Liberties
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Video: ‘Protect IP Act’ Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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Video: 'Protect IP Act' Breaks the Internet
Right now, the United States Congress is holding hearings on legislation that will have disastrous effects on free speech and the Internet. This video gives a good overview: Continue reading
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US wants to Censor the Web
Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation, or even failing to sufficiently police their users’ activities. And, because so much of the Internet’s hosts and hardware are located in the US, their blacklist would clamp down on the free web… Continue reading
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18 Arrested in Wisconsin Assembly for Using Cameras – guns still allowed
Eighteen people were arrested Tuesday, November 2 for using cameras in the Wisconsin Assembly gallery, including the editor of The Progressive magazine, Matt Rothschild. Continue reading
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Video Claims Gaddafi still alive
The spokesman for ‘Afrisynergy’ T West, explains that the NATO-rebels have lied repeatedly in the past about capturing and killing Muammar Gaddafi, capturing of his sons and about the death of some of his sons while it has been proven that the Libyan Jamahiriya government consistently spoke the truth. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 9 October 2011 (25/11)
Statewatch News Online, 9 October 2011 (25/11) Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org Migreurop monitoring of the Vincennes detention centre fire appeal EU: European Commission: Security features in travel documents: Belgium does not comply EU: FRONTEX REGULATION DECLARATIONS UK: Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 7 October 2011
7 October 2011 — williambowles.info Nobel peace prize: Bradley Manning tops reader poll The Guardian (blog) Bradley Manning, the US intelligence analyst accused of leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, has been found competent to stand trial. Photograph: AP Following a poll in which we asked readers to vote from a selection of main contenders, the US… Continue reading
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1st Amendment Victory in Goodman v. St. Paul, MN Police
Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated a landmark settlement in Goodman v. St. Paul, a federal lawsuit brought by Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Nicole Salazar against the Minneapolis-St. Paul police departments and the U.S. Secret Service, arising from law enforcement’s unlawful arrest and use of excessive of force… Continue reading
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RAF ‘nazi’ weapons to fly from Britain By Paddy McGuffin
Peace campaigners vowed today to oppose RAF plans to operate deadly unmanned Reaper drones from a Lincolnshire airbase. The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it intends to station a ‘Reaper squadron’ at RAF Waddington from next year. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 10-12 August 2011
12 August 2011 — williambowles.info 10 August 2011 State Department Spent $1.2 Billion On An Asset Monitoring System… That … Techdirt So can someone explain why the federal government is coming down so hard on Bradley Manning, rather than taking some of that energy and focusing on securing the State Department’s computers? Honestly, from the… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 4 August 2011
4 August 2011 — williambowles.info To Party Hack Rep. Nydia Velázquez, War and Liberties Are Political Weapons Antiwar.com (blog) Many times as editor of my local newspaper, The Bushwick News, I have tried to get our local representative in the House, Nydia Velázquez, to give her opinions on WikiLeaks and whistleblower Bradley Manning. It didn’t… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 1-3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info 3 August 2011 Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks forgotten man ABC Technology and Games Former US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning is, in many respects, the forgotten man of the Wikileaks saga. Private First Class Manning has been in prison for 14 months, much of it in solitary confinement, accused but… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 29 July 2011
29 July 2011 — williambowles.info Feds Defend Seizure of WikiLeaks Supporter’s Laptop Wired News (blog) By Kevin Poulsen The Justice Department on Thursday fired back against a lawsuit filed by a WikiLeaks supporter and friend of accused leaker Bradley Manning over the warrantless seizure of his laptop, arguing that they held onto the machine for… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 28 July 2011
28 July 2011 — williambowles.info Black Hat Pwnie Award winner will be a criminal ITworld.com Bradley Manning is charged with stealing and turning over to WikiLeaks thousands of US diplomatic messages and footage of a US airstrike in Iraq. If Manning didn’t do it, whoever did will be of interest to law enforcement. … http://www.itworld.com/security/186735/black-hat-pwnie-award-winner-will-be-criminal Continue reading
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Video: Getting Away with Torture
Human rights advocates urge criminal investigations into the Bush administration for torture Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 13 July 2011: UN torture official accuses US of rule violations
13 July 2011 — williambowles.info Manning visits ‘breach UN rules’ BBC News UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said the US had has broken rules by insisting on monitoring conversations with Pte Bradley Manning. Mr Mendez says he needs unrestricted access to Pte Manning to do his job. Pte Manning, 23, is being held… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 12 July 2011: UN official says US breaks rules in torture probe
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info The Conscience & Agency of Bradley Manning Firedoglake With previously unreleased instant message chat logs, Steve Fishman for New York Magazine published a feature story July 3, 2011, that further examined the accused whistleblower to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning. It looked at his family life before going … http://my.firedoglake.com/kgosztola/2011/07/11/the-conscience-agency-of-bradley-manning/ Continue reading
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Video: G20 Toronto – 1 Year Later
A year has passed since the G20 summit came to downtown Toronto. Canadians joined together in solidarity at Queen’s Park to speak out against the injustices … Continue reading
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