Day: March 12, 2020
UK Treatment of Julian Assange Condemned by International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute
The judge overseeing Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has refused to intervene to improve his prison conditions despite his lawyers reporting mistreatment at the hands of prison officials. She has also denied Assange’s request to sit with his lawyers despite his complaint that he can neither follow proceedings nor direct his legal defence. …
US Imposes New Venezuela-Related Sanctions on Oil Company
The US Treasury has once again expanded its list related to Washington’s sanctions against Venezuela by adding TNK Trading International S.A. According to the official statement, the sanctions are in response to the company’s alleged operations in Venezuela’s oil sector in violation of embargo measures imposed by the White House on the country’s economy. …