The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner issued a statement based on special-rapporteur-on-torture Nils Melzer’s fact-finding mission into the incarceration of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange. The facts were a scathing indictment of those nations behind the targeting of Assange.
Source : Amnesty International, 04-10-2019
Photo : Elena Kolmykova
We have been taught since childhood that popular election is essential for democracy. In reality, although it is much better than, for example, a military junta, it is a very problematic way to choose public officials and is 100% not necessary for democracy.
The US political system would be far better and far more democratic if all the public officials now chosen by popular election were instead chosen by juries randomly sampled from the people.
Source : Russia Today France, Interdit d’interdire, 02-10-2019
Frédéric Taddeï reçoit :
– Raphaël Kempf, avocat au Barreau de Paris, défenseur de manifestants
– Philippe Bilger, magistrat honoraireLire la suite
Much ink has been spilled in textbooks describing situations where autocratic states can behave badly. They abuse rights; they ignore international law and they ride roughshod over conventions. Liberal democracies may boast that they follow matters to the letter of the law, and make sure that citizens are given their fair and just cause in putting forth their cases.
The Intercept et Veja publient un article avec première de couverture montrant les irrégularités en série- et inédites- de Sergio Moro durant l’opération “Lavage Express”
Source : The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, Victor Pougy,
Chelsea Manning could be jailed for another 400 days and owe $144,00 because of an unprecedented decision by Bush-Appointed Judge Tenga. Kevin Gosztola discusses the latest development.
As part of Remarks by President Trump on Mass Shootings in Texas and Ohio on August 5, President Donald Trump announced:
