Monthly Archives: September 2023

2023-09-24: News Headlines

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, …

mforinoco (2023-09-23). Chile and Germany: Between Solidarity and Dependency. orinocotribune.com By Max Rodermund — Sep 11, 2023 | Introduction | Although fifty years have passed since the coup d'état in Chile, the event continues to make headlines today. It was only at the end of August 2023 that seven military officers were convicted of the torture and murder of Víctor Jara. Chile's current president and justice minister also recently announced a "National Plan for the Search for Truth and Justice" to investigate the still unresolved whereabouts of tens of thousands who disappeared during the coup. Right-wing forces in Chile aggressively maintain their outspoken support for the coup to this day. Event…

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2023-09-21: News Headlines

Assange Defense. (2023-09-21). Australian Politicians Coming To US To Free Julian Assange. popularresistance.org More than 60 Australian politicians have called on the United States government to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, warning of "a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia" if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited. The letter comes ahead of announcements that a contingent of parliamentarians are coming to Washington D.C. this week in hopes of securing Assange's freedom. In the letter, the 63 MPs and senators said they were "resolutely of the view that the prosecution and incarceration of the Australian citizen Julian Assange must end". The letter will be taken to Washington D.C. where it will be presented to U…

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-21). Australian MPs Call for Assange's Freedom During Talks in Washington. news.antiwar.com A delegation of Australian members of parliament met with US officials in Washington on Wednesday and called for the release of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, who faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited to the US and convicted for exposing US war crimes. The delegation includes six MPs from different …

Megan Sherman (2023-09-21). Democracy Is a Fugitive. Julian Assange: "Resistance is Timely and Necessary" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-09-20). Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Charges Against Julian Assange Are "Mockery of Freedom of Press" democracynow.org At the United Nations General Assembly this week, multiple world leaders voiced support for the imprisoned founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Colombian President Gustavo Petro. We air an excerpt of Democracy Now!'s exclusive interview with Petro, who calls Assange's continued incarceration "the greatest mockery of freedom of press … brought to bear by the country that built the concept."…

Staff (2023-09-20). Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on U.S. to End the "Totalitarian" Prosecution of Julian Assange. democracynow.org A delegation of Australian lawmakers has arrived in Washington, D.C., to urge the Biden administration to halt its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. More than 60 members of Australia's Parliament from across the political spectrum have called for Assange's release. We speak to Australian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, who co-founded the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, about the growing Australian movement to free Assange and its implications for U.S.-Australia relations. Whish-Wilson warns that Assange's extradition to the U.S. to stand tr…

Editor (2023-09-21). Australian MPs at DOJ After Assange Talks. scheerpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-21). Russia Says It Downed 19 Drones Over Crimea, Black Sea. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its forces downed 19 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and Crimea, as Kyiv has stepped up attacks on the peninsula amid its faltering counteroffensive. "In the night from 20th to 21st September, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack with lethal drones …

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-09-21). Rusia destruye 19 drones que intentaban atacar Crimea. telesurtv.net Las ataques ucranianos con drones a instalaciones situadas en el territorio ruso, dentro o fuera del frente de la Operación Militar Especial se han incrementado.

Emma Epperly, The Spokesman-Review. (2023-09-20). Guantanamo Bay Detainee Sues Former Psychologists In New Torture Case. popularresistance.org A man tortured two decades ago by the CIA for his suspected role as a terrorist has sued two former Spokane psychologists, who made millions of dollars from the government for developing the techniques used during the brutal interrogations. | Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, also known as Abu Zubaydah, says he underwent extreme torture, including prolonged extreme solitary confinement, waterboarding, mock executions and lack of medical attention that cost him his left eye. | Zubaydah is suing psychologists and former CIA contractors Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, who he says tortured him.

ecns.cn (2023-09-21). China's Ministry of State Security reveals U.S.' infiltration of Huawei traced back to 2009. ecns.cn MSS) released an article on Wednesday revealing that U.S.' infiltration of Huawei headquarters' servers can be traced back to 2009, while also disposing despicable methods of U.S. intelligence agencies in cyber espionage.

ecns.cn (2023-09-20). China's Ministry of State Security reveals U.S.' infiltration of Huawei traced back to 2009. ecns.cn MSS) released an article on Wednesday revealing that U.S.' infiltration of Huawei headquarters' servers can be traced back to 2009, while also disposing despicable methods of U.S. intelligence agencies in cyber espionage.

Kit Klarenberg (2023-09-21). Intel-linked UK official pushing censorship of Russell Brand. thegrayzone.com The author of letters to social media companies demanding the financial punishment of Russell Brand is a British lawmaker implicated in London's war on Covid-19 and Ukraine dissenters. Her husband was a commander in the Army's psy-ops division. Allegations of sexual impropriety and abuse by comedian and podcaster Russell Brand by the British media prompted YouTube to demonetize the star's popular channel on September 20. The Grayzone can now reveal that YouTube's financial censorship of Brand is the result of …

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