(2024-01-25). The last flurry: US Congress and Australian MPs seek Julian Assange's release. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-24). The last flurry: US Congress and Australian MPs seek Julian Assange's release. greenleft.org.au
(2024-01-24). In Assange's Darkest Hour, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Him. popularresistance.org The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its census report for 2023. Three hundred and twenty detained or imprisoned journalists were counted by the press freedom organization, as of December 1, 2023. | As indicated, that number is not far from the record high of 360 jailed journalists that was set in 2022. | The 2023 census takes on greater significance given the Israeli government's war on Gaza and the military attacks and crackdown on Palestinian journalists. Seventeen journalists were jailed by Israel, the "highest number of arrests" since CPJ began tracking arrests in 1992. It is the first time th…
(2024-01-25). Julian Assange and his possible extradition to the US: on the legal and procedural situation. cadtm.org
(2024-01-24). Texas Drone Restrictions Opposed By Journalists Once Again Upheld By US Appeals Court. thedissenter.org 
The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. A United States appeals court refused to reverse a prior decision that upheld provisions in a Texas state law, which may be used to criminalize journalists who gather news by flying drones. In 2019, the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Texas Press Association, and a freelance reporter named Joe Pappalardo sued Texas state officials and urged the U.S. Dist…
(2024-01-24). Iraq: 'Unlawful' mass executions resuming in country, warns rights group. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq: 'Unlawful' mass executions resuming in country, warns rights group | At least 150 people are at risk of imminent execution following convictions marred by corruption and torture | Wed, 01/24/2024 – 09: 24 | Torture, isolation from family and lawyers, and forced confessions are widespread in Iraqi prisons (Reuters/File) | At least 150 people are at risk of imminent "unlawful" executi…
(2024-01-25). Sixty Years Of 'Dr. Strangelove': A Nuclear War Planner On The Nightmare Comedy. thedissenter.org 
The following was originally published at The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists kept the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight for 2024, signaling that the world remains closer than ever before to catastrophe. China, Russia, and the United States, the three largest nuclear powers, have essentially allowed agreements for arms control to collapse and are fueling a 21st century arms race to modernize their nuclear arsenals. | Since 1947, the group of scientific and technological experts has gauged global threats th…