). Weariless Houthis Pound Saudi Arabia With Seven Drones, But To No Avail. southfront.org Illustrative image, a Qasef-2K being intercepted by a Saudi fighter jet. | On June 19, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had shot down seven drones which were launched from Yemen by the Houthis (Ansar Allah). | In a statement, Col. Turki Al-Malki, a spokesman for the coalition, said that the drones were all intercepted in Yemen's airspace. The spokesman claimed that the drones were on their way to attack civilian targets. | "The deliberate and systematic hostile [attack] attempts by the Houthis constitute war crimes,"

Anonymous669 (2021-06-19). Number Of Houthi Drone Attacks On Saudi Arabia Reached 11 In One Day. southfront.org Illustrative image, source: the Houthis media wing | Late on June 19, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had interpreted four more drones launched from Yemen by the Houthis (Ansar Allah). | Between morning and noon, the coalition

WSWS (2021-06-19). US Capitol Police hired fascistic military contractor to train emergency response unit. wsws.org Testifying before the House Administration Committee, Capitol Police Inspector General Michael Bolton revealed that Northern Red, a private military contractor used for years by multiple government agencies, features neo-Nazi iconography on its website, uniforms and social media accounts.

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