We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts
Category: Legal
UK Prison Abuse of Palestine Activists
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol, Daniel Tester reports.
Indigenous Australian to Take ex-Netanyahu Spox to ICC
After Australian prosecutors dropped the case for “advocating genocide” against Israeli official Mark Regev, the plaintiff says the matter will now be sent to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Biden Family of Liars
Given Joe Biden’s apparently intimate involvement in Hunter’s dealings, it follows that his intent in pardoning his son is effectively to secure a pardon for himself.
Israeli Army Chief Visited Britain After ICC Warrants
Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London, John McEvoy and Mark Curtis report.
The War on Consortium News
From PayPal to Global News to anonymous hackers, there are forces that prefer you don’t read Consortium News.
Low-Lying Nations Take Climate Case to World Court
A coalition of countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change are demanding that larger polluting nations be held to account under international law.
US Could Deal Death Blow to International Law
Marjorie Cohn raises the prospect of the U.S. government invoking the 2003 “Hague Invasion Act” to extract Israeli officials from the ICC if they are arrested.
At Last an Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu
A panel of ICC judges said there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister are guilty of “the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare” and other “crimes against humanity.”
JOHN KIRIAKOU: America’s Barbaric Death Penalty
Three quarters of the rest of the countries in the world do not have the death penalty. They see it as barbaric and immoral, which it is.