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Hamas Statement on Deaths of Hostages Killed in Gaza

by Hamas Spokesperson , Khalil Hayyah, published on Workers World, September 2, 2024 The six [Israeli] prisoners (t.me/RNN_Backup/54954) and others could have been released to their families through a real exchange deal while still alive, but the insistence of the occupation army, [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, and his extremist government is the reason these prisoners lost their lives (t.me/RNN_Backup/55040), along[…]

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Free Speech Trial of Uhuru 3 Begins in Tampa

by Phil Wilayto, for The Virginia Defender, September 4, 2024 TAMPA, FL, Sept. 4 — The trial of the Uhuru 3 opened this morning at U.S. District Court in downtown Tampa, Judge William Jung presiding. The defendants in the highly politically charged case are facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted of charges that they have been operating[…]

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Leonard Peltier: ‘I remain Undestroyed’

by Leonard Peltier, published on Workers World, July 6, 2024 The following statement is from political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, in response to the U.S. Parole Commission that denied him parole on July 2, 2024. His parole board hearing is scheduled for 2026.  Go to freeleonardpeltiernow.org/s/Leonard_Peltier_June26th_2024.pdf to read the original statement. Greetings my Friends, Family, Loved Ones and Supporters.  Go to[…]

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Leonard Peltier Denied Parole

by People’s Dispatch, July 2, 2024 Longest-held political prisoner in United States and Indigenous freedom fighter continues to maintain innocence. The federal Parole Commission has denied Leonard Peltier’s request for parole, Peltier’s legal team announced on Tuesday, July 2. This marks a major setback for the longest-held political prisoner in the United States, who had his first parole hearing in over[…]

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Julian Assange Freed by the Prospect of Justice

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July After seven years of asylum in Ecuador’s embassy in London and another five years imprisoned by the United Kingdom, Julian Assange is finally a free man. The prospect of justice, of Assange successfully fighting extradition to the United States, moved the Biden administration’s Department of Justice to offer him a plea[…]

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Julian Assange is Free

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, June 25, 2024 Thanks to all the activists across the country and around the world who made this possible. Below are some snippets from Julian’s friends who describe some of the details of his release. More later. A detained report is in preparation. Julian’s plea bargain agreement of guilt on one felony charge[…]

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The Slow-Motion Execution of Julian Assange Continues

by Chris Hedges, published on Socialist Action, May 21, 2024 (Original to Scheerpost) The ruling by the High Court in London permitting Julian Assange to appeal his extradition order leaves him languishing in precarious health in a high-security prison. That is the point. The May 20 decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange the right to[…]

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The Last Flurry: The US Congress and Australian Parliamentarians Seek Assange’s Release

by Dr. Binoy Kampmark, published on Countercurrents, January 19, 2024 On February 20, Julian Assange, the daredevil publisher of WikiLeaks, will be going into battle, yet again, with the British justice system – or what counts for it. The UK High Court will hear arguments from his team that his extradition to the United States from Britain to face 18[…]

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A Peoples’ Victory — Alex Saab is Free and Home in Venezuela!

bu Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, December 21, 2023 Alex Saab is free and home in Venezuela. For three and a half years (1,280 days), Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat, had been held in torturous conditions by the U.S. government. (The author traveled to Cabo Verde in June 2021 in a delegation with Roger Harris and Bishop Felipe Teixeira in[…]

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