Liberties
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STATEWATCH GIVEN LIBERTY HUMAN RIGHTS “LONG WALK” AWARD 2011 for its work over the past 20 years
“For dedication to openness, democracy and informed debate about European institutions, keeping us reliably informed and suitably engaged for the last 20 years. Their network of independent volunteers has become one of the most respected and reliable sources of investigative journalism and critical research in the fields of the state, justice, home affairs and civil… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 1 December 2011
1 December 2011 — williambowles.info How Does He Defy Democracy? Let We Count the Ways Pacific Free Press Army private Bradley Manning is accused of leaking thousands of government documents to Wikileaks. These documents expose untold numbers of lies by US government officials, wrongful killings of civilians, policies to ignore torture in Iraq, … http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/10303-how-does-he-defy-democracy-let-we-count-the-ways.html Continue reading
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The SOPA Scoop: Anti-Piracy Bills Enrage Web Freedom Groups, Divide Congress
Imagine that the US government granted itself sweeping legal authority to shut down alleged pirate sites and intervene when web sites host any kind of content that infringes a copyright. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 30 November 2011
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning: MEPs’ open letter to the US government The Guardian We are concerned that the US army has charged Bradley Manning with “aiding the enemy,” a capital offence that is punishable by death. We have questions about why Mr Manning has been imprisoned for 17 months without yet having… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 23 November 2011
23 November 2011 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning’s defence plans to call 50 witnesses The Guardian The defence team for WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning is planning to call 50 witnesses at next month’s military hearing, promising to turn the proceedings into a detailed legal battle over the merits of the prosecution case against him. … http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/22/bradley-manning-wikileaks-article-32?newsfeed=true Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 22 November 2011
22 November 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks: Bradley Manning to have first hearing before military court next month Telegraph.co.uk Bradley Manning, the US soldier alleged to have passed to WikiLeaks a trove of military and diplomatic documents, will have a first hearing before a military court next month, the Pentagon said on Monday. Manning, who has… 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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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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