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NYT: Zelensky’s Government Crushes Press Freedoms in Ukraine
NYT: Zelensky’s Government Crushes Press Freedoms in Ukraine Reporters and press freedom monitors say the pressure, intimidation, and restrictions imposed on the media go well beyond the country’s wartime security needs Journalists and media groups have come under intense pressure from the Kiev regime, including spying and other forms of persecution during Ukraine’s war with […]
Turkey Adopts Legislation That Could Jail Journalists for ‘Disinformation’
Peoples’ Democratic Party’s Zuleyha Gulum holds a banner “Truths cannot be obscured” as she stands with a covered mouth, in protest over a new media law that could lead to up to three years of jail for spreading “fake news” by reporters and social networks users, at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey, […]
Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial
Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial Press freedom groups have warned Assange’s prosecution is a grave threat. The Biden DOJ ignored them, and today won a major victory toward permanently silencing the pioneering transparency activist. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the High […]
Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles
Kyle Rittenhouse, Project Veritas, and the Inability to Think in Terms of Principles Those whose worldview is bereft of universally applied principles, and based solely on tribal allegiances, assume everyone else is plagued by this very deficiency. James O’Keefe meets with supporters during the Conservative Political Action Conference 2020 (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative […]
Chris Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time
Chris Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Scheerpost) – For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via […]
From Press Freedom To Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets
From Press Freedom To Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The US appeal of a British court ruling on the Assange extradition case has concluded, and the judges will probably not have a decision ready until at least January—a full year after the extradition was denied by a […]
Reporters May Face 14 Years In Prison For ‘Embarrassing’ UK Government Officials
Reporters May Face 14 Years In Prison For ‘Embarrassing’ UK Government Officials People who believe President Obama abused his powers by cracking on journalists are about to be even more shocked by new rules being implemented in the UK. According to the Daily Mail, journalists could face prison sentences of up to 14 years for stories that […]
Biden’s Attack on the Press – Same as Lenin
Biden’s Attack on the Press – Same as Lenin The Washington Post and New York Times should look at history. They may have waged war to get rid of Trump and cheered all night long when Biden was declared the winner. But little did they realize that those in Washington behind the curtain pulling all […]
Antony Blinken Continues to Lecture the World on Values His Administration Aggressively Violates
Antony Blinken Continues to Lecture the World on Values His Administration Aggressively Violates How can you feign anger over others’ attacks on a free press when you imprison Assange as punishment for his vital revelations about U.S. officials? U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on the importance of independent journalism, May 6, 2021 (Radio […]
House Democrats, Targeting Right-Wing Cable Outlets, Are Assaulting Core Press Freedoms
House Democrats, Targeting Right-Wing Cable Outlets, Are Assaulting Core Press Freedoms Democrats’ justification for silencing their adversaries online and in media — “they are spreading fake news and inciting extremism” — is what despots everywhere say. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) with other House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol January 15, 2020 […]
Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed & Dissent Labelled Mental Illness
Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed & Dissent Labelled Mental Illness We must not downplay the price being demanded of us for this victory, writes Jonathan Cook. The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a U.S. demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a U.S. super-max jail for […]
Greenwald: MSM Journalists Hate Assange Because He’s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All Combined
Greenwald: MSM Journalists Hate Assange Because He’s Broken More Blockbuster Stories Than All Combined “Nonsense!” — Julian Assange shouted as during the second day of his resumed extradition hearing US federal government attorney James Lewis told a witness that the WikiLeaks founder is facing extradition over the publication of informants’ names and not for merely handling leaked documents. […]
WATCH: WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: What It Means for Press Freedom,
WATCH: WikiLeaks Iraq War Logs: What It Means for Press Freedom WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson leads a discussion with investigative journalists Iain Overton and Chris Woods about the impact of the Iraq War Logs’ release a decade ago. Almost 10 years ago WikiLeaks published the Iraq War Logs along with The New York Times, The Guardian, El Pais, The Washington Post and […]
