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Snowden tells The Belmarsh Tribunal: If you love truth, you’re as much of a criminal as Assange and risk sharing his fate

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021By Editor

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange is a political prisoner and the process against him is a crime against journalism, said a group of academics, politicians, journalists and advocates convened ahead of his extradition hearing. … Read More >Snowden tells The Belmarsh Tribunal: If you love truth, you’re as much of a criminal as Assange and risk sharing his fate

World

Australian police attempt to keep reporters from covering Covid-19 protests, back off after news outlet threatens legal challenge

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021By Editor

Melbourne police partially backed off an order to keep news helicopters out of the sky over anti-lockdown protests after media pushed back with a legal challenge. Police said protesters were tracking cops’ movements via newsfeeds. … Read More >Australian police attempt to keep reporters from covering Covid-19 protests, back off after news outlet threatens legal challenge

World

Iran tells US to drop ‘addiction to sanctions’ after Iranians blacklisted over alleged kidnapping plot of journalist

Posted on September 16, 2021September 16, 2021By Editor

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said the US is resorting to “Hollywood scenarios” in order to justify new sanctions against Tehran. Washington blacklisted Iranians accused of planning to kidnap a journalist in New York. … Read More >Iran tells US to drop ‘addiction to sanctions’ after Iranians blacklisted over alleged kidnapping plot of journalist

Middle East

Italian evacuation plane comes under fire as it takes off from Kabul – reports

Posted on August 31, 2021August 31, 2021By Editor

An Italian Air Force plane, being utilized as part of the evacuation effort, has come under fire as it took off from Kabul airport, according to a Sky TG24 journalist onboard the aircraft. No injuries have been reported. … Read More >Italian evacuation plane comes under fire as it takes off from Kabul – reports

Middle East

‘US troops call it World War Z’: RT correspondent in Kabul airport describes ‘horrendous’ situation

Posted on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021By Editor

RT reporter Murad Gazdiev says what he and his crew saw at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul after reaching it resembled a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie after a week of hectic evacuation efforts by the US and its allies. “We’ve just arrived at Kabul airport. … Read More >‘US troops call it World War Z’: RT correspondent in Kabul airport describes ‘horrendous’ situation

Shows

On Contact: A Different Kind of War

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the plight of everyday people victimized by the hardships of life in Mexico and Central America with author and journalist J. Malcolm Garcia. His new book is ‘A Different Kind of War: Uneasy Encounters in Mexico and Central America’. … Read More >On Contact: A Different Kind of War

World

Ukraine shuts down leading independent news site Strana as part of new crackdown on journalists, judges & opposition politicians

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021By Editor

One of Ukraine’s most prominent news outlets has been taken offline after the country’s National Security and Defense Council marked it out as a threat, thus adding the title to the growing list of banned opposition media groups. … Read More >Ukraine shuts down leading independent news site Strana as part of new crackdown on journalists, judges & opposition politicians

World

Australian health official flees press conference after question over spike in teen suicides, as Victoria locks down AGAIN

Posted on August 21, 2021August 21, 2021By Editor

Victoria’s chief health officer abruptly left the stage during a Covid-19 press conference when a reporter asked about a surge in suicides among teenage girls – only for a torrent of recriminations to engulf him on social media. … Read More >Australian health official flees press conference after question over spike in teen suicides, as Victoria locks down AGAIN

USA

A Tale of Two Withdrawals: Why Soviet and US Pull-Outs From Afghanistan Were So Different

Posted on August 19, 2021August 19, 2021By Editor

Washington’s disorganised and haphazard pull-out from Kabul comes in sharp contrast to how the USSR left the country in February 1989, says American independent journalist Max Parry, recalling how the US political establishment tried to create a Vietnam-style Afghan quagmire … Read More >A Tale of Two Withdrawals: Why Soviet and US Pull-Outs From Afghanistan Were So Different

World

‘Shut them down’: Snowden responds after French intelligence confirms 3 journalists targeted with Israeli Pegasus spyware

Posted on August 14, 2021August 14, 2021By Editor

France’s National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI) has confirmed that three French journalists had their devices infected with the Israeli spyware Pegasus. … Read More >‘Shut them down’: Snowden responds after French intelligence confirms 3 journalists targeted with Israeli Pegasus spyware

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