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• USA: Assange’s Removal From Embassy Was Directed By US President
  28 September 2020, by siawi3

  Julian Assange’s removal from the Ecuadorian Embassy was done so “on direct orders from the [US] president”, according to information provided to American journalist Cassandra Fairbanks. Ms Fairbanks’ explosive testimony would appear to support to position that Mr Assange’s prosecution has a political dimension and reflected a shift in the government’s attitude with a change in administration from that of former president Barack Obama. “Kidnapping a political refugee” from the Ecuadorian Embassy would be “an act of war”, Ms Fairbanks said to Mr Schwartz, to which he apparently responded “not if they let us”. “I began recording all conversations with Mr Schwartz because of the threatening tone of the October 2018 call and the amount of details he had provided about Mr Assange’s impending arrest”.

• USA: The Cost Of Resistance
  28 September 2020, by siawi3

  Resistance, genuine resistance, exacts a very, very high price. Those in power drop even the pretense of justice when they face an existential threat. You can measure the effectiveness of resistance by the fury of the response by ruling elites. The ominous message the U.S. government is sending is clear: No matter who or where you are, if you expose the inner workings of empire you will be hunted down, kidnapped and brought to the U.S. to be tried as a spy and imprisoned for life. The empire intends to be unaccountable, untouchable and unexamined.

• UK: Assange extradition court hears explosive testimonies that undermine US indictment and provide grounds for dismissal
  28 September 2020, by siawi3

  Week three of the hearings at the Old Bailey for Julian Assange‘s extradition to the US heard testimony from a computer security expert that may prove to be critical. That testimony could be used to undermine the first indictment raised against the WikiLeaks founder and therefore weaken the entire case.

• 44 Years Ago Today, Chilean Socialist Orlando Letelier Was Assassinated on US Soil
  28 September 2020, by siawi3

  On September 21, 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former minister in Salvador Allende’s socialist government in Chile who was forced into exile after the US-backed coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power, was assassinated by a car bomb in the heart of Washington, DC.

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  5 octobre 2020, par siawi3
• The Belmarsh Tribunal
  6 October 2020, by siawi3

  One half-century after the Russell’s tribunal, the Progressive International (PI) is once again calling on the conscience of mankind against the crimes of US imperialism. Today, Friday October 2^nd, marks the first day of the Belmarsh Tribunal, named for the prison where Julian Assange has been kept in permanent confinement for daring to publish documents that detail torture, violence, and illegal spying by the US government. The Tribunal will bring together a planetary cast of activists, artists, thinkers, and political representatives to investigate and evaluate the Wikileaks revelations.

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• UN: Ex-OPCW chief Jose Bustani reads Syria testimony that US, UK blocked at UN
  9 October 2020, by siawi3

  As the OPCW’s first Director General, Bustani experienced first-hand the costs of challenging pro-war narratives. In 2002, he was personally threatened by John Bolton and ousted as OPCW chief after he facilitated inspections that stood in the way of the Bush administration’s drive to invade Iraq.

• The regional dimensions of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  16 October 2020, by siawi3

  Except for Turkey, no other regional or global power has declared its direct involvement in the conflict. However, it has all the ingredients of turning into a major conflict unless negotiations take place. Another war in the region, apart from causing further destruction of lives of people, can also provide the US and Israel fresh opportunities to dominate the area. Russia, Turkey and Iran have seen how Israel and the US have used the war in Syria for their own advantages. This should be an incentive for all regional players to move from confrontation to cooperation for which they already have a working model.

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