(2024-07-13). Assange's Case Shows Why Reforming The Espionage Act Is Imperative. popularresistance.org On June 25, 2024, the 14-year persecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange came to an end. As part of a plea deal, the journalist pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act. In exchange, he received time served for the five years he spent in a British maximum-security prison while fighting his extradition. Although Assange walked out of the courthouse a free man, his freedom came after paying an extraordinary harsh price. | Officially, Assange's crime was "conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information." According to the plea deal, Assange helped to set up WikiLeaks, which announced that it…
(2024-07-13). Pelican Bay to Palestine: Drawing Connections by Monsour Owolabi. samidoun.net 
The following article is republished from Monsour Owolabi, a New Afrikan prisoner being held in Texas, which has been laid out into a zine for easy republishing. "International solidarity must not cease or slacken, even in prisons, because a ceasefire is not even the tip of the iceberg in bringing a solution to this conflict." …
(2024-07-13). Portland police force Muslim woman to remove her hijab. workers.org 
Male cops escort Serine Abuelhawa to jail where she was forced to remove her Hijab, Portland, Oregon, June 8, 2024. Portland, Oregon Serine Abuelhawa, a leading Palestinian activist, was arrested at Portland's Grand Floral Parade on June 8 for protesting the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. Abuelhawa said she was . . . |
(2024-07-13). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org
(2024-07-13). After prison release, journalist Mustapha Bendjama struggles to rebuild his life in Algeria. CPJ Middle East and North Africa program
(2024-07-13). Five jailed for 2023 murder of Ecuador presidential candidate. aljazeera.com Former journalist Fernando Villavicencio's family and friends have urged an investigation into who ordered his killing.
(2024-07-13). Azerbaijan extends pretrial detentions of journalists facing currency charges. reuters.com
(2024-07-13). Palestinian released from Israeli jail 'came back from the dead'. newarab.com 
Muazzaz Abayat's parents "I came back from the dead," the 37-year-old Palestinian, told AFP at a hospital in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. | Abayat, a butcher by trade, was arrested without explanation on October 26, just over two weeks after the Hamas attack on southern Israel which began the current war on Gaz…