The assurance that Julian Assange will be allowed to rely on the First Amendment in his defence is a blatantly weak piece of sophistry.
Craig Murray: The Farce of US Diplomatic Assurances
Category: United Kingdon
Opening the Devil’s Door in Asia-Pacific
Mick Hall on indications that New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines are moving towards greater integration with the U.S.-led military bloc in the region.
Over 100 Britons Among Israeli Soldiers & Settlers
The disclosure by the foreign secretary’s staff — in response to Declassified UK’s freedom of information request — suggests Parliament was misled, Phil Miller reports.
Chris Hedges: A Genocide Foretold
The genocide in Gaza is the final stage of a process begun by Israel decades ago. Anyone who did not see this coming blinded themselves to the character and goals of the apartheid state.
Craig Murray: UK Legal Shambles in Case of Assange
The British establishment continues to move inexorably towards ordering the WikiLeaks’ publisher’s extradition at the time of its choosing.
Britain’s Hidden Helicopter War in Niger
As Niger expels U.S. troops, Declassified UK reveals British helicopters operated a taxi service for French forces in the uranium-rich African state, Phil Miller reports.
Chris Hedges: A Mockery of British Justice
British courts for five years have denied due process to Julian Assange as his physical and mental health deteriorates. That is the point of his show trial.
Censored: Keir Starmer’s Emails About Israeli War Crimes Case
The Crown Prosecution Service won’t release files on how the Labour leader blocked a former Israeli official’s arrest over alleged war crimes in Gaza in 2008, John McEvoy reports.
Assange’s ‘Reprieve’ Is Another Lie
The U.S. has had years to clarify its intention to give Assange a fair trial but refuses to do so, writes Jonathan Cook. The real goal is to keep him endlessly locked up.
Craig Murray: Assange, Truth & UN Shenanigans
At the U.N. Human Rights Committee’s periodic review of the U.K., the author raised the U.S. war crimes exposed by WikiLeaks and British violations of the publisher’s political and civil rights.