Tag: US

CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller’s Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia-Meddling Claims

5 July 2019|Real Clear Investigations|Aaron Maté

Award winning journalist Aaron Mate separates fact from fiction, from unknown, in this in depth analysis and breakdown of Russiagate and the report of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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US Supreme Court Says Federal Courts Can’t Stop Gerrymandering

28 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

The Supreme Court in a 5 – 4 vote ruled that federal courts are powerless to hear challenges to partisan gerrymandering. Gerrymandering, also known as redistricting, is the practice in which a political party  designs voting districts in such a way as to ensure that their political party will win elections.

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Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange

28 June 2019|The Interregnum|Nils Melzer

Nils Melzer, the UN expert on torture, explains how the prejudices and smears he confronted when investigating the case of political prisoner Julian Assange. The longtime legal adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross (known as the ‘Guardian of international law’) offered this OpEd to a wide array of establishment outlets. None responded positively.

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UK Court of Appeal: Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia Are Illegal (For Now)

20 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

UK Court of Appeal in a historic decision has determined that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are illegal and must be reexamined given the war crimes being committed in Yemen. Though campaigners warn that despite their victory their struggle is far from over.

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Death toll of Western-backed war on Yemen exceeds 90,000, says new data

19 June 219|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi

New data analysis by conflict monitoring group ACLED has led them to conclude that at least 91,600 Yemeni men, women and children have been killed by the US/UK backed war on Yemen. But even that figure may ultimately prove to be very much an underestimate.

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Royal Family’s official Twitter account deletes controversial D-Day tweet that exposes disturbing historical revisionism of WWII

9 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

The Royal Family’s Twitter account published a controversial tweet during the 75th D-Day commemorations. The ahistorical statement – which seemed to imply that the Germans were “allies” during the invasion – was deleted only hours later.

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Julian Assange exhibits symptoms of “psychological torture”, says UN torture expert

1 June 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

After visiting Julian Assange in Britain’s notorious Belmarsh prison, the UN expert on torture has said that the publisher shows all the signs of, “prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety and intense psychological trauma”.

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Don’t forget that the US has been supporting groups like Al Qaeda in Syria since 2011

28 may 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

Despite claims that the US needed to “do more” in Syria, or that former President Barack Obama “failed to intervene”, there is extensive evidence that Western, and other powers, have been arming and assisting all manner of reactionary militant groups in the country since the conflict began in 2011. All in complete violation of international law.

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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg blasts Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange as “declaration of war” on the free press

26 May 2019|The Interregnum| Mohamed Elmaazi

The US Department of Justice has unveiled 17 more criminal charges against Julian Assange, which make clear he is being targeted for his role in exposing war crimes committed by the US government and allied forces.

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