by barry | Nov 23, 2021 | Campaigns, Climate Change, international
Now that the media has moved on from COP 26 in Glasgow it’s time to take stock of the outcomes and consider how it impacts on us. So what was the United Nations global climate summit COP 26 all about? In Paris in 2015 195 nations committed themselves to work towards...
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...
