BY: Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Amassive 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has killed more than 1,000 people, according to local officials, though the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake comes as […]
BY: Azeezah Kanji, Truthout As the British government moves ever closer to extraditing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, the pantomime of “justice” cloaking his persecution in the regalia of the “rule of law” continues to […]
WATCH: Israeli Forces Brutally Assault International Activists in Masafer Yatta Nazi army beat up a number of international solidarity activists in Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron hills, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]
The office of the Scottish Information Commissioner declared on 22 June that it would investigate the City of Edinburgh Council over its failure to adhere to Freedom of Information (FOI) Legislation on matters pertaining to the council’s […]
Posted by: John Phoenix “If Assange can be threatened with prosecution as a spy, what might that mean for other journalists?” pointed out a member of the National Union of Journalists of Britain and Ireland. […]
Indigenous National Strike in Ecuador: Has the Government… by Fernando Casado Obama’s Handshake With Raúl Castro Shows the Way for Bide… by teleSUR/MS The number of people in catastrophic conditions is projected to increase from 38,000 in May […]
BYMarjorie Cohn, Truthout Human Rights and Global Wrongs Ever since U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel formally ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. last week, press freedom advocates around the world have been mobilizing. […]
BY THOMAS KNAPP Photograph Source: thierry ehrmann – CC BY 2.0 On June 17, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face 18 criminal charges: One count of […]
Israel executes three Palestinians in Jenin Maureen Clare Murphy Rights and Accountability Israeli occupation forces extrajudicially executed three Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Friday. The three men – Yusif Naser Salah, […]
Germany permits Israel to kill its citizens with impunity Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada Germany is allowing Israel to get away with the killing of six of its citizens in an air attack on a high-rise […]