Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-09). Julian Assange prepares for last-ditch legal appeal after UK High Court dismisses plea against extradition. peoplesdispatch.org As the Wikileaks founder is brought "dangerously close" to being extradited to the US, Assange and his family will attempt a last-ditch effort with a renewed appeal to the UK High Court…

Xavier Lasso (2023-06-09). Julian Assange: Ese pedazo de libertad que nos falta. globalizacion.ca

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-06-09). High Court Denies Assange Right To Appeal. popularresistance.org The single judge on the court, Sir Jonathan Swift, issued the 3-page decision on Tuesday. It is not yet publicly available on the High Court's website. | In December, Assange appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. The court could issue an emergency injunction to stop Assange's extradition until it examines the case. | Assange initially won the case against extradition in the lower court based on his health and conditions of U.S. prisons. This was overturned by the High Court after the court accepted U.S. written assurances that Assange would not be mistreated in U.S. prisons.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2023-06-09). Tribunal de Londres rechaza apelación de Julian Assange. telesurtv.net La esposa de Assange, Stella Assange, declaró que el martes de la próxima semana, su esposo "presentará una nueva solicitud de apelación ante el Tribunal Superior".

WSWS (2023-06-09). British High Court rejects Assange appeal: Extradition an imminent threat. wsws.org Assange has only one option of appeal remaining within the British legal system and it could be rejected next week.

Editor (2023-06-08). UK: Julian Assange Dangerously Close to Extradition Following High Court Rejection of Appeal. scheerpost.com By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply concerned by the UK High Court's decision rejecting WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition order, bringing him dangerously close to being extradited to the United States, where he could face the rest of his life in prison for publishing leaked classified documents in …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-08). Justice Severely Delayed and Denied: UK High Court Rejects Assange's Request For Appeal After Nearly A Year. thedissenter.org

_____ (2023-06-08). The Framing of Jeremy Corbyn. strategic-culture.org By Craig MURRAY | On Sunday I spoke alongside Jeremy Corbyn and others at a packed meeting in Oslo to discuss freedom in the modern world, with particular reference to Julian Assange and to Guantanamo. It was a truly inspirational event. | It finished at 6.30 pm local time. The speakers were then mobbed by well-wishers and those wanting to give contact details or request campaigning help. Books were given and signed, and a great many selfies were taken. I saw Jeremy pose literally for dozens of selfies with beaming supporters. | Finally making it out of the hall and into the street, Jeremy was approached by a cou…

infobrics (2023-06-09). Western weapons in Kiev's service perform as predicted by independent analysts. infobrics.org Various sources are claiming that at least 3,715 service members, 52 tanks and 207 AFVs have been neutralized, along with a range of other supporting assets, including 134 lightly armored and transport vehicles, five jets and support aircraft, and at least two helicopters. In addition, 48 artillery pieces and 53 drones of various types were destroyed as well.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-08). US, Taiwan, Japan to Share Real-Time Drone Surveillance Data. news.antiwar.com The US, Japan, and Taiwan are preparing to share real-time data from naval surveillance drones in a move sure to anger China, Financial Times reported on Thursday. General Atomics is due to deliver four MQ-9B Guardian drones to Taiwan in early 2025, the maritime version of the MQ-9 Reaper drone, which the US has used …

Editor (2023-06-09). Snowden Warns Today's Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like 'Child's Play'. scheerpost.com "We trusted the government not to screw us," said Edward Snowden. "But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is going to happen again, because that is the nature of power."

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-09). Progressives in Belgium protest lenient verdict to fraternity members accused of ragging student to death. peoplesdispatch.org Sanda Dia, a Belgo-Mauritanian student, died during a violent hazing (ragging) incident in 2018 which involved forced alcohol consumption, torture, and harassment. Those convicted of the murder have been asked to do community service and pay fines…

Anna Moody (2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …

Chip Gibbons (2023-06-08). The FBI's Role In the War on WikiLeaks. thedissenter.org The following was originally published as part of the From shady Icelandic informants to bogus hacking investigations, the FBI has been targeting WikiLeaks for well over a decade. | On June 6, I

Chris Walker (2023-06-09). Trump Faces Felony Espionage and Witness Tampering Charges in New Indictment. truthout.org On Thursday evening, several news agencies reported that former President Donald Trump will be indicted in the federal case surrounding his improper retention of thousands of government records. Trump and his lawyers appeared to confirm that they have been informed of his impending indictment, which they said will take place in federal court in Miami, Florida, this upcoming Tuesday. |

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-06-09). Trump indicted for numerous felonies, must surrender on Tuesday. peoplesworld.org MIAMI—A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted Donald Trump for a wide range of criminal felonies surrounding his illegal mishandling and retention of government documents, including secret and sensitive ones, at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida. Some of the documents he refused to give up were held in violation of the espionage act because …

Staff (2023-06-09). Indicted Again: Donald Trump Faces Federal Espionage & Conspiracy Charges in Classified Docs Probe. democracynow.org In a historic first, the Justice Department has indicted former President Donald Trump on multiple felony charges related to his mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's attempts to recover them. Trump is the first former president ever to face federal criminal charges and could potentially spend years in prison if convicted. He is set to be arraigned in a Miami court on Tuesday. This latest news adds to Trump's legal woes, with the former president also facing charges in New York related to hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and another probe in Geo…

Chris Walker (2023-06-08). Trump Will Face Espionage Act Charges in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case, Report Says. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to ask a federal grand jury to indict former President Donald Trump for his improper transfer of government documents from the White House to his Palm Beach, Florida, estate following his departure from office. The Independent, citing sources familiar with the matter, has reported that special counsel Jack Smith will pursue an indictment against Trump… |

Anna Moody (2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …

Chip Gibbons (2023-06-08). The FBI's Role In the War on WikiLeaks. thedissenter.org The following was originally published as part of the From shady Icelandic informants to bogus hacking investigations, the FBI has been targeting WikiLeaks for well over a decade. | On June 6, I

Chris Walker (2023-06-09). Trump Faces Felony Espionage and Witness Tampering Charges in New Indictment. truthout.org On Thursday evening, several news agencies reported that former President Donald Trump will be indicted in the federal case surrounding his improper retention of thousands of government records. Trump and his lawyers appeared to confirm that they have been informed of his impending indictment, which they said will take place in federal court in Miami, Florida, this upcoming Tuesday. |

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2023-06-09). Trump indicted for numerous felonies, must surrender on Tuesday. peoplesworld.org MIAMI—A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted Donald Trump for a wide range of criminal felonies surrounding his illegal mishandling and retention of government documents, including secret and sensitive ones, at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida. Some of the documents he refused to give up were held in violation of the espionage act because …

Staff (2023-06-09). Indicted Again: Donald Trump Faces Federal Espionage & Conspiracy Charges in Classified Docs Probe. democracynow.org In a historic first, the Justice Department has indicted former President Donald Trump on multiple felony charges related to his mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's attempts to recover them. Trump is the first former president ever to face federal criminal charges and could potentially spend years in prison if convicted. He is set to be arraigned in a Miami court on Tuesday. This latest news adds to Trump's legal woes, with the former president also facing charges in New York related to hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 and another probe in Geo…

Chris Walker (2023-06-08). Trump Will Face Espionage Act Charges in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case, Report Says. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to ask a federal grand jury to indict former President Donald Trump for his improper transfer of government documents from the White House to his Palm Beach, Florida, estate following his departure from office. The Independent, citing sources familiar with the matter, has reported that special counsel Jack Smith will pursue an indictment against Trump… |

J.D. Tuccille (2023-06-09). Lockdown Dissenters Were Muzzled in the U.K. as Well as the U.S. globalresearch.ca

Consortium News. (2023-06-08). The CIA Suit And New Proof It Spied On Assange. popularresistance.org The plaintiffs, all U.S. citizens who visited Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, claim in their lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency and former Director Mike Pompeo that their devices were surveilled at the embassy while seeing Assange. | The C.I.A. has filed a motion to dismiss the case, but new evidence has emerged in a Spanish court case that provides further proof that the Spanish security company UC Global was contracted by the C.I.A. to spy on Assange 24/7 and on his visitors, including on privileged conversations with his lawyers. | New files were discovered by Assange's lawyers…

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez (2023-06-07). 'Enough is enough': Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange. nationofchange.org

WSWS (2023-06-07). El Pais reports proof that the CIA illegally spied on Julian Assange. wsws.org Computer files show that the Spanish company responsible for security at the Ecuadorian Embassy was secretly spying on Assange. The files name the client of the surveillance: "CIA."

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-07). Attorneys, Journalists Who Visited Assange Respond To CIA Push To Dismiss Their Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying. thedissenter.org The following independent journalism was made possible by paid subscribers. Take advantage of this discount offer and

Ann Wright (2023-06-07). Why There Should be a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones. covertactionmagazine.com Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not …

Center For Constitutional Rights. (2023-06-07). Close Guantanamo Monthly Vigils. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.

Anna Moody (2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …

Anna Moody (2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …