(2023-12-21). Biden Is Trump's Poodle. popularresistance.org Biden, you defeated Trump, yet your administration has NOT rolled back all of the evil caused by Trump. | Take the case of journalist Julian Assange. | Under the Obama administration of which you, Biden, were Vice-President for 8 years, journalist and publisher Julian Assange was NOT prosecuted for publishing the Collateral Damage video of the U.S. Army murder by hellfire missile of Reuters reporters nor the classified Afghanistan and the Iraq war files. | However, you and the Obama administration did prosecute and won conviction of U.S. Army PFC Bradley Manning for disclosing those classified materials.
(2023-12-20). Assange Appeal Hearing Set For February. popularresistance.org Imprisoned publisher Julian Assange will face two High Court judges over two days on Feb. 20-21, 2024 in London in what will likely be his last appeal against being extradited to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. | Assange's wife Stella Assange confirmed that the hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice. Assange had had an earlier request to appeal rejected by High Court Judge Jonathan Swift on June 6. | Assange then filed an application to appeal that decision and the dates have now been set. Assange is seeking to challenge both the home secretary's decision to extra…
(2023-12-20). UK court to hear Assange's final appeal against extradition in February. peoplesdispatch.org
(2023-12-20). Julian Assange's final appeal date in UK Court. pressenza.com The UK High Court has confirmed that a public hearing will take place on 20 and 21 February 2024.: | Julian's two-day hearing will be held before a panel of two judges who will review an earlier UK High Court decision taken by a single judge on 6 June 2023 which refused Julian permission to appeal. The hearing will determine whether Julian will have further opportunities to argue his case before the UK courts, or whether he will be extradited to the United States to face charges under the 1917 US Espionage Act. | If extradited, Julian faces a sentence of 175 years for exposing war crimes committed by the…
(2023-12-21). Urinating on Prisoners: Why Humiliation is Functional in Israel's War on Palestinians. mintpressnews.com The Israeli military continues to act as it did during the Nakba, when it employed torture in a bid to crush the spirit of Palestinian resistance, perceiving the humiliation of Palestinians as an expression of dominance, power, and supremacy.
(2023-12-20). An Unfinished Struggle: the 50-Year Campaign to Abolish Torture. counterpunch.org 
At the Amna Suraka museum in Iraq, exhibits show the torture that was carried out in the cells. Hélène Veilleux/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA Christopher Justin Einolf, Northern Illinois University The world's first conference on the abolition of torture drew more than 300 delegates representing over 70 countries and international organizations. It opened with the news that
(2023-12-20). US Press Freedom Tracker: Reporters Criminalized For 'Routine Journalism' In 2023. thedissenter.org 
Support independent journalism on press freedom, whistleblowers, and government secrecy. In 2023, the United States government armed the Israeli military in an assault and siege on Gaza that has killed over 75 journalists. It has repeatedly been confirmed that military forces targeted journalists—and their families—to eliminate them and their coverage of the war. | Despite increased calls from the Australian government and other world leaders to drop the charges against WikiLeaks…