Thursday, June 6, 2019

CC News Letter 04 June - In legal victory for Assange, Swedish court rules against extradition




Dear Friend,

The Uppsala District Court yesterday ruled against a bid by Swedish state prosecutors for the country to formally detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in absentia, which would have set in motion a request for his extradition from Britain.


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In legal victory for Assange, Swedish court rules against extradition
by Oscar Grenfell 


The Uppsala District Court yesterday ruled against a bid by Swedish state prosecutors for the country to formally detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in absentia, which would have set in motion a request for his extradition from Britain.



The Murdering of Julian Assange
by Peter Koenig 


Julian Assange is being slowly murdered by “Her Majesty’s Prison Service” at Belmarsh prison in the south-east of London. The prison is notorious for holding people who have never been charged with a crime indefinitely. It is also called the British version of Guantanamo, and, typically used to detain so-called terrorists, thus called by the British police and secret service and aped by the British MSM and establishment



Military kills 35 in Sudan as army rulers end talks and opposition declares “Escalation of Revolution”
by Countercurrents Team 


Sudan’s troops stormed the main camp of pro-democracy protestors in the capital Khartoum Monday and killed at least 35 people in a crackdown, which has drawn international condemnation. Hundreds were injured in the armed assault as the Islamists-backed military tried to break up the opposition sit-in, according to the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, which is close to the protestors. The UN Security Council was expected to hold a closed-door session on Sudan.



A second Israeli election proves Netanyahu’s grip on power is slipping
by Jonathan Cook 


In a sign of how politically vulnerable he has rapidly become, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plunged Israel into new elections last week – less than two months after his far-right bloc appeared to win at the ballot box.



A Clarifying Note on the Magnitude of Earth Crisis
by David Sparenberg 


Earth Crisis is Earth Changes.    Earth Changes involve traumas, transformations and sacrifices.    We too, an Earth species, must change, not with increased aggressiveness and not in bitterness, but with an Ecosophy, an Earth Wisdom of the reverence and dedication to the protection of life.  Earth is a Life Place.  Why do we choose existence in a so-called civilization threatening Earth with upheavals, waste and desolation?



Say No To EVMS! Say No To EVM Sarkar – Convention in Mumbai on June 12
by Press Release 


WE DEMAND THAT ELECTIONS BE HELD ONLY BY BALLOT PAPER!!






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