teleSUR, YSM (2023-05-06). Julian Assange invita al rey Carlos III a visitar prisión de Belmarsh. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con Assange, en el centro penitenciario británico se encuentran recluidos 687 súbditos.

WSWS (2023-05-06). Assange letter to King details brutal conditions at Belmarsh Prison. wsws.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has written an open letter to King Charles III on the day of his coronation, calling attention to the appalling conditions in which he is being held in His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh.

WSWS (2023-05-06). Australian prime minister feigns concern for Assange but defends "national security" secrecy. wsws.org The entire thrust of Albanese's remarks was that Assange's fate was out of the Labor government's hands, thus leaving him to the mercy of the British and US administrations.

Labor Video Project (2023-05-06). KQED Security Used To Coerce Speak-out on World Press Freedom Day For Assange & Mumia. indybay.org On World Press Freedom Day a rally speak-out was held in front of KQED TV and radio. The station bosses mobilized security to try to coerce and threaten the action.

Editor (2023-05-06). A Kingly Proposal: Letter From Julian Assange to King Charles III. scheerpost.com By Julian Assange / Declassified UK To His Majesty King Charles III, On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh. You will no doubt recall the wise …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-06). Julian Assange invites King Charles III to visit Belmarsh prison. plenglish.com London, May 6 (Prensa Latina) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, held at His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh, urged King Charles III to visit the penitentiary institution after his coronation ceremony, which was attended by which 200,000 guests on Saturday.

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-05-06). Albanese 'Frustrated' With US Over Assange. popularresistance.org Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has unequivocally stated his position to the United States that a diplomatic resolution of the case of Julian Assange must be made. | In his clearest statement yet about the fate of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview in London that he has told the U.S. Justice Department that Assange's case must come to an end. | "I continue to say in private what I said publicly as Labor leader and what I've said as Prime Minister, that enough is enough," Albanese told the ABC. "This needs to be brought to a…

Editor (2023-05-05). Fabian Scheidler: Why the Release of Julian Assange Is Crucial for Our Future. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-05-05). Australian PM 'Frustrated' With US Over Assange. scheerpost.com The Australian prime minister told ABC, "I share the frustration. I can't do more than make very clear what my position is," that a diplomatic solution to Assange's case must be found.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-05-05). Multiple U.S. officials confronted about U.S. Assange hypocrisy on World Press Freedom Day. mronline.org Assange exposed many things about our rulers during his work with WikiLeaks, but none of those revelations have been as significant as what he's forced them to reveal about themselves in the lengths that they will go to to silence a journalist who tells inconvenient truths.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-05). Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom. independentmediainstitute.org We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. Not for manufacturing consent—to use Chomsky's famous words—for the government and the ruling classes. It's an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2023-05-05). Biden Hypocritically Slams Arrest of US Journalist in Russia But Pursues Assange. globalresearch.ca

unitedEditor (2023-05-06). One step further in the Ukrainian War: "We are on the brink" uwidata.com History books will write: "On 3 May 2023, the Kremlin was attacked by drones to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin." In French, the phrase "table rase" is used for the 1789 Revolution. Instead of translating it literally, rather one could explain it as the moment when everything is reset, a new beginning after the destruction, …

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-06). Rusia responderá con medidas concretas a los ataques al Kremlin. telesurtv.net "Ni siquiera pensaría en el nombre o los términos aquí. Esto fue claramente un acto hostil", señaló Lavrov.

teleSUR Desk (2023-05-05). Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin with drones. mronline.org Despite what happened, the military parade on Red Square will go ahead as planned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-05). Attack on the Kremlin: Acceleration in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López The Russian presidential press service reported on Wednesday, May 3, that "the Kiev regime attempted to attack the Kremlin residence using two drones", an action carried out on the night of May 2. The Russian authorities pointed out that "the drones were deactivated" by the security systems of the special forces, and…

Staff (2023-05-06). Crean un bipedestador multifuncional en Guantánamo, dispositivo para niños con parálisis cerebral. cubadebate.cu En Guantánamo, un equipo integrado por prestigiosos electromédicos y fisiatras creó un bipedestador multifuncional para verticalizar a niños con parálisis cerebral, retardo del desarrollo psicomotor y otras enfermedades. Su diseñadora Marelis Martínez Cotilla, dijo que el dispositivo está valorado en más de 3 500 euros y es único de su tipo en la provincia.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-05-05). Unauthorized Disclosure: Subscriber Show For May 5. thedissenter.org Subscribe to The Dissenter Newsletter and get full access to episodes and exclusive content from the podcast "Unauthorized Disclosure"

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-05-05). Julian Assange And World Press Freedom Day. popularresistance.org The detention and persecution of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British, Swedish and U.S. governments are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite, will be masked from the public. They presage a world where those with the courage and integrity to expose the misuse of power will be hunted down, tortured, subjected to sham trials and given lifetime prison terms in solitary co…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-05). KQED Security Used To Coerce Speak-out on World Press Freedom Day For Assange & Mumia. indybay.org On World Press Freedom Day a rally speak-out was held in front of KQED TV and radio. The station bosses mobilized security to try to coerce and threaten the action.

_____ (2023-05-04). Biden's Atrocious Assange Prosecution. strategic-culture.org By James BOVARD | "A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press," proclaimed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. But he was referring only to the Chinese government crackdown on Hong Kong journalists early last year. Unfortunately, the Biden administration continues rushing to destroy one of the most important truth tellers of our times. | Julian Assange has been locked away for four years in a maximum-security prison in Britain. Assange was initially charged in 2019 with "conspiracy to commit computer intrusion" for allegedly giving advice to Army Corporal Bradley (later Chelsea) Ma…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-05-05). Julian Assange And World Press Freedom Day. popularresistance.org The detention and persecution of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British, Swedish and U.S. governments are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite, will be masked from the public. They presage a world where those with the courage and integrity to expose the misuse of power will be hunted down, tortured, subjected to sham trials and given lifetime prison terms in solitary co…

Labor Video Project (2023-05-05). KQED Security Used To Coerce Speak-out on World Press Freedom Day For Assange & Mumia. indybay.org On World Press Freedom Day a rally speak-out was held in front of KQED TV and radio. The station bosses mobilized security to try to coerce and threaten the action.

_____ (2023-05-04). Biden's Atrocious Assange Prosecution. strategic-culture.org By James BOVARD | "A confident government that is unafraid of the truth embraces a free press," proclaimed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. But he was referring only to the Chinese government crackdown on Hong Kong journalists early last year. Unfortunately, the Biden administration continues rushing to destroy one of the most important truth tellers of our times. | Julian Assange has been locked away for four years in a maximum-security prison in Britain. Assange was initially charged in 2019 with "conspiracy to commit computer intrusion" for allegedly giving advice to Army Corporal Bradley (later Chelsea) Ma…

Dave LIndorff (2023-05-04). They Can't Extol US Press Freedom while Seeking to Extradite and Prosecute Publisher Assange. thiscantbehappening.net Today's make or break for President Joe Biden and his wimpy attorney general Merrick Garland on the issue of a free press. The US Constitution, flawed as it is as a founding document, is unequivocal on the matter. Its much cited and touted First Amendment states; "Congress shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech … |

Editor (2023-05-04). Chris Hedges: Julian Assange and World Press Freedom Day. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-05-04). US Double Standards on World Press Freedom Day. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter For the United States government, World Press Freedom Day is an opportunity to further project an image of the U.S. as a supposed champion of journalism and human rights. But that projection is muddied greatly by the prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. An event was hosted by the United Nations …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-04). On World Press Freedom Day, progressives draw attention to Assange and other journalists under attack. peoplesdispatch.org In a Press Freedom Day panel discussion, progressive journalists sought to highlight the ongoing persecution of the WikiLeaks founder and the many ways in which journalists are under attack the world over…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-05-04). After Years Of Refusing To Comment, State Department Backs Assange Prosecution. shadowproof.com On World Press Freedom Day, the United States State Department abandoned its policy of not commenting on the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and essentially backed the prosecution against him.

Staff (2023-05-04). Headlines for May 4, 2023. democracynow.org Russian Shells Kill 23 in Kherson as Moscow Accuses Ukraine of Drone Attack on Kremlin, Israeli Soldiers Kill 3 Palestinians in Raid on Occupied Nablus, Rwanda Death Toll from Flooding and Landslides Rises to 136, Egypt Frees Al Jazeera Journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz After Four Years Behind Bars, Protesters Confront Blinken over Julian Assange Extradition and Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Fed Chair Accused of "Aiming to Put People Out of Work" with Latest Interest Rate Hike, Police Arrest Wife of Texas Mass Shooter, Whom She Accused of Domestic Violence, Georgia Police Arrest Mass Shooting Suspect as Se…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-04). Multiple US Officials Confronted About US Assange Hypocrisy On World Press Freedom Day. thealtworld.com

Anonymous669 (2023-05-04). Lancet Drones Hit Howitzers, Battle Tank, Air Defense & Radar Systems Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | Between May 1 and 4, Russian news sources shared videos documenting six recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions against military equipment of Kiev forces in the special military operation zone. | The first four strikes hit three Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122 mm howitzers and a Soviet-made T-72 main battle tank, while the remaining two strikes targeted a 5P85S transporter erector launcher for the Soviet-made S-300PS long-rang…

Staff (2023-05-04). Ukraine Attacks Kremlin With Drones to Assassinate Putin. orinocotribune.com Ukraine has attacked the Kremlin with drones early this Wednesday, May 3, in an action that is being considered an assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian authorities, who described the attack as a planned terrorist action. | The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, arrived by surprise in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, for a summit of Nordic heads of government, together with the leaders of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. He was received this Wednesday at the presidential palace in Helsinki by his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinistà∂, in the first vi…

Larry Johnson (2023-05-04). Ukraine Drone Attack on the Kremlin Pushes the War in Ukraine Up the Escalator. sonar21.com I did two interviews today in response to the news that Ukraine attacked the Kremlin in Moscow with two drones. Russian air defense disabled/destroyed those drones but the symbolic image…

unitedEditor (2023-05-04). Russian military experts and the communist leader evaluated the attack on Kremlin. uwidata.com Only Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky could have ordered the Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin, said military analyst Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of "Natsionalnaya Oborona" (National Defense) magazine. Earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin reported that the Kiev regime tried to strike two drones on the Kremlin residence of the Russian president in the night. As a …

Ryan Black (2023-05-04). America's Bizarro Take On Guantánamo: Punish The Victims, Reward The Criminals. progressivehub.net TED RALL | RALL.COM…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-04). Pro-ISIS Fighter in Ukraine Received UK Missiles and 'SAS Training'. libya360.wordpress.com Phil Miller Daniil Lyashuk received US and UK arms. (Photo: Deni Vendetti / Telegram) A convicted torturer and supporter of Islamic State obtained British and US rocket launchers and claims to have been instructed by the SAS. A Belarusian criminal who was reported dead last month in Ukraine claimed to have received training from Britain's…

Judy Greenspan (2023-05-04). Flood waters, torture: Demand Corcoran prisons be shut down. workers.org Banner at protest outside of Corcoran State Prison, February 2019. Oakland, California The big news coming out of California is about the flooding of the Central Valley where multi-million dollar agribusiness makes its money. Missing from this headline story is the imminent danger faced by over 8,000 incarcerated people at . . . |

teleSUR (2023-05-04). Report Discloses CIA Cyberattacks Against Other Countries. telesurenglish.net An investigation report was released Thursday on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), revealing an "empire of hackers" under U.S. manipulation. | RELATED: | Over a long period, the CIA has been secretly orchestrating "color revolutions" around the world, continuously conducting espionage activities, said the report by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and internet security company 360. | The…