(2023-06-08). The CIA Suit And New Proof It Spied On Assange. popularresistance.org The plaintiffs, all U.S. citizens who visited Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, claim in their lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency and former Director Mike Pompeo that their devices were surveilled at the embassy while seeing Assange. | The C.I.A. has filed a motion to dismiss the case, but new evidence has emerged in a Spanish court case that provides further proof that the Spanish security company UC Global was contracted by the C.I.A. to spy on Assange 24/7 and on his visitors, including on privileged conversations with his lawyers. | New files were discovered by Assange's lawyers…
(2023-06-07). 'Enough is enough': Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange. nationofchange.org
(2023-06-07). El Pais reports proof that the CIA illegally spied on Julian Assange. wsws.org Computer files show that the Spanish company responsible for security at the Ecuadorian Embassy was secretly spying on Assange. The files name the client of the surveillance: "CIA."
(2023-06-07). Attorneys, Journalists Who Visited Assange Respond To CIA Push To Dismiss Their Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying. thedissenter.org 
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(2023-06-07). Why There Should be a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones. covertactionmagazine.com Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not …
(2023-06-07). Close Guantanamo Monthly Vigils. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.
(2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …
(2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …