Zane McNeill (2023-09-01). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties This Weekend. truthout.org The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we're going to be utilizing our assets to go up and go check on the party," Kaz Daughtry, the assistant NYPD Commissioner, said at a press conference. |

teleSUR, JCM (2023-09-02). Policía sudafricana abate a 18 presuntos ladrones en un tiroteo. telesurtv.net Según la policía, que llevaba varios días siguiendo los movimientos de los sospechosos, en enero se inició una investigación con la ayuda de la unidad de inteligencia del país.

TASS (2023-09-01). Russian troops repel four attacks of Ukrainian assault groups in Krasny Liman area. tass.com According to Spokesman Alexander Savchuk, the battlegroup's air defense systems shot down three drones and a HIMARS munition…

TASS (2023-09-01). US-led coalition's aircraft violate Syrian airspace 353 times in August. tass.com According to the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria Vadim Kulit, the coalition's fighter jets and drones violated Syria's airspace in the al-Tanf area, across which international air routes run, 12 times during the day…

WSWS (2023-09-02). Guantanamo military judge rules against evidence "derived from torture" wsws.org The fact that nobody has ever gone to prison for the CIA torture program implicates the entire US political establishment and exposes the hypocrisy of its claims to be defending human rights abroad.

Constantine Eliopoulos (2023-09-02). Correspondence] Human rights violations in Ukraine: the need for forensic investigations. thelancet.com Reports from Ukraine since the start of the conflict in February, 2022, describe a variety of war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in areas such as Bucha and Izyum, which include torture and summary executions.1 In November, 2022, the Ukrainian army was also accused of executing Russian prisoners of war.2 Stories on major media outlets cite witness statements about these crimes, and describe the exhumation of mass graves conducted by local authorities.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-01). Iran Uncovers Massive Mossad Plot to Sabotage Defense Industry. sputnikglobe.com The Islamic Republic and the Jewish State are known to have engaged in an unceasing, decades-long covert war of espionage, sabotage and assassination attacks going back to the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-09-01). India, the Reluctant BRICS Traveller. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar — Aug 28, 2023 | India became a beacon of hope for the Western media for a short while in the run-up to the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg — a potential dissenter who might derail the grouping's acceleration toward a "de-dollarisation" process. | Reuters floated a rumour that Prime Minister Narendra Modi might not attend the summit in person, which of course was an excessive case of wishful thinking but called attention to what a high stakes geopolitical game BRICS has become. | Such paranoia was unprecedented. If up until last year, the Western game was to mock at BRICS as an incons…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-09-01). US Government Sued for Hiding Information on Afghan Refugees in Detention Camps. globalresearch.ca

Labor Video Project (2023-08-28). KPFA Journalist Frank Sterling, , Elections, Pacifica & The Fight Against The Racist Anti. indybay.org KPFA journalist Frank Sterling and KPFA LSB candidate Steve Zeltzer speak out about the refusal of the KPFA Local Station Board group "The Protectors" to support a resolution calling for the dropping of Antioch police charges against journalist Frank Sterling. The KPFA Local station board and the past manager have refused to also call for the freedom of journalist s Mumia Abu-jamal and Julian Assange. KPFA also put on programmer Ian Masters who has said he is for keeping Mumia in jail and the supporters of Mumia are dupes.

Marjorie Cohn (2023-08-28). Extradition of Julian Assange threatens First Amendment, Press Freedom. indybay.org JURIST: My favorite Supreme Court Justice of all time is William O. Douglas. A staunch defender of the First Amendment, he asserted in his book Points of Rebellion, "We must realize that today's Establishment is the new George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics, we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is also revolution."

Redazione Roma, Pressenza. (2023-08-28). On September 2, Worldwide Rallies For Julian Assange At Australian Embassies. popularresistance.org Recently (29 July 2023), US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on a visit to Australia, rejected the call by his Australian counterpart to put an end to the U.S.'s judicial persecution of Julian Assange. Blinken justified his refusal by saying that Assange, with his revelations of US/UK war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, had "risked causing very serious harm to [US] national security." | But notice his choice of words. Blinken did not state that Assange had actually caused harm (as was claimed at the time of the revelations); he is simply alleged to have risked — hypothetically — causing harm, which…

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-28). Rusia destruye drones y misil ucranianos sobre Crimea. telesurtv.net Dichos ataques al territorio ruso, a partir de vehículos aéreos no tripulados, se han incrementado.

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2023-08-28). Torture Comes Home to Roost. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-08-28). Philippines: Vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all victims of state terrorism! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following August 21 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | One year ago today, Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan), Wilma Austria (Ka Bagong-tao), together with eight other revolutionaries, were arrested by troops belonging to the 8th Infantry Division, on their way to the coasts of Catbalogan town, Samar. While in the custody of their fascist captors, they were subjected to severe torture before they were subsequently killed. Their lifeless bodies were loaded on a boat and brought to sea where reportedly being exploded. | The torture and murder of the Tiamzons,…

Patricia Harrity (2023-08-28). Whistleblower Who Disclosed Myocarditis Spike in Military After COVID Vaccine Rollout Goes Public. expose-news.com

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2023-08-28). Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania. popularresistance.org Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for "strictly enforcing" gag rules against prisoners and the jail's employees and contractors. Hailer claims the rules allegedly violate her constitutional rights to "gather news and receive information from otherwise willing speakers." | The lawsuit is believed to be a first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by a journalist against such speech restrictions, and Hailer is represented by the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) clinic at Yale Law School and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP).