Daily Archives: April 22, 2023

2023-04-22: News Headlines

Kim Petersen (2023-04-22). Time Mustn't Be Allowed to Run out on Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Despite whatever charges Julian Assange may be accused of, it is well known that the WikiLeaks publisher was targeted for exposing the war crimes of the US government. In an upside-down Bizarro World, the screws are being ever so gradually tightened on Assange by the war criminals and their criminal accomplices. It is, in fact, …

Media Lens (2023-04-22). Cancelling Facts That Challenge Establishment Power. dissidentvoice.org As we have noted before, a systemic feature of state-corporate media is propaganda by omission. Missing out salient facts, informed commentary and context about the machinations of government and big business means that the public is less able to: Understand the world around us; Challenge state-corporate power; and Bring about the fundamental changes in society …

Bruce Afran, Consortium News. (2023-04-21). First Amendment Authorized Assange's Possession Of Classified Data. popularresistance.org Last week marked four years of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange being held at Britain's Belmarsh Prison while he awaits the outcome of his fight to block extradition to the United States. | While the U.S. government is also charging Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion, the core of its case is that Assange violated the 1917 Espionage Act by "possessing" and releasing "defense" material that caused "injury" to the United States or gave "advantage" to other nations, a boundless and limitless standard that can turn virtually any journalist or blogger into a criminal defendant. | No other direction,…

Editor (2023-04-21). 1st Amendment Authorized Assange's Possession of Classified Data. scheerpost.com

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-04-22). Enslavement of African Migrants 'Big Business' in Libya Thanks to EU Funding — UN. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Rubinstein ∑ Apr 17, 2023 | An investigation by the United Nations has concluded that money provided by the European Union to state entities in Libya has facilitated crimes against humanity ranging from forced labor and sexual slavery to torture. | Through its financial support of the Libyan Coast Guard and the Libyan Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration (DCIM), the European Union has aided and abetted crimes against humanity, according to a recent UN report. | On March 27, 2023, the United Nations released the findings of a three-year investigation, confirming that "arbitrary detention, m…

The Dissenter (2023-04-21). Unauthorized Disclosure: Eugene Puryear. thedissenter.org Eugene Puryear, host on BreakThrough News, joins Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola to discuss what has unfolded this past week in Sudan.

ecns.cn (2023-04-22). Revised draft of anti-espionage law to optimize provisions on cyber espionage. ecns.cn The revised draft of China's anti-espionage law will be submitted to the second session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) for deliberation.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-04-21). North Carolina Judge Convicts Journalists Of 'Trespassing' While Covering Eviction Of Homeless Encampment. shadowproof.com A judge in North Carolina found two journalists with the Asheville Blade guilty of "trespassing" on Christmas in 2021 when they stayed in a public park to cover Asheville police as officers evicted a homeless encampment.

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