Illegal Detention and Imprisonment

‘End the War on Journalism and Free Assange’: Thousands Demand Release of WikiLeaks Founder

October 13, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Press Freedom

by Kenny Stancil, published on Common Dreams, October 8, 2022 Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held a massive transatlantic protest on Saturday to demand freedom for the incarcerated journalist. In London, thousands of people formed a giant human chain around Britain’s parliament and called for Assange’s immediate release from the nearby maximum-security Belmarsh prison, where he has suffered for[…]

New Revelations of Former US Secretary of Defense Confirm Illegality of the Extradition and Arrest of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

June 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Hybrid Warfare, Prisons and Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Dan Kovalik, published on Global Research, June 10, 2022 In his new memoir, Sacred Oath, former US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, who served under President Donald Trump at the time of the arrest of Alex Saab in Cape Verde, effectively admits that the White House was quite aware of the fact that Saab was a diplomat at the time[…]

The Forever Prisoner”: Alex Gibney’s New Documentary About CIA Torture Victim Abu Zubaydah

January 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Prisons and Prisoners

by Andy Worthington, published on Close Guantanamo, December 22, 2021 Yes, Guantanamo is still open with a number of prisoners never accused of a crime. In the long litany of torture and abuse inflicted by the U.S. government on prisoners in the brutal “war on terror” that the Bush administration declared after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, few[…]

Alex Saab’s Diplomatic Immunity Ruling Freezes his Court Case In Florida

December 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Iran, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

The Orinoco Tribune, December 7, 2021 The trial against the Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, in the Court of the US Southern District of Florida, was suspended due to the ongoing appeal for his diplomatic status. The appeal was filed in April of 2021, reported FuserNews. The current complaint in regards to the recognition of his diplomatic status, which would confer[…]

Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

October 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, October 6, 2021 I think this is a win-win for the U.S. Whether they manage to extradite him and pump him for information or not, as long as Cape Verde continues to hold him, his life is increasingly threatened by cancer. If he dies in custody, the Venezuelan government will permanently lose his services[…]