Daily Archives: April 6, 2023

2023-04-06: News Headlines

Staff (2023-04-06). Reporters Without Borders Denied Entry to Visit Assange in U.K. Prison; No NGO Has Seen Him in 4 Years. democracynow.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent the last four years locked up at the Belmarsh high-security prison in London, where he has been fighting extradition to the United States on espionage charges. He faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. This week, amid growing concerns about Assange's health, Reporters Without Borders attempted to become the first NGO to visit with Assange since his arrest four years ago. Despite being given approval, RSF representatives, including our guest, RSF secretary-general and executive director Christophe Deloire, were denied entry.

Editor (2023-04-06). Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls for End of Julian Assange Extradition. scheerpost.com

Global Research News (2023-04-05). Selected Articles: Turning Tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca By The latest move by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) promises to be something more. Tlaib

John Pilger (2023-04-05). Los traidores de Assange: El servilismo del gobierno australiano hacia EE.UU. globalizacion.ca Conozco a Julian Assange desde que le entrevisté por primera vez en Londres en 2010. Inmediatamente me gustó su sentido del humor seco y oscuro, a menudo acompañado de una risita contagiosa. Es un outsider orgulloso: agudo y reflexivo. | Nos…

WSWS (2023-04-05). Australian Labor government's claim it cannot free Assange is a lie. wsws.org Australian governments, including the current Labor administration, have repeatedly exercised their legal and diplomatic powers to secure the release of citizens facing persecution abroad.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-05). War Mongering, CIA-Connected Think-Tank Calls for World War III. libya360.wordpress.com Valeriy Krylko [Source: atlanticcouncil.org] Fellows at the Atlantic Council advocate bombing and confronting Russia, while eschewing any opportunities for peace. The Atlantic Council is an American think tank, founded in 1961, which lies at the heart of what 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern and whistleblower termed the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank Complex (MICIMATTC). Its close ties to the CIA were…

Staff (2023-04-06). Reporters Without Borders Denied Entry to Visit Assange in U.K. Prison; No NGO Has Seen Him in 4 Years. democracynow.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spent the last four years locked up at the Belmarsh high-security prison in London, where he has been fighting extradition to the United States on espionage charges. He faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted. This week, amid growing concerns about Assange's health, Reporters Without Borders attempted to become the first NGO to visit with Assange since his arrest four years ago. Despite being given approval, RSF representatives, including our guest, RSF secretary-general and executive director Christophe Deloire, were denied entry.

Editor (2023-04-06). Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls for End of Julian Assange Extradition. scheerpost.com

Global Research News (2023-04-05). Selected Articles: Turning Tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca By The latest move by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) promises to be something more. Tlaib

John Pilger (2023-04-05). Los traidores de Assange: El servilismo del gobierno australiano hacia EE.UU. globalizacion.ca Conozco a Julian Assange desde que le entrevisté por primera vez en Londres en 2010. Inmediatamente me gustó su sentido del humor seco y oscuro, a menudo acompañado de una risita contagiosa. Es un outsider orgulloso: agudo y reflexivo. | Nos…

WSWS (2023-04-05). Australian Labor government's claim it cannot free Assange is a lie. wsws.org Australian governments, including the current Labor administration, have repeatedly exercised their legal and diplomatic powers to secure the release of citizens facing persecution abroad.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-05). War Mongering, CIA-Connected Think-Tank Calls for World War III. libya360.wordpress.com Valeriy Krylko [Source: atlanticcouncil.org] Fellows at the Atlantic Council advocate bombing and confronting Russia, while eschewing any opportunities for peace. The Atlantic Council is an American think tank, founded in 1961, which lies at the heart of what 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern and whistleblower termed the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank Complex (MICIMATTC). Its close ties to the CIA were…

Staff (2023-04-06). Calls Grow for Russia to Free Jailed U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich, Accused of Espionage. democracynow.org We speak with Joshua Yaffa, a close friend of Evan Gershkovich, The Wall Street Journal reporter who has been jailed in Russia since his arrest last week, when he was accused of trying to obtain state secrets related to the Russian military — days after the United States indicted a Russian man in Brazil on espionage charges. Gershkovich's parents left the Soviet Union for the United States before he was born, and he has reported in Russia since 2017. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Press freedom groups have denounced his arrest and urged Russia to immediately release him. Yaffa is The…

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