Stella Assange, Evening Standard. (2023-09-30). Press Freedom Does Not Exist While My Husband Julian Assange Is In Jail. popularresistance.org We must defend the right to offend. The most important aspect of the right to offend is the one that confronts those in power with the truths that they most eagerly wish to conceal. Without this right, the powerful become untouchable. | My husband, Julian Assange, pictured below right, has been imprisoned in HMP Belmarsh in Thamesmead since 2019 because, as the publisher of WikiLeaks, he exposed the abuses of the war on terror which the United States wanted to remain concealed. The US has brought charges against Julian that carry 175 years in prison. As Home Secretary, Priti Patel failed to block Julian's extradi…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-29). Australian MPs' mission to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au

Chip Gibbons, The Dissenter. (2023-09-28). Australian, Latin American Leaders Demand End To Assange Prosecution. popularresistance.org During their addresses to the UN General Assembly, both Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Honduran President Xiomara Castro called for Assange to be freed. Lula stated, "It is essential to preserve the freedom of the press. A journalist like Julian Assange cannot be punished for informing society in a transparent and legitimate way." Castro struck a similar chord, calling Assange a "faithful defender of free expression." | Both Lula and Castro are left-wing leaders who were elected as part of what's been dubbed in Latin America as a second or resurgent "Pink Tide." Lula had previously served as Br…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-28). Australian MPs' mission to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au

sputnikglobe (2023-09-29). Russia Destroys 11 Ukrainian Drones Above Kaluga, Kursk Regions. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian air defenses destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones at night: one of them over the Kaluga Region and 10 over the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-09-28). Russia develops AI for simultaneous control of drones. plenglish.com Moscow, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) Russian researchers created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of controlling up to 500,000 drones at the same time, the non-profit organization National Technology Initiative Platform reported.

TASS (2023-09-28). Russian electronic warfare systems force two drones to land outside Kursk. tass.com No damage or casualties have been reported, according to the governor…

Howard Altman (2023-09-28). Russia's Shahed-136 Drones Now Feature Tungsten Shrapnel. thedrive.com Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images | Russia is stepping up its attacks with Overnight Thursday, Russia attacked with 44 Shaheds drones, all but 10 of which were destroyed in the air, the Ukrainian Air Force claimed on its Telegram channel. | The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 34 of 44 Shahed drones launched Thursday. (Ukrainian Air Force Telegram)…

John Kiriakou (2023-09-28). Al Qaeda and Guantanamo: I Was the Only U.S. Official Imprisoned Over the CIA Torture Program — Because I Opposed It. John Kiriakou. globalresearch.ca

John Kiriakou (2023-09-28). I Was the Only US Official Imprisoned Over the Torture Program — Because I Opposed It. mintpressnews.com The only person associated with the CIA's global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it — John Kiriakou.

WSWS (2023-09-29). "Torture warehouse" exposed in lawsuits against Baton Rouge, Louisiana police department. wsws.org Multiple lawsuits have exposed the existence of a secret warehouse used by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to interrogate, sexually humiliate and beat detainees.

Editor (2023-09-28). US Refuses to Acknowledge Systemic Use of Torture by Its Armed Forces in Iraq. scheerpost.com

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-25). Mission to Free Assange: Australian Parliamentarians in Washington. globalresearch.ca

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-25). Australian MPs' mission to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-09-25). Australian parliamentarians lobby for Assange in Washington. wsws.org The tour reflected a groundswell of support for Assange among ordinary people, but also underscored the bankruptcy of a fight for his freedom based on backroom diplomacy and politicking.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-24). Mission to Free Assange: Australian Parliamentarians in Washington. dissidentvoice.org It was a short stint, involving a six-member delegation of Australian parliamentarians lobbying members of the US Congress and various relevant officials on one issue: the release of Julian Assange. If extradited to the US from the United Kingdom to face 18 charges, 17 framed with reference to the oppressive, extinguishing Espionage Act of 1917, …

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-25). Australian MPs Washington mission to press for Julian Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

infobrics (2023-09-25). How could Russia respond when Kiev gets ATACMS missiles and armed drones?>. infobrics.org Having the Neo-Nazi junta do all the heavy lifting and dying for "a NATO mission" while the belligerent alliance collects battlefield data is perfect for the political West, but only as long as they can maintain plausible deniability of involvement. However, as Moscow is losing patience for this sort of insolence, the conflict that is still largely limited to Ukraine could inevitably escalate, as Russia can decide to legally redefine what constitutes direct involvement.

Editor (2023-09-25). John Kiriakou: Never forget America's torture legacy. mronline.org CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou joins Robert Scheer to discuss the dark history of America's torture program, and the normalization of the Espionage Act to attack those that expose the secrets of the state.

ecns.cn (2023-09-25). Chinese national security agency exposes cases of espionage through telecom fraud. ecns.cn The Chinese national security agency exposed several cases of espionage through telecommunications fraud on Monday, reminding netizens to be wary of not only telecommunications fraud from northern Myanmar.