Daily Archives: July 9, 2022

2022-07-09: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2022-07-09). US Congresswoman Tlaib Reintroduces Amendment To Reform Espionage Act. thedissenter.org Michigan Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib reintroduced an amendment to refor, US Espionage Act to protect whistleblowers and journalists…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-09). Whistleblower Relief: Dropping the Collaery Case. southfront.org Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The Anglo-Australian legal system has much to answer for. While robed lawyers and solemn justices proclaim an adherence to the rule of law, the rule remains a creature in state, more fetish than reality. Had the farcical prosecution of former ACT Attorney General Bernard Collaery gone on, all suspicions about a legal system slanted in favour of the national security state would have been answered. | Collaery, a sagacious and well-practiced legal figu…

Scorinoco (2022-07-09). How War Crimes Went Unpunished and a Publisher Became the Criminal (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Kamala Emanuel — | The Trial of Julian Assange: A story of persecution (2022, Verso, London) by Nils Melzer (with Oliver Kobold), a highly readable, newly-released book offers a wealth of information on the ongoing persecution and torture of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. | The book is as invaluable for those who have supported Assange from the outset, as it is for those sceptical of his fear of extradition to the United States, or influenced by the prolonged character assassination campaign against him. | It begins with a compelling explanation of why the book has come into existence. Au…

Staff (2022-07-09). Acto vandálico daña sitio rupestre en Guantánamo. cubadebate.cu Apenas semanas después de aprobada, en mayo pasado, la Ley General de Protección al Patrimonio Cultural y al Patrimonio Natural de la República de Cuba, por la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, ocurrió un acto vandálico en el sitio de arte rupestre conocido como Solapa No. 2 del Bagá, en Guantánamo.

WSWS (2022-07-09). VIDEO: Attend SEP public meeting to oppose British extradition order and fight to free Julian Assange. wsws.org "It's time to step up the fight to free Julian Assange!"

Anonymous669 (2022-07-08). Russian Troops Operating In Ukraine Have Begun Using Advanced Anti-Drone Electromagnetic Guns. southfront.org The Stupor anti-drone gun. Source: topwar.ru | The Russia military has employed the advanced "Stupor" anti-drone electromagnetic gun for the first time since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, a source in defense circles told the TASS News Agency on July 6. | The Stupor gun was engineered by the Russian Defense Ministry's Main Robotics R&D and Testing Center to counter drones within a direct visibility range. Th…

CounterSpin (2022-07-08). Adele Stan & Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts, Chip Gibbons on Why Assange Matters. fair.org John Roberts | This week on CounterSpin: When disastrous things happen, like the

Fight Back (2022-07-08). Chicago demands justice for Jayland Walker, community control of police. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 protesters marched in Chicago's Federal Plaza, Wednesday evening, July 6, to demand justice for Jayland Walker, who was murdered on June 27 by Akron Ohio police. Speakers at the rally connected the murder to similar police killings and other police crimes such as torture and wrongful conviction. The protesters demanded that the officers who killed Jayland Walker be convicted, and that community control of the police be enacted. | The march was organized by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and was one of several protests this week called for by the National Allian…

Brenda Norrell (2022-07-08). Genocide in Indian Country: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. indybay.org Censored News: Exposing the Genocide: Torture Experiments, Trafficking and Mining. Mohawk Mothers continue their case in Quebec Superior Court. Their case exposes the U.S. CIA torture experiments, as Mohawk Mothers demand a search for unmarked graves of their children at McGill University in Montreal.

Editor (2022-07-08). UK Bill Threatens Journalists With Life in Prison. scheerpost.com Assange supporters marching on Parliament, February 2020. (Joe Lauria) | By Mohamed Elmaazi / The British Parliament is debating a national security bill which could undermine the basis of national security reporting and ultimately throw journalists in jail for life. | A person convicted under the new offense of "obtaining or disclosing protected information," defined in Section 1 of National Security Bill 2022, faces a fine, life imprisonment, or both, if convicted following a jury trial.

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