by barry | Nov 3, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
The US appeal against the dismissal of its application to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, was heard over two days in London’s Royal Courts of Justice on 27 and 28 October, but the outcome may not be known for several weeks. The hearing arose from District...
by barry | Oct 4, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, media ownership, nuj, whistle blowing
As Julian Assange began his fifth year sheltering in Ecuador’s London based embassy in 2017, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, according to a new investigative report by Yahoo News published on Sunday 26 September...
by barry | Oct 4, 2021 | international, Tributes
An excellent Guardian obituary in the printed edition of the Guardian on 10 September by Pete Robinson covers the extraordinary life of Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/otelo-saraiva-de-carvalho-obituary).Otelo was a former army...