Daily Archives: April 4, 2023

2023-04-04: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-04-04). Free Gershkovich, and stop the vicious persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org Gershkovich, who had been arrested by the Russian government, must be freed, but the campaign by the US and its allies over "press freedom" is characterized by a staggering level of hypocrisy.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-04). Inglorious inertia: Albanese, Smith and Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au As with all matters regarding United States policy, Australia will, if not agree outright with Washington, adopt a non-committal position — "quiet diplomacy". Binoy Kampmark reports.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-04). Turning tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au In the United States, Democratic Congressperson Rashida Tlaib has urged fellow Congress members to sign a letter to US Attorney-General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the charges against Julian Assange, reports Binoy Kampmark.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-04). Inglorious Inertia: The Albanese Government and Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The sham that is the Assange affair, a scandal of monumental proportions connived in by the AUKUS powers, shows no signs of abating. Prior to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assuming office in Australia, he insisted that the matter dealing with the WikiLeaks publisher would be finally resolved. It had, he asserted, been going on for …

Amy Goodman (2023-04-03). Ron DeSantis Watched My Torture at Guantánamo, Says Former Prisoner. truthout.org As Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to run for president in 2024, his time at Guantánamo is coming under scrutiny. Prior to entering politics, DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney, first at the U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantánamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi says DeSantis personally witnessed him being force-fed and tortured… |

Staff (2023-04-03). Former Guantánamo Prisoner: Ron DeSantis Watched My Torture When He Was a Navy Lawyer at Gitmo. democracynow.org As Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to run for president in 2024, his time at Guantánamo is coming under scrutiny. Prior to entering politics, DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney, first at the U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantánamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi says DeSantis personally witnessed him being force-fed and tortured, and other prisoners have backed up Adayfi's account. He joins us from his home in Belgrade for his first television interview about DeSantis's role at Guantánamo. "While I was screaming, yelling because I coul…

Wei Yu, Nuvpreet Kalra, Melissa Garriga (2023-04-03). TikTok, TikTok…the countdown toward a new Cold War speeds up. peoplesworld.org Ten years ago, Edward Snowden told the whole world the truth about the U.S. global surveillance programs. If Congress cares about our digital privacy as some members are claiming, it should first begin by investigating the surveillance policies of its own U.S. agencies. The campaign against TikTok is a fear-mongering tactic to wage war on …

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