Daily Archives: August 18, 2021

2021-08-18: News Headlines

John Pilger (2021-08-18). A Day in the Death of British Justice. towardfreedom.org WikiLeaks has given us real news about those who govern us and take us to war, not the preordained, repetitive spin that fills newspapers and television screens. This is real journalism; and for the crime of real journalism, Julian Assange has spent most of the past decade in one form of incarceration or another, including Belmarsh prison, a horrific place.

Marjorie Cohn (2021-08-18). Threat of Extradition for Assange Grows Following British High Court Ruling. zcomm.org If the United States is ultimately allowed to extradite Assange and try him under the Espionage Act, it will send an ominous message to investigative journalists…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs, Libyan military chief discuss new wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs discuss bilateral defense Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Azerbaijani counterpart on Aug. 17. …on the agenda were harassment and attacks by Armenia on the border with Azerbaijan. Akar stressed that Turkey would continue to stand by Azerbaijan in its "just cause." Spotlighted during the fair were Turkish drones, …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Azerbaijan releases information on Israeli, Turkish drones destroying Armenian targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan releases data on Armenian military targets destroyed by UAVs during Second Karabakh War Azerbaijani border guards had destroyed a big number of strategic military targets of the Armenian Armed Forces during the 44-day Karabakh war (from late Sept. to early Nov.2020) by using Harop and Guzgun [Kuzgun] unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the State Border …

The Associated Press (2021-08-18). Report Shines Light on Abuse by Bolivia's Interim Government. latinorebels.com LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's recent interim government persecuted opponents with "systematic torture" and "summary executions" by security forces in the tumultuous aftermath of Evo Morales' resignation in 2019, according to a new report by independent human rights experts.

Kevin Gosztola (2021-08-18). How A Drone Whistleblower In Montana Survived A Political Prosecution. thedissenter.org Brandon BryantIn July, drone whistleblower Brandon Bryant survived a political prosecution that was launched against him by the Missoula County Attorney's Office in Montana and with support from city council members.Brandon was accused of making "threats" and "improper influence" in official or political matters, a felony that carries a potential sentence of 10 years in prison. The charge stemmed from a city council member who googled him after he spoke at a city council meeting during public comment.City Council member Julie Merritt found a video that was edited by someone who joined the…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-08-18). Board Certified Occupational Therapist Whistleblower: More Patients Are Dying from the Vaccine than from COVID. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2021-08-17). Grace Becomes a Tropical Storm Once Again. telesurenglish.net Its minimum pressure dropped slightly to 1005 hectoPascal, and it continues to move westward at 26 kilometers per hour. | At six o'clock Tuesday morning, its central region was estimated at 18.2 degrees north latitude and 75.6 degrees west longitude, a position that places it about 195 kilometers south of the city of Guantanamo and about 110 kilometers east of Kingston, Jamaica. | RELATED: | In the next 12 to 24…

Kevin Gosztola (2021-08-17). Listen To The Fifth Episode Of 'Primary Sources' With Jeffrey Sterling (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers). thedissenter.org CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling recounts racism he experienced at the CIA and how he came to be the target of an Espionage Act prosecution…

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