Liberties
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Video: ‘Ecuador has strong record of human rights’: Assange and his mother hail asylum decision
“I am grateful to the Ecuadorian people, President Rafael Correa and his government. It was not Britain or my home country, Australia, that stood up to protect me from persecution, but a courageous, independent Latin American nation”Assange said in an official statement released by WikiLeaks on Thursday. Continue reading
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CCR Attorneys Applaud Ecuador’s Decision to Grant Asylum to Julian Assange
Today, in response to Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement: Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 29 June 2012
29 June 2012— williambowles.info Judge orders prosecution to explain stonewalling in Bradley Manning case World Socialist Web Site A military judge on June 25 ordered Army prosecutors to address accusations that they have withheld evidence from the defense team of accused whistleblower Bradley Manning. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jun2012/mann-j29.shtml Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 28 June 2012
28 June 2012— williambowles.info Bradley Manning defense claims victory on due process motion Democratic Underground “The Obama administration can’t hide from reality forever” said Jeff Paterson, a lead organizer with the Bradley Manning Support Network. “Any ruling in favor of … http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002865107 Continue reading
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Media Lens: Incinerating Assange – The Liberal Media Go To Work By: David Edwards
The media response to Assange’s asylum request tells us much about the default brutality and reflexive herdthink of elite corporate journalism. We witnessed a rush to be seen to revile Assange as a ‘turd’, ‘weirdo’, ‘narcissist’ and joke. The crucial importance of his achievements, of his cause, was deemed utterly irrelevant beside his allegedly unbearable… Continue reading
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The Bradley Manning Prosecution Infected by Government Misconduct, Dismissal is the Only Option By Kevin Zeese
Manning has suffered the fate the Queen put on Alice when she was in Wonderland, “Sentence first — verdict afterwards.” By the time his court martial is actually held he will have been incarcerated for more than two years, one of those years was spent in solitary confinement. But, that is only one of many… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 15 March 2012
15 March 2012 — williambowles.info UN expert criticizes Manning’s harsh detention NECN Juan Mendez said in a report to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council that the US military‘s “seriously punitive” detention of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has not been found guilty of any crime, is also “a violation of his right to physical and… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 13-14 March 2012: Manning Treatment “Cruel, Inhuman” Torture Chief Admits
14 March 2012 — williambowles.info 012 UN official critical of Manning detention CNN (blog) US Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of aiding the enemy by passing reams of classified military documents to WikiLeaks, may have been treated inhumanely by the US military since his arrest in 2010, according to a report from the United… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 10-11 March 2012
11 March 2012 — williambowles.info 012 Dempsey: US ‘preparing military options’ if needed for Syria Stars and Stripes Dempsey spoke to about 500 Navy and Air Force personnel at the Hickam officers club, fielding questions about cyberthreats, performing missions at a time of budget cuts, retirements and his feelings about Army Pfc. Bradley Manning,… Continue reading
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Official: US govt already seized hundreds of foreign domains
US seizure of a Canadian gambling website caused online outcry as it was registered abroad and thought to be outside American jurisdiction. But this is far from isolated; it has emerged that the US has seized hundreds of foreign domain names. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 8 March 2012
8 March 2012 — williambowles.info The heavy price of telling the truth Montreal Gazette Hintz points to the experience of Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower who was nabbed after he revealed his identity to a hacker via an online chat. “The Bradley Manning case also shows the severity of the repercussions,” Hintz said.… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 7 March 2012
7 March 2012 — williambowles.info ‘US world’s worst human rights violator’ Press TV The UN special rapporteur on torture has found that the US authorities subjected WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Juan Ernesto Mendez says he is not convinced with the US authorities’ explanation regarding … http://www.presstv.ir/detail/230322.html Continue reading
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ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for ‘illegal downloads’
UK web surfers have caught a grim glimpse of the future with Internet users being threatened with 10 years in jail for “illegal downloading” after a prominent music file-sharing site was shut down shortly after Britain signed the notorious ACTA bill. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 3 March 2012
3 March 2012 — williambowles.info Manning Charged with Espionage, Leaker of SEALED Indictment on Assange Gets Nada Government Accountability Project (blog) Hamsher is right on explaining the disparate treatment: Moral of the story: Bradley Manning gets charged with “aiding the enemy” for potentially leaking information that was available on the SIPRNET to hundreds of… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 2 March 2012
2 March 2012 — williambowles.info Providing information to our enemies is treason Tulsa Beacon by Robert McDowell In early February, the Army commander for the District of Washington finally announced his decision that Pfc. Bradley Manning must stand a general courtmartial for his actions while deployed to the Middle East. Manning is charged …… Continue reading
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ACTA – time to win!
Governments are turning their back on ACTA one by one, so the EC is asking their Court of Justice to give the treaty the green light and renew its momentum — but they plan to manipulate the process by giving the court only a narrow, uncontroversial question to consider, hoping it will lead to a… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 March 2012
1 March 2012 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning Is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize as Court-Martial Begins Autostraddle Last Thursday Bradley Manning, the former US Army intelligence officer accused of leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, began the process of a formal court-martial. Manning is charged with 22 different counts, including “aiding the enemy … http://www.autostraddle.com/bradley-manning-is-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-as-court-martial-begins-134308/… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 29 February 2012
29 February 2012 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks suspect in frame for peace prize Independent Online Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the European Union and US soldier and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning are on the list. With 188 individuals and 43 organisations, the number of candidates comes close to last year’s record of 241, when the award… Continue reading
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Video: United States vs. Manning & Assange
Michael Ratner: Army is trying to pressure Manning into implicating Julian Assange so that he too can be charged and extradited to US Continue reading
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Hypocrisy in Hollywood: Why Hollywood backed PIPA and SOPA
This infographic highlights Hollywood’s support for SOPA and PIPA. Continue reading
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