Chip Gibbons, The Nation. (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…

Staff (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." …

Lyn Neeley (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 . . . |

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-13). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org

| Namecpj Middle East, North Africa Program (2024-07-13). After prison release, journalist Mustapha Bendjama struggles to rebuild his life in Algeria. CPJ Middle East and North Africa program

aljazeera (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.

| Name (2024-07-13). Azerbaijan extends pretrial detentions of journalists facing currency charges. reuters.com

newarab (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…

presstv.ir (2024-07-12). Israel has abducted 9,600 Palestinians in West Bank since October: Rights groups. presstv.ir The figure includes 325 women, 670 children and 88 journalists.

Lubna Masarwa (2024-07-12). 'I have the prison inside me': The emaciated Palestinian bodybuilder broken by Israel. middleeasteye.net 'I have the prison inside me': The emaciated Palestinian bodybuilder broken by Israel | Muazzaz Abayat speaks to MEE from a hospital bed in his native Bethlehem after spending nearly nine months in Israeli administrative detention | Fri, 07/12/2024 – 15: 00 | Muazzaz Abayat, 39, is being treated in a hospital af…

Editor (2024-07-12). Jul 12, 2024. sitrepworld.info Loreena McKennitt — Penelope's Song Western capitalists are drawing humanity into nuclear annihilation. Stop them! by Dave DeCamp We Are NATO. and We're Comin' to Get ya, by Pepe Escobar Europeans are prisoners of the Western political "center"! by Hugo Dionísio Can the West Survive Democracy or Is Democracy the Last Recourse of the West? by Paul Craig Roberts Haaretz says its own army deliberately killed Israelis on 10/7. In the U.S. media: silence, by James North 'Enough with Double Standards' — Spanish Leader Slams West's Hypocrisy in Gaza The Truth Lover's Prayer, by Caitlin J…

newarab (2024-07-12). Fears as leading Libyan anti-corruption journalist goes missing. newarab.com Activists and journalists in The Alwasat Libya news site announced that Al-Senussi's family lost contact with him after he was reportedly detained by the internal security agency. | Libyan journalist Mohammad Elgrj highlighted Al-Senussi previous coverage of political events in the country, suggesting it may be one of the reasons behind his detention. | "Ahmed Al-S…

Lisa Xu, Labor Notes. (2024-07-12). Grocery Workers File Union Democracy Lawsuit. popularresistance.org Members seeking to transform the United Food and Commercial Workers have added a new weapon to their arsenal: legal action. | Grocery workers Kyong Barry (Local 3000 in Washington) and Iris Scott (Local 1459 in Massachusetts) sued the UFCW April 19 over the undemocratic representation of members at the UFCW Convention, which takes place every five years. | There are several charges, but the crux of the lawsuit is that delegates are apportioned across locals in such a way as to deny members equal voice. A favorable ruling would enable reformers in other unions to sue on the same basis. | The UFCW is the fifth-larg…

(2024-07-12). After prison release, journalist Mustapha Bendjama struggles to rebuild his life in Algeria. CPJ Middle East and North Africa program

Brenda Norrell (2024-07-12). Assassinations, racism and imprisonment target Indigenous Peoples, UN told in Geneva. indybay.org The United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva heard testimony on the imprisonment and assassinations of Indigenous in Guatemala and Colombia; the seizure of Aboriginal Children by the government of Australia and the high rates of deaths in custody of Aboriginals in Australian prisons; the racism unfolding within the government of New Zealand targeting Maori; and how "green energy" projects are resulting in the theft of land of Saami reindeer herders, during the first two days of its session. Russia's anti-war Indigenous were denied credentials, reports an Indigenous reporter fo…

Dania Akkad (2024-07-12). Retired Saudi teacher sentenced to death over posts should be released, UN says. middleeasteye.net Retired Saudi teacher sentenced to death over posts should be released, UN says | UN working group says arbitrary detention of Mohammed al-Ghamdi and others in kingdom may constitute crimes against humanity | Fri, 07/12/2024 – 11: 17 | A Saudi court sentenced Mohammed al-Ghamdi to death last year over his social media…

MEE correspondent (2024-07-12). Iranian press review: Lawyer supportive of new president jailed one day after election. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Lawyer supportive of new president jailed one day after election | Meanwhile, a campaign to remove Tehran's mayor gains renewed public attention, and political prisoners warn of a post-election surge in executions | Fri, 07/12/2024 – 14: 45 | A woman holds a picture of Iranian r…

ptcnews.tv (2024-07-12). 22-year-old US woman found beaten to death days after judge releases ex-boyfriend. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Days after her boyfriend was released from jail, a 22-year-old American university student was discovered dead, battered, and wrapped in a sheet in the back seat of her vehicle. The New York Post reports that on July 3 at a Mississippi cemetery, Lauren Johansen's body was found wrapped in garbage bags and a sheet. Her father claimed that he begged the judge to keep her ex-boyfriend in jail, threatening to "kill her" if he did. The court, however, disregarded his advice, and five days later, the 22-year-old's body was discovered mangled in her own car. According to the authorities, her lover was th…

aljazeera (2024-07-12). OSCE official jailed for 'spying' in Russian-held Ukraine. aljazeera.com European security group slams sentencing of Vadym Golda for 'reconnaissance activities' used to direct missile strikes.

UMMID (2024-07-12). Alarming surge in crimes against Muslims after 2024 LS Polls: APCR. ummid.com Crimes against Muslims have increased in India after the conclusion of the Lok Sabha election on June 4, 2024, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) said in a report.

Peter Crimmins (2024-07-12). A 2020 Black Lives Matter protest is revived as a neighborhood celebration in Mantua. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Iquail Shaeed, founder of the modern dance company Dance Iquail!, pulled together a protest rally and performance showcase in June 2020. | Part of the widespread social unrest that summer following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the "Art Thrives from Black Lives" rally was a march from the Community Education Center (CEC) on Lancaster Avenue to Miles Mack playground, followed by a program of mostly drill and drumline teams from the neighborhood and the Dance Iquai…

(2024-07-12). Azerbaijan extends pretrial detentions of journalists facing currency charges. reuters.com

Hugo GABBERO (2024-07-12). Cambodia: Convictions and prison sentences of ten members of Mother Nature Cambodia. fidh.org