Daily Archives: June 28, 2023

2023-06-28: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-28). The Truth Will Set All of Us Free. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jun 23, 2023 | "You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion." | ~ Julian Assange | 'The truth will set you free' is an aphorism we've all heard so many times it's lost a lot of its meaning and doesn't sound especially profound when we hear it again, but it really does contain the answer to humanity's most difficult problems. A truth-based relationship with reality is the only way to move into peace and harmony, whether you're talking about the inner…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-28). I'm Auctioning My Portrait Of Assange's Father As Part Of An Assange Benefit Event. thealtworld.com I'm going to be All around the world there have been events organized for Julian Assange's 52nd birthday, coming up July 3. Assange's brother Gabriel Shipton, along with the Melbourne for Wikileaks people and the Assange Defense fund, are putting on a party at a bar in Melbourne. I'm going to be displaying some of my series of Assange oil paintings, which are part…

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-06-28). Monday 7/3: Julian Assange Birthday Banner Drop. indybay.org Pedestrian Overpass at Hwy. 880 in Berkeley, at the foot of University Avenue.

greenleft.org.au (2023-06-28). World Whistleblower Day protest calls for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2023-06-28). China's Twin-tailed Scorpion drones fly in close formation for 1st time. ecns.cn China recently carried out its first technical demonstration test in which three Twin-tailed Scorpion unmanned aircraft formed close formations.


Ehsan Etesam (2023-06-28). Military Equipment Sent to Ukraine: An Avalanche of Weaponry."Let's Feed Them (Iranian) Shahed Drones" globalresearch.ca

Sarah Glynn (2023-06-28). Turkish armed drones assassinate women political leaders in Rojava. greenleft.org.au Turkey — a member of NATO and the Council of Europe — carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in North-Eastern Syria, on June 20, reports Sarah Glynn.

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-28). UN Expert Demands Immediate Shutting Down Of Guantanamo Prison. popularresistance.org UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on Monday, June 26, asked the US authorities to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison and apologize for the torture of inmates. She asked that all persons responsible for such abuses in the last 20 years be held accountable. | Ní Aoláin was addressing a press conference in New York on the occasion of UN's International Day in Solidarity with the Victims of Torture. She also released her report on Guantanamo Bay prepared after visiting the prison earlier this year. | "The US government must urgently provide judicial resolution, apology and guarantees of non-repetiti…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-06-28). ONU denuncia tratos crueles para prisioneros en Guantánamo. telesurtv.net Un experto de la ONU pidió el lunes al gobierno de Estados Unidos que se disculpe por el trato inhumano de los detenidos en el centro de detención de la Bahía de Guantánamo.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-27). UN expert demands immediate shutting down of Guantanamo prison, apology to inmates. peoplesdispatch.org UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert who was allowed to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison in over 20 years, noted that US' treatment of detainees was "cruel, inhuman and degrading"


Dave DeCamp (2023-06-27). First UN Investigator Allowed in Gitmo Says Detainees Face 'Cruel, Inhuman' Treatment. news.antiwar.com The first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing "ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law." UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain issued a report on the facility and told reporters in New York that "significant improvements" have been …

Orisanmi Burton (2023-06-27). New docs link CIA to medical torture of Indigenous children and Black prisoners. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in The documentary record of "mind control" experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the he…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-27). Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law. thedissenter.org United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers have depended on for over a century. | On June 16, Thomas issued a dissenting opinion in a case that involved the U.S. government's authority to dismiss False Claims lawsuits. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett joined Thomas in his dissent, with Kavanaugh declaring that it was his view that the Supreme Court should consider what Thomas raised in an "appropriate case."The False…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-27). First UN Investigator Allowed in Gitmo Says Detainees Face 'Cruel, Inhuman' Treatment. news.antiwar.com The first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing "ongoing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under international law." UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ni Aolain issued a report on the facility and told reporters in New York that "significant improvements" have been …

Orisanmi Burton (2023-06-27). New docs link CIA to medical torture of Indigenous children and Black prisoners. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in The documentary record of "mind control" experiments conducted by the United States and other governments during the Cold War is just the tip of the iceberg, and our collective ignorance is by design. In early 1973, as the fallout from the Watergate scandal exposed the need for greater congressional oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies, the he…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-27). Clarence Thomas Encourages Constitutional Challenge To Whistleblower Law. thedissenter.org United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas effectively invited corporations accused of fraud to bring a constitutional challenge against the False Claims Act, which could dismantle a law that whistleblowers have depended on for over a century. | On June 16, Thomas issued a dissenting opinion in a case that involved the U.S. government's authority to dismiss False Claims lawsuits. Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett joined Thomas in his dissent, with Kavanaugh declaring that it was his view that the Supreme Court should consider what Thomas raised in an "appropriate case."The False…

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