(2024-02-16). Rule of Law and Raison d'Etat: Julian Assange Must be Released. counterpunch.org 
An Open Letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr High Commissioner, On 20-21 February, a High Court in London will decide Julian Assange's fate: freedom or death. Two judges will decide whether the Wikileaks founder will still be able to lodge an ultimate appeal, or will end his days in an
(2024-02-16). Wednesday 2/21: Free Julian Assange. Defend a Free Press! We are ALL Julian Assange. indybay.org Harry Bridges Plaza, across from SF Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street…
(2024-02-16). Democracy Now! 2024-02-16 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for February 16, 2024; "Uniquely American Hell": Kansas City Shooting Highlights Missouri's Pro-Gun Laws in "Pro-Life" State; "I Died That Day in Parkland": Shotline Uses AI-Generated Voices of Gun Victims to Call Congress; Australian Parliament Calls for U.S. to Drop Case Against WikiLeaks' Assange Ahead of U.K. Court Hearing; "They Were So Close": Israel Kills Medics Trying to Save Dying 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab | Headlines for February 16, 2024; "Uniquely American Hell": Kansas City Shooting Highlights Missouri's Pro-Gun Laws in…
(2024-02-15). 'Drop the Charges,' Says Amnesty Ahead of Key Julian Assange Hearing. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-15). Australia Approves Motion Urging Britain To Return Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Australia's prime minister and federal members of Parliament approved a motion Wednesday to return Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Australia. | MP Andrew Wilkie introduced the motion arguing that Assange should be freed from a British prison where he has spent nearly five years and returned to Australia as Britain's High Court will hear Assange's appeal next week against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges. | "It will send a very powerful political signal to the British government and to the U.S. government that the British government should not entertain the idea of Mr. Assange being ex…
(2024-02-15). Australian PM Albanese and 85 Other MPs Vote to End Assange Incarceration. scheerpost.com 
(2024-02-15). Australian Lawmakers Call for Julian Assange's Release Ahead of Extradition Appeal. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh The motion in parliament, which was supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has called for the return of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to his family in Australia. Assange is days away from a final court hearing in the UK against his extradition to the US. On February 14, lawmakers in Australia's parliament…
(2024-02-15). Parliament votes in favour of bringing Assange home. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-02-15). Countdown To Day X: Denying Assange's Freedom Of Expression. popularresistance.org WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his legal team assert that extradition to the United States would be a "flagrant denial" of his rights to freedom of expression because the charges criminalize Assange for engaging in journalism. | When Assange was first charged, Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Jameel Jaffer of the Knight First Amendment Institute declared, "The [computer offense] characterizes everyday journalistic practices as part of a criminal conspiracy. Cultivating a source, protecting a source's identity, communicating with a source securely—the indictment describes all…
(2024-02-15). Countdown To Day X: Assange & The 'Political Offense' Exception. thedissenter.org 
Editor's Note: Ahead of a major appeal hearing before the British High Court of Justice on February 20 and 21, the "Countdown To Day X" series will highlight key aspects of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against extradition to the United States. | The legal team for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contends that District Court Judge Vanessa Baraitser erred by failing to recognize that it was an "abuse of process" for the United States government to seek Assange's extradition for political offenses. They hope the British High Court of Justice will reconsider this aspect of the ca…
(2024-02-15). Australian Parliament Asks US to Stop Action Against Assange. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday night, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and 85 lawmakers supported a motion to urge the United States and the United Kingdom to end the legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and allow him to return to Australia. | RELATED: | This motion, presented by independent legislator Andrew Wilkie in the Lower Chamber, garnered 86 votes in favor and 42 against in a legislative ses…
(2024-02-16). Australia llama a cesar persecución contra Julian Assange. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con medios locales, la iniciativa legislativa fue presentada por el diputado Andrew Wilkie y recibió 86 votos a favor.
(2024-02-15). Israeli drone tested in Gaza 'appears at Saudi Defence Expo'. newarab.com 
A previously classified Israeli Developed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the system comprises drones designed for intelligence gathering, espionage, and even assassination missions. Its centrepiece, the
(2024-02-16). Israeli drone tested in Gaza 'appears at Saudi Defence Expo'. newarab.com A previously classified Israeli Developed by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the system comprises drones designed for intelligence gathering, espionage, and even assassination missions. Its centrepiece, the
(2024-02-16). Indian farmer protest continues in face of Modi government's massive deployment of security forces. wsws.org At least a hundred farmers have been injured in clashes with security forces, who have used baton charges, rubber bullets, water-cannon, and copious amounts of tear gas, some of it dropped by drones, to beat back the protesters.
(2024-02-16). General implicated in torture claims victory in Indonesia's presidential election. peoplesworld.org 
A former general linked to past human rights abuses claimed victory Thursday in Indonesia's presidential election. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto presented himself as an heir to sitting President Joko Widodo, whose son was his running mate. Before the final declaration by election officials, Subianto told thousands of supporters in the capital, Jakarta, that his victory …
(2024-02-15). Libya: Internal Security Agency must end abuses in name of 'guarding virtue'. reliefweb.int Country: Libya | Source: Amnesty International | Over the past year, the Tripoli-based Internal Security Agency (ISA) has subjected dozens of men, women and children to a range of abuses, including enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and torture, with some facing the death penalty, under the guise of "guarding virtue," said Amnesty International today. | Amnesty International has gathered evidence of an intensified crackdown on freedom of thought, expression and belief by ISA against the backdrop of a May 2023 decree issued by an official religious body, the General Authority for Endowments and Islamic…
(2024-02-15). UK Steps Up War On Whistleblower Journalism. popularresistance.org It was the afternoon of May 17 2023 and I had just arrived at London's Luton Airport. I was on my way to the city of my birth to visit my family. Before landing, the pilot instructed all passengers to have their passports ready for inspection immediately upon disembarking the plane. Just then, I noticed a six-strong squad of stone-faced plainclothes British counter-terror officers waited on the tarmac, intensely studying the identification documents of all travelers. | As soon as the cops identified me, I was ordered to accompany them into the airport terminal without explanation. There, I was introduced to two o…
(2024-02-16). An Update — PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS A VICTIM OF ESPIONAGE, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. sonar21.com 