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JOHN KIRIAKOU: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts

corinna barnard — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:27:47 +0000

We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News After years of conflicting decisions by…

UK Prison Abuse of Palestine Activists

corinna barnard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:40 +0000

Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol, Daniel Tester reports. By Daniel Tester Declassified UK Clare Rogers found out that her 21-year-old daughter Zoe…

Indigenous Australian to Take ex-Netanyahu Spox to ICC

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:39:17 +0000

After Australian prosecutors dropped the case for “advocating genocide” against Israeli official Mark Regev, the plaintiff says the matter will now be sent to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Video by Cathy Vogan (12m, 14s) By Joe Lauria in…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Biden Family of Liars

corinna barnard — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:00:20 +0000

Given Joe Biden’s apparently intimate involvement in Hunter’s dealings, it follows that his intent in pardoning his son is effectively to secure a pardon for himself. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News This is the sixth in Consortium News’s…

Israeli Army Chief Visited Britain After ICC Warrants

corinna barnard — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 06:36:32 +0000

Days after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, its top general flew to London, John McEvoy and Mark Curtis report. By John McEvoy and Mark Curtis Declassified UK Israel’s top soldier, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, visited…

The War on Consortium News

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:40:15 +0000

From PayPal to Global News to anonymous hackers, there are forces that prefer you don’t read Consortium News. By Joe Lauria In an age of growing censorship and suppression of news, Consortium News is not exaggerating when it says it…

Low-Lying Nations Take Climate Case to World Court

corinna barnard — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:00:19 +0000

A coalition of countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change are demanding that larger polluting nations be held to account under international law. By Eloise Goldsmith Common Dreams The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has heard arguments in the…

US Could Deal Death Blow to International Law

corinna barnard — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:19:46 +0000

Marjorie Cohn raises the prospect of the U.S. government invoking the 2003 “Hague Invasion Act” to extract Israeli officials from the ICC if they are arrested. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) stunning issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime…

At Last an Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

corinna barnard — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:44:42 +0000

A panel of ICC judges said there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister are guilty of “the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare” and other “crimes against humanity.” By Jake Johnson…

JOHN KIRIAKOU: America’s Barbaric Death Penalty

corinna barnard — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:00:06 +0000

Three quarters of the rest of the countries in the world do not have the death penalty. They see it as barbaric and immoral, which it is. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News The Texas Supreme Court in October…