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2024-02-08: News Headlines

Comitati per la Liberazione di Assange (2024-02-07). UN expert calls on UK government to halt the extradition of Julian Assange. pressenza.com The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, yesterday urged the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the United States of America. In her press release dated 6 February 2024,…

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-07). Julian Assange faces final British appeal. greenleft.org.au

Guillermo Garcia (2024-02-07). Julian Assange and his possible extradition to the US: on the legal and procedural situation. cadtm.org

Jeffrey Sterling (2024-02-07). A Visit to Julian Assange in Prison. counterpunch.org In Mid-December 2023, Charles Glass, the esteemed writer, journalist, broadcaster, and publisher visited with Julian Assange, an inmate at Belmarsh Prison in the U.K. Assange has been confined there since April, 2019. He is awaiting his final appeal to quash U.S. efforts to extradite him to face some of the same Espionage Act charges I

RT (2024-02-07). Assange Faces Torture and Suicide in US — UN. dissidentvoice.org Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London, England © Getty Images / Jack Taylor/Getty Images The United Nations' special rapporteur on torture has called upon authorities in the UK to block Julian Assange's possible extradition to the United States to …

albawaba (2024-02-07). Turkish Bayraktar drones to start manufacturing in Ukraine. albawaba.com ALBAWABA — Baykar, the Turkish defense, has announced plans to open a plant in Kyiv, Ukraine to start manufacturing their infamous Bayraktar battle drones, employing over 500 workers to produce either TB2 or TB3 drones, according to CEO Haluk Bayraktar's interview with Reuters.During the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Baykar spoke to Reuters about the upcoming factory, saying it is currently under construction and expected to start production in about a year with an output of 120 units per year, with investments into the project reaching $95 million.Baykar's Ukrainian factory has been in the we…

unitedEditor (2024-02-07). Turkish drones: A qualitative shift in relations between Cairo and Ankara. uwidata.com Reporting from Cairo, Egypt It seems that normalizing relations between Cairo and Ankara has already been completed, according to the expression of Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan. There was a major breakthrough in relations between the two countries after years of tension, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which was …

WEX (2024-02-07). Wednesday 2/7: President Biden: Close Guantanamo Now! indybay.org UN Plaza | San Francisco Civic Center…

WEX (2024-02-07). 'Another Lost Year on Guantanamo'. indybay.org "Many observers had hoped that the handful of transfers in the beginning of 2023 were a sign of, and momentum toward, significantly more to come. Over the summer and into the fall, it looked that way. Until it didn't…"

Angela (2024-02-07). Tuesday 2/6: Webinar: The U.S. Military Industrial Complex and the Assault on Gaza. indybay.org

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