Daily Archives: August 16, 2021

2021-08-16: News Headlines

Ron Ridenour (2021-08-16). Setback for Assange in UK Trial Over US Effort to Extradite Wikileaks Founder. counterpunch.org Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost a high court decision Wednesday, which now allows the U.S. government to expand the grounds for its appeal of a January ruling of Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser. She had at that time denied extradition to the United States to face charges of espionage in a Virginia court, a jurisdiction where whistleblowers never

Jay Janson (2021-08-15). Why Not Boycott US Products Until It Ends Its Embargo of Cuba and Leaves Guantanamo? dissidentvoice.org On 23 June, 184 nations at United Nations voted for an end to the half-century long USA embargo against tiny Cuba. Only the USA and Israel voted against the resolution. A Reuters article reprinted in the New York Times wrote: Cuba said earlier this month the decades-old U.S. trade embargo cost it a record total …

Isabella Arria (2021-08-15). Assange pierde terreno en su batalla judicial para evitar la extradición a EE.UU. globalizacion.ca El Tribunal Superior británico otorgó a Estados Unidos permiso para ampliar los fundamentos de su pedido de extradición del fundador de Wikileaks, Julian Assange, a quien acusa de espionaje, luego de que una corte inferior había bloqueado la extradición, coincidiendo…

John Pilger (2021-08-15). A day in the death of British justice. greenleft.org.au For the "crime" of truth-telling, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being relentless pursued by the United States government, determined to secure his extradition at any cost, writes John Pilger.

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