(2022-08-10). Russians begun training on Iranian drones, US claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (MNA) — The US says Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues.
(2022-08-10). Sub-23 de Béisbol: Villa Clara y Guantánamo con cinco éxitos. cubadebate.cu Los equipos de Villa Clara y Guantánamo llegaron hoy a cinco victorias en la VII Serie Nacional Sub-23 de Beisbol, que inició las terceras subseries del calendario. Los azucareros vencieron a Matanzas con pizarra de 7×3 en el estadio Augusto César Sandino, gracias a ofensiva oportuna y buen pitcheo del zurdo Oscar Hernández (2-0).
(2022-08-10). The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: John Kiriakou on Why the CIA Needs to be Abolished. scheerpost.com 
Click | Chris HedgesChris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He…
(2022-08-09). The United States has many political prisoners. Here's a list. multipolarista.com The US government has many political prisoners, including journalists; national security state whistleblowers; Black, Indigenous, and Latino revolutionaries; foreign diplomats; Muslims detained without trial; women who defended themselves from attacks; and environmental activists.
(2022-08-09). The Hypocrisy of the Assange Case. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-09). Australian Labor Party And Assange: Burying The Politics. popularresistance.org The difficulty for the Australian Labor government in deciding how to respond to the Julian Assange case is that once a prosecution is characterised as a political prosecution then, by its nature, there can be no expectation of due process. | The U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty forbids extradition in the case of "political offences." Former Australian High Commissioner to the U.K. George Brandis — who was commissioner for almost the entirety of Assange's Belmarsh imprisonment since 2019 — doesn't agree that Assange is a political prisoner. | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and its new…
(2022-08-09). Palestine Action Occupy And Destroy Israeli Weapons Transport Company. popularresistance.org Gaza has spent three days and nights mourning the dead. Circling the skies, raining fire down below, are the drones and fighter jets of Elbit Systems — Israel's largest arms company. Knowing that petitions, rallies and appeals to power will do nothing here in Britain, we've responded with direct action. We are currently occupying Elbit client "The Good Packing Company", who package, transport and export Israeli weapons battle tested on the Palestinian people. The four activists' rooftop occupation is ongoing, with extensive damage enacted and the activists set on staying as long as possible. | Activists hav…
(2022-08-09). Justice Department: NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Must Wait to Apply for Pardon. scheerpost.com 
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The United States Justice Department will not grant a waiver to NSA whistleblower Reality Winner so she can apply for a pardon. All individuals formerly incarcerated in federal prisons are typically required to wait five years after their last day of confinement before their pardon application may be considered, …
(2022-08-09). Punishing Whistleblowers at the United Nations. globalresearch.ca
(2022-08-09). If US Congress Really Wants To Protect FBI Whistleblowers. thedissenter.org FBI and US Justice Dept have long resisted changes that would offer meaningful protection for FBI whistleblowers. Here's what Congress should do.
(2022-08-09). U.S. suppresses civilizations, tramples on human dignity: report. ecns.cn A report on U.S. violations of human rights released Tuesday pointed out that the United States had been creating a "clash of civilizations," abusing imprisonment and torture, and violating freedom of religion and human dignity.
(2022-08-08). US gov't is world's worst violator of freedom of press, not its protector. multipolarista.com 
From the persecution and torture of journalist Julian Assange to mass censorship of independent media outlets by US government contractors in Silicon Valley, Washington's attacks on freedom of the press hurt every country and person on Earth.
(2022-08-08). The Growing Movement to Liberate Julian Assange, with John Shipton. mintpressnews.com The MintPress podcast, "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist On this week's edition of The Watchdog podcast, Lowkey explores the growing movement to free Wikileaks founder Julian Assange…