‘We will NEVER, ever surrender,’ Trump says in Georgia, as crowd chants ‘STOP THE STEAL’ on December 6, 2020President Trump showed no sign of backing down in his fight over contested election results as he spoke at a rally in Peach State, where upcoming elections to the Senate will decide who gets a legislative majority in Washington. Donald Trump has met his supporters in Valdosta, Georgia, in his first rally since election day, to […]
‘Telling the truth becomes a crime’: UK & international pundits blast Assange imprisonment on November 30, 2019An array of public figures, among them a retired British ambassador and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, again threw their weight behind Julian Assange, predicting the launch of a massive campaign in his support next year. Pundits, public figures and Julian Assange’s supporters flocked to an event called ‘Free the Truth’ in London. The […]
A letter from Belmarsh Prison: Julian Assange writes to RTD on November 23, 2019WikiLeaks co-founder, Julian Assange has written a letter to RTD from the high-security Belmarsh Prison, where he’s currently languishing after being evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. “I walk thousands of laps of my cell per day ma(r)king my progress across Europe,” Assange wrote from behind bars. However, as his letter is marked as private, […]
Punishing Assange sends ‘we will get you’ warning to other journalists, Roger Waters on October 26, 2019British rock legend and Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT that by going after WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange governments want to scare off journalists and whistleblowers from exposing the truth. Those persecuting Assange are “applying the heaviest possible penalty they can on him for stepping out of line and doing his job as a journalist,” Waters […]
‘His psychological torture is unabated’: John Pilger reveals Assange prison conditions on August 31, 2019Australian journalist and BAFTA award-winning documentary filmmaker John Pilger says the “psychological torture” of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues “unabated” while he remains in British custody. Pilger tweeted that he recently spoke with Assange and said the journalist had lost even more weight than previously reported; he has also been denied a chance to speak […]
2 Saudi oil tankers targeted by ‘sabotage’ near UAE – energy minister on May 13, 2019Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two of its oil tankers had been sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in attacks, it described as posing a threat to the security of global oil supplies. The alleged attack damaged the ships but caused no casualties or oil spill. One of the two vessels […]
Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem catches fire on April 16, 2019One of the structures in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has caught fire on Monday night at the same time a massive blaze was ravaging Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral. The fire was put out quickly with no injuries reported. “The fire broke out in the guard’s room outside the roof of the Marwani Prayer Room,” Wafa […]