CRIME OF AGGRESSION - BRITAIN TRAINING JIHADISTS TO DESTROY SYRIA

CRIME OF AGGRESSION BRITAIN TRAINING JIHADISTS TO DESTROY SYRIA RT NEWS https://www.rt.com/uk/355369-sas-marines-syria-isis/ Hundreds of Royal Marines to join the SAS to train New Syrian Army and fight ISIS Published time: 10 Aug, 2016 10:47 Britain will deploy hundreds of elite troops to the Middle East to train Syrian rebel forces in the fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), it has emerged. In a bid to break the deadlock in the war-torn nation, Royal Marines will join the SAS to provide the New Syrian Army (NSA) with advanced training in neighboring Jordan. After the training has finished, NSA fighters will return to battle alongside SAS forces in Syria. [comment:  more like, they will be turned on the Assad government.  That is actually a crime.  I can't remember what kind of crime, but I think  it is a crime of aggression or something of that order under international law.  The US-Anglo Capitalist Empire is supporting terrorists to bring down another state ... something they've done for decades, while destroying the world, after defeating those they hypocritically refer to as the 'Nazis'.] “Tours have extended and more are going to the region,” the Sun quoted an unidentified senior source as saying. “The government is throwing absolutely everything at this, money and manpower, everything is being hurled at the problem.” The NSA is a rebel force that mainly consists of Syrian Arab Army defectors.  [comment:  traitors who are in service of the US-Anglo Capitalist Empire.  Hope their end is unpleasant. ] The group was established in 2015 with US backing to fight IS in Deir ez-Zor province, which is almost entirely under the control of the jihadist group. According to the Guardian, the NSA has had a “halting and uninspiring track record.”  [comment:  that would be because the jihadis also work for the US-Anglo Capitalist Empire, intent on destroying secular and independent Syria.  ] The newspaper says the NSA’s most significant operation occurred in June this year when the group launched an attack on Al-Bukamal, a town on the Iraqi border that has long been a crossing point for foreign jihadists during the US occupation, and which is now being held by IS.  [comment:  so they handballed al-Bukamal to their jihadist buddies? ] The attack failed, apparently due to the lack of sufficient air power backed by its Western allies.  [comment:  but, of course.  The US-Anglo Empire and its cronies aren't going to destroy the jihadists they have turned on Syria  ] Britain’s MI6 and France’s foreign spy service, the DGSE, are also training agents recruited from refugee camps in Jordan, it has emerged.  [comment:  the filthy French capitalists are always in league with the US-Anglo capitalists and are always trying to destroy the Middle East. ] Once they are back inside Syria, the agents provide intelligence information on the civil war. Preventing IS fighters from permeating NSA ranks has been a key issue, an unidentified source told the newspaper.  [comment:  they all work for the same team of greedy capitalists, so it's not like there's any difference.  ] “The aim is to raise the level of training and capability for these forces. “As we understand the vetting process has now been agreed, it has been a challenge, as many of these guys are ‘clean skins’ they have little background data that can be checked other than their word.  [comment: what a crock of crap.  The capitalists would do ANYTHING to gain control of Syria.  Please don't lose, Syria.  Don't let them win. ]  “But the Americans have established a simple but robust process that we will need to monitor and observe throughout the trainees’ time in the camps. The biggest threat is of infiltration by ISIS.” On Monday, photographs of British special forces operating on the ground in Syria emerged. It is believed to be the first time British forces have been photographed operating inside the country, where they are engaged in relatively small numbers. The troops were pictured driving the Al-Thalab, a high-mobility long range patrol vehicle designed for surveillance, reconnaissance, internal security and border patrol forces, as they moved around the perimeter of a rebel base close to the Syria-Iraq border. The BBC reported the soldiers were working at the base in a defensive role, and a spokesman for the NSA acknowledged that British special forces had provided training, weapons and other equipment. The special forces have a free-ranging role, operating in the border areas between the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria and the towns linking it to its northern Iraqi bastion, Mosul. The UK Parliament approved an air campaign against IS in Syria but not ground troops. However, special forces can be deployed wherever there is judged to be a threat to the UK. [comment:  'threat to UK'?  Oh, f*ck off.  The threat to UK is the jihadists they're importing into Great Britain.  GTFO of Syria, you thieving capitalist mercenary bastards.  ] https://www.rt.com/uk/355369-sas-marines-syria-isis/ COMMENT This is unbelievable:  the US-Anglo Capitalist Empire mercenaries are blatantly training and equipping more Islamic extremists, in their effort to gain control of Syria, which has been their goal for at least the last 10 years, and implemented during at least the last 5 years of proxy war that the capitalists have unleashed on the Syrian people. Notice how these shifty bastards have given themselves a free hand, when it comes to deploying capitalist mercenaries f*cking up foreign states: they don't even need parliamentary approval. Capitalists really are pigs, and they are responsible for the deaths of every single Syrian that is being slaughtered by their proxies.  The same capitalist pigs are responsible for the displacement of these and other people throughout the region.  And they are responsible for the DESTRUCTION OF EUROPE BY ONGOING FOREIGN INVASION.

Criminal Sweden: Political Prisoner Assange Files Appeal re UN Ruling

WikiLeaks Political Prisoner Assange FILES APPEAL Sweden (UN Ruling) archive RIGHT-CLICK, 'NEW TAB' | MAGNIFICATION @WikiLeaks Sweden Conceals Mass Rapes - Illegally Releases Assange Info to Media LINK | here Sweden's Shameful Record of CONCEALING RAPE of Swedish Women LINK | here Swedish Authorities & Media Suppress MOB RAPE Stockholm info Blame Putin & Suppress the Reporting Media LINK | here Sweden - Police Suppression of Mob Rapes Shall NOT Be Investigated LINK | here Sweden National Police Commissioner, Social Democrat party member & killer-sympathiser: Dan Eliasson LINK | here "How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions & Framing of Assange" | Saley, Osewe & Goss LINK | here Corrupt UK Crown Prosecution Service Advised Sweden NOT To Interview Assange in 5-Year No Charge Trumped Up Holding Case LINK | here Determined British Political Persecution of Australian Journalist LINK | here COMMENT Even though I'm a bit sh*t as far as Assange fans go, as I don't hold the same ideological principles (and am in opposition to aspects of the liberal ideology that conflicts with my belief in the primacy of  particularity, rather than acceptance of any principle of universality), I'm still in support of freedom of information and disclosure of government wrongdoing, and am good with those that are opposed to opacity and censorship that enables government wrongdoing and corruption. I am also opposed to the fraud and injustice that is the US-Anglo Capitalist Empire undemocratic and unlawful detention of this Australian journalist and political prisoner, Julian Assange, by the underhand, corrupt proxies of the US Capitalist Empire, Sweden and United Kingdom:  states that implement the invasion of their people's native homelands, and states that therefore facilitate the violation of the rights of their own people and the bodily and other violation of their domestic European populations.  Criminal capitalist states that have documented records of cover up of the extensive and violent assault and rapes of their vulnerable native populations of women and girls; WHILE these same states hypocritically pay lip service to 'human rights', and while these same states extensively violate not only the rights and lives of their own people,  but also corrupt states that violate the rights of others (eg.  involvement in rendition and torture; sale of arms to tyrannical regimes; war crime illegal invasion of Iraq, in the case of Britain; acting outside of mandate of their respective parliaments; failing to arrest and making exceptions of alleged war criminals, in the case of Britain; and, in the case of Sweden, a corrupt, filthy state that has a record of ministerial interference in the judiciary; political interference with police, to cover up rapes by foreigners; and an  extensive record of actually rewarding the foreign rapists of Swedish women and girls). It will prove interesting to observe how the corrupt arms dealer capitalist aggressor, destroyer of the Swedish nation, that is the US Capitalist Empire poodle state and fraudulent 'humanitarian' (much like its fraudulent 'humanitarian' master), Sweden, manages to dodge honouring international law and 'human rights' obligations in the case of political prisoner Julian Assange, exposing 'universalist' bunk sponsored by hypocrite capitalist states on the make, to continue to interfere with and exploit other states while they exploit their own people pursuant to, and in spite of, this same illegitimate ideology, AND in the case of 'feminist' Sweden, even as Sweden continues to implement the rape of the Swedish homeland and as Sweden's ruling elite enables the violent rapes of Swedish women and girls by invaders who have spent the last week torching cars in the no-go settlements installed in the Swedish host nation. Above are links to various posts, no particular order.  Taking a quick look at some of them, I think I might need to curb the tendency to be outraged and over-dramatic ... and I think I need to exercise a little organisation when it comes to tracking the extensive crimes and misdemeanours of tyrannical persecutors of Western journalism, as my tracking is all over the place.  LOL

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Transcript - Assange - Title: Counter-terrorism strategies targeting Muslims will affect the wider population | VIDEO Feb 2014 | Cage

TRANSCRIPT [For quotation purposes, confirm audio] Julian Assange: Counter-terrorism strategies targeting Muslims will affect the wider population VIDEO [14:33] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emfncWOhXw8&feature=youtu.be Published on 10 Feb 2014 Good afternoon. My name is Julian Assange. I am the founder and publisher of WikiLeaks. Today, I am proud to help Cage launch their Prevent report. It has been often said to me by my Muslim friends (and some of you,  I'm sure, have heard it), that there exists one law for Muslims and one law for everyone else, here in the UK, in the United States, in Australian, New Zealand, and in some of continental Europe.  That used to be true. Unfortunately, for everyone else, it is no longer true:  and the experiences that I and my staff (and other journalists) have gone through, in relation to the Edward Snowden affair; our big publications in relation to the US military intelligence sector; the activities taken against Associated Press, in United States, [and] Fox News; show that, in fact, it is no longer true. That what happens to the Muslim community, sure enough, sooner or later, happens to everyone else as well. In fact, we can go back and look at the origins of the famous mass spying efforts in the United States that affect the domestic population. EDIT - INSERT While mass spying of fibre optic cables, as they go from one country to another, has been something that the United States, the United Kingdom, [and] GCHQ, have been involved in for many years, the ramp-up in the amount of funding available to them, and to the invasiveness of that spying (and to it taking place at a domestic level), is something that occurred shortly after 9/11; although the programs were attempted to be put in place shortly before. That was meant to monitor only a few people connected to suspicious terroristic activities and, yet, within a few years, secret interpretations of that legislation had led to it being enacted for every single person in the United States. There is not a single person in the United States who has made a telephone call in that country, who has not had that call swept up into that mass surveillance system and stored. In fact, the entire community structure of the United States — from the most powerful politician or industrialist to someone in a payphone in the gutters of San Antonio calling their uncle for help — has [now] been incorporated into that system. And what does that mean? Well, if you understand who calls who, how frequently, and when, you can map the degree of social relationship between any two people; and when you do it for all people, you have the social relationship structure of the entire nation; and when you engage in worldwide spying and monitoring, you have it for most of the world. And what does it mean if you have the entire community structure of a nation? Well, it means that you end up in a similar situation to the Muslim community here in London, right now, which is:  understanding the relationships between people, allows you to affect the relationships between people; it allows you to push society in one way or another, and predict people's behaviour across a wide range of areas; in fact, in almost any way that people's behaviour is predictable. And the Prevent Strategy enacted by the United Kingdom is most often associated, or linked, to the policies of McCarthy. In fact, this room behind me is from 1943. It is J Edgar Hoover's room.  It is the FBI records office. If you were to construct a similar room using similar technology (where we didn't have computers, but we have people going from file to file), that room, for the United Kingdom, would be nearly the size of London. In fact, nearly all of us would be physically inside that room, because of the amount of information that's being collected. Now, what has happened with that Prevent Strategy: it's not just the electronic monitoring. To a degree, this room reflects an earlier stage, which is somewhat like what Prevent is doing. It is penetrating the social structure of people: their relationships with their GP; with their lecturers; with other people in their community (even schools). So there is no escape. Prevent means that the social structure of people is susceptible to whatever concern the major power factions of the day have in the united Kingdom. The precedents are all set there — enacted for the Muslim community - just like the precedents were set in the United States for mass domestic spying, by using the Muslim community as an excuse. So we're all in this together. Injustices which affect the Muslim community, soon enough, expand out to the rest of the community at large. They do that by creating policies, laws, institutions and industrial lobbies that seek always to expand their ambit to as many people as possible, to expand their domestic and international power, and lobby hard to prevent their powers being contained. We can see that, for example, with Section 7 of the Terrorism Act, which, surely most people thought, here in the UK, would only apply to those people genuinely suspected of terrorism and, if not, perhaps just Muslims. The reality is, Section 7 of the Terrorism Act, as we have seen in the David Miranda case, affects journalism. It is used to try and stop revelations of the abuses being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) and GCHQ, here in the UK. It is the reason why our journalist, a British subject, Sarah Harrison, is in self-exile (on the advice of her lawyers), in Germany, and not here in the United Kingdom: because for her to return, she would subject herself to an interrogation under Section 7, without any ability to say that, no, she doesn't want to answer the question in relation to her journalistic work. Prevent is a human intelligence gathering system, and I think we need to see it in terms of:  it is a modern form of making people into informants, a modern regulated system of 'ratting' each other out. It is a system which turns doctor against patient, teacher against student, and neighbour against neighbour. Those people you should be able to trust the inner core of your life to ([eg] your doctor, to seek advice from), are now swept up in a system of inducements and coercion that means that they can't be trusted, debilitating the basic social fabric of society, which is that we all trust one another. What happens when Prevent expands out, as it must do, from is abuses on the Muslim community to those people involved in holding power to account? Cage itself is an institution — a very important institution — here in the UK — which is holding power to account for the abuses it conducts on the Muslim community, and yet Cage — Cage's Board and bank accounts — have been subject to interference by UK authorities. The Prevent system is almost done entirely outside of any court process and any meaningful ability to have an insight into how those people who are affected by this system may seek redress. That is the construction of a human intelligence system. What I have spoken about before and what has been reported with the Snowden revelations is the construction of an Orwellian, mass, global, surveillance system — an electronic system. So, we have here a pincer attack on basic human liberty. On the one hand, an electronic system that prevents us communicating privately with those people who are close to us; from engaging in private economic transactions; from preventing us enjoying, securely, the fruits of globalisation — the fruits of globalised interaction, the fruits of non-localised interaction, even within a country.  And, on the other hand, with Prevent, we have the construction of the remaining area of — a surveillance system for the remaining area of life that is free from mass electronic surveillance: our basic human interaction with our doctor, teacher and so on. And these two things are coming together. So, what does that mean? Does that mean all hope is lost when we have a titanic, global surveillance system and a local human intelligence system that turns one person against another? No. The existence of Cage, as an organisation that has been subject to unjust scrutiny; the existence of WikiLeaks, as an organisation which has fought a long battle against this sort of thing; demonstrates that it somehow possible — despite this excess — to succeed and grow. How was it that WikiLeaks was able to stand up to the Pentagon and the State Department, despite a very public, aggressive, engagement: the largest investigation against a publisher ever? How was it that we were able to spirit Edward Snowden out of Hong Kong to a place of safety, in the greatest manhunt the world has ever seen? How could we do that? It is not because of some extraordinary sophistication and power of WikiLeaks as an organisation. It is the result of extraordinary dedication; not extraordinary wealth. How is it that dedication is able to win against a much superior force? Well, let's remember what this game is about: mass surveillance — systems like Prevent — are all about diverting money from the tax base. It is about securitisation. What do I mean by securitisation? I mean: when the Muslim community, or WikiLeaks — or activists — are used to create fear amongst people in the establishment who have the ability to determine what money goes where. So we are used as an excuse to divert money to Booz Allen Hamilton (a contractor for the National Security Agency); G4S (which was responsible for maintaining an electronic bracelet around ankle when I was under house arrest); Serco (a similar multinational contractor, who maintained the electronic bracelet around my ankle in another house arrest location). These organisations are lobby groups, who lobby to get the maximum amount of wealth transfer from the bulk of the population, into their pockets. It's a way of transferring income, predominantly from the middle class, to these wealthy security organisations. And Prevent is no different. The people running these organisations, they're not actually concerned about preventing anything. They're not actually really concerned about stopping WikiLeaks, and that's why they're unable, so far, to stop us. What they're concerned about is engaging in a process of wealth transfer from the tax base, and gaining political support for their activities, and they can do that with smoke and mirrors. In the security industry, we call this 'security theatre': looking like you're doing something, without doing it too much. And that's why, through the assistance of organisations like Cage, actually the Muslim community in the United Kingdom — and the rest of us — stand a chance. So, I encourage you very strongly to not be frightened of what is going on. It is a concern.  But, remember: these people are deeply incompetent;  they don't have a passion for their work;  the people at Cage have a passion for their work — they are from the community; and you should support them and organisations like them. Thank you. ------- end audio | 14:32 ------- EDIT - red text insert (above).  Must have inadvertently deleted paragraph when formatting. (Lucky discovery nitpicking over a word here or there.  lol) USEFUL LINKS Prevent Strategy Presented to UK Parliament | June 2011 PDF https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97976/prevent-strategy-review.pdf  CAGE, formerly Cageprisoners Ltd, is a London-based advocacy organization with an Islamic focus  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAGE_%28organisation%29 McCarthyism Joseph R. McCarthy http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/joseph-mccarthy David Miranda UK Court: David Miranda Detention Legal Under Terrorism Law Miranda’s attorneys argued that the stop was unlawful and a violation of Miranda’s right to freedom of expression. And they said his detention marked the first time the terrorism act had been implemented to seize journalistic materials. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/19/uk-court-david-miranda-detention-legal-terrorism-law/ On the UK's Equating of Journalism With Terrorism he UK Government expressly argued that the release of the Snowden documents (which the free world calls “award–winning journalism“) is actually tantamount to “terrorism”, the same theory now being used by the Egyptian military regime to prosecute Al Jazeera journalists as terrorists. Congratulations to the UK government on the illustrious company it is once again keeping. British officials have also repeatedly threatened criminal prosecution of everyone involved in this reporting, including Guardian journalists and editors. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/19/uks-equating-journalism-terrorism-designed-conceal-gchq/ Sarah Harrison Britain is treating journalists as terrorists – believe me, I know http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/14/britain-journalists-terrorists-edward-snowden-nsa Booz Allen Hamilton HQ Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Virginia core busines: provision of management, technology & security services to civilian government agencies / a security & defence contractor to defense & intelligence agencies civil & commercial entities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booz_Allen_Hamilton G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor) British multinational security services company HQ Crawley, West Sussex world's largest security company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4S Serco Group plc British outsourcing company HQ Hook, Hampshire operates public and private transport and traffic control, aviation, military weapons, detention centres, prisons and schools on behalf of its customers. "There has been a history of problems, failures, fatal errors and overcharging." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco The Prevent Strategy: a cradle to grave police-state http://www.cageuk.org/publication/prevent-strategy-cradle-grave-police-state Apologists for terror or defenders of human rights? The Cage controversy in context Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 ... government has drawn the entire public sector into its controversial counter-extremist agenda, meaning that public servants once responsible for the welfare of citizens – including children – must now monitor their behaviour, appearance and political views, feeding into the most unaccountable and repressive elements of the state. Increasingly marginalised by a media smear campaign, Cage has now achieved the status of public pariah once reserved for critics of government policy on Northern Ireland before the peace process. https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/tom-mills-narzanin-massoumi-david-miller/apologists-for-terror-or-defenders-of-human-righ CAGE to sue David Cameron for calling it 'extremist' ISIS and Jihadi John supporting group ... seeking legal advice on whether Mr Cameron is "guilty of defamation". As well as potentially launching legal action against the Prime Minister, CAGE also announced today it has applied for a judicial review against UK charity watchdog, the Charity Commission. CAGE says the commission "exceeded its role as government regulator" by pressuring donors to stop funding it and claims the Charity Commission "spread false information based on misleading reports in certain sections of the media". It said the commission "demonised" CAGE because Jihadi John approached it for advice before he left to fight for ISIS in Syria. The organisation is not stopping there on the warpath against the establishment — it has also complained to the United Nations (UN) about "sustained attacks on its ability to do its advocacy work", which it says involves campaigning for the rights "of those adversely affected by the war on terror" http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/592855/CAGE-sue-David-Cameron-called-extremist-ISIS-Jihadi-John-supporting-group Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/6/contents/enacted ꕤ

Cecilia Malmström | European Commissioner for Home Affairs | Interferes Judicial Process 2012 | Prejudicial Statement

⟴   Malmström Worked closely with US interests | 2012 joint briefing with US attorney-general Eric Holder |  Malmström has co-authored an article with Holder  | here CHECK THIS OUT PEOPLE PREJUDICIAL PRESS STATEMENT BY SWEDISH MINISTER Top EU official tells Julian Assange: 'Just go to Sweden and answer the questions' Martin Bentham 3 December 2012 09:24 London 2012-12-03 09:24:50 Monday 3 December 2012 09:24 GMT One of Europe’s leading officials has waded into the row over the Julian Assange case by telling the WikiLeaks founder that he should “just go” to Sweden to face the sex crime allegations against him. Cecilia Malmström, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, said Mr Assange, 41, who is sheltering in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, should “answer the questions” about his alleged attacks on two women. She also dismissed his claim that he would be extradited to the US, saying that she did not “believe for a minute” that it would happen and that it was only a “purely theoretical” risk. “I’m not engaged in this, I know there are talks. But he’s accused of rape, of sexual harassment and if he’s innocent, which he might be — I don’t know — why doesn’t he just go and answer the questions? I don’t believe for a minute that’s why he would go to the US,” Ms Malmström said. Her comments, made after a briefing with journalists in Brussels, will be welcomed by ministers as they try to extradite Mr Assange to Sweden on a European arrest warrant. The WikiLeaks boss fled to the Ecuadorean embassy, where he is now reported to be suffering from a chronic lung condition, in June to claim asylum after judges ruled that he should be sent to Sweden to face prosecutors. He claims the Swedish extradition bid is a ploy to secure his transfer to the US and denies the allegations against him, which include having sex with a sleeping woman and having unprotected intercourse without consent. But Ms Malmström, who comes from Sweden, dismissed his claims about the threat from American prosecutors. “He is asked to come to Sweden because he’s accused of some crimes. He stays in the embassy. For the moment there is no solution. Whether Sweden would extradite him to the US or not, that is up to the Swedish authorities to decide. I don’t think that would happen. That’s purely theoretical.” Ecuador’s ambassador to London, Ana Alban, has called for Mr Assange to be granted safe passage so that he can receive hospital treatment. Ministers have said that they will not prevent Mr Assange, an Australian citizen, from receiving medical treatment, but have warned that he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy. SOURCE http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/top-eu-official-tells-julian-assange-just-go-to-sweden-and-answer-the-questions-8375231.html COMMENT   “I’m not engaged in this, I know there are talks. But he’s accused of rape, of sexual harassment ... Cecilia Malmström ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- (1) disregarding for a moment that these are flimsy and highly suspect Sweden police allegations, publicly contradicted by the alleged 'victims' [here]; (2) Setting aside the remarks from a woman minister, calculated to stir up a frenzy of outraged, public response by invoking alleged accusations of 'rape' and 'sexual harassment,' as an obligatory AND 'beyond-question' rationale, slyly imposed upon the target of political persecution, to leverage demand for submitting to what amounts to risk of life imprisonment or death sentence, attached to WHAT IS UNREASONABLE DEMAND for TRANSFER to SWEDISH SOIL for an 'INTERVIEW' ... that could be conducted in United Kingdom ...  regarding mere *investigation* of highly suspect Sweden police allegations (allegations which were previously dismissed by a competent Swedish prosecutor); ... read on:   Malmstrom is a Swedish minister who has either taken it upon herself, or has been instructed, to stage a press propaganda smear of Assange, while innocently batting her eyelids, stating to the gathered press: I don’t know — why doesn’t he just go and answer the questions? Cecilia Malmström * not responsible for this matter * So, this is not her area of responsibility and she is not in a position to make credible assessments or statements (leaving aside the problem of political figures making such prejudicial public statements concerning matters before the courts). Oh, puleez!  As if Swedish minister, Malmstrom, and her fellow politicians don't know exactly what the score is. As for the progress of the Swedish inquiry, it is incumbent on the Swedish prosecution to take the first - and ALL necessary steps - towards furthering any legal matter, including this Swedish 'inquiry'. Of course, the shift of focus is from the more pertinent question:  Why had Sweden *not* made appropriate interview arrangements, as at Malmstrom's Dec 2012 statement:  2 years into the fake 'inquiry' - despite ample opportunity and legal precedent? July 2012 Ecuador Embassy notification of willingness to facilitate interview for which Assange is available August 2015 Reality Sweden Refused to Interview Assange in Britain Where Sweden Interviewed 44 Others Between 2010 & 2015 POLITICAL PERSECUTION The Target of the prejudicial propaganda and media smear was not interviewed by Sweden, although interview was sought by Assange throughout, and ample opportunity was given for such an interview in Britain. THREE (3) YEARS after Malmstrom's performance for the world media, Sweden has shown itself unwilling and uninterested in furthering their bogus 'inquiry' into flimsy, Sweden police allegations. Sweden has interviewed 44 persons in Britain between 2010 and 2015, but has not interviewed Julian Assange in London, because:  THIS is political persecution and Sweden is both committed and determined to force Julian Assange onto Swedish soil, so that he can be extradited to the United States. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT  ⟴   Malmström Worked closely with US interests | 2012 joint briefing with US attorney-general Eric Holder |  Malmström has co-authored an article with Holder  | here ---------------------- ꕤ  ----------------------   Please Support Journalist Julian Assange Justice4Assange https://justice4assange.com/ ꕤ

'Holed Up' Is Press-Speak for: Undemocratically Bailed Up

hole up 1. To hibernate in or as if in a hole. thefreedictionary 2. Informal To take refuge in or as if in a hideout. thefreedictionary

Lazy (or indifferent) writers are forever repeating the misleading and offensive phrase, 'holed up,' in articles regarding Julian Assange. Assange is an award-winning Australian journalist, who has published material that has exposed US and allied war crimes. Assange is the subject of an unprecedented investigation conducted by a number of US justice and security agencies. Assange is also the subject of a US Grand Jury secret probe, which remains sealed. The US has undoubtedly sought extradition of Assange, given that Britain refuses to release relevant documents (sought pursuant to Freedom of Information request), on the stated grounds that it would impact on Britain's  diplomatic relations with other states. Assange is clearly the subject of political persecution and has been granted political asylum by Ecuador, in accordance with international law. Every time this inaccurate, belittling, and insulting phrase is repeated by the press, Assange is cast as fugitive/gangster 'hiding out.' The press do both Assange and the public a disservice, by writing mindlessly and failing to make it clear to the public Julian Assange is the target of calculated political persecution. The undemocratic POLITICAL persecution of Julian Assange has been waged by legal manoeuvre, media propaganda, and by British government backed and authorised police siege that has cost MILLIONS of pounds. While imposing harsh austerity measures on pensioners, the disabled and the economically underprivileged, Britain rationalises this waste of public funds on what is clearly a  politically motivated siege of Julian Assange, on the basis of reliance upon nothing but flimsy and suspect Sweden police allegations that were tossed out by a senior prosecutor in Stockholm five years ago, before subsequently being revived in Sweden:  for political expediency. Corruption & Hypocrisy The British government is a party to war crimes exposed by Assange; the British government has released Chile dictator, Pinochet, wanted for crimes against humanity; and the British government shelters Israel's Tzipi Livni from a war crimes arrest warrant. British hypocrite authorities cast slurs on Ecuador and Assange in the guise of a demand for 'justice,' when these same hypocrites have a long history of contempt for law and justice (including commission of war crimes and sheltering alleged war criminals from arrest), and the corporate media lets corrupt, undemocratic, authorities get away with shameless lies in support of this travesty of justice. The detractors who attack Assange and WikiLeaks (and attack supporters by dismissively labelling supporters 'cultists'), do so cravenly - while hiding behind extraneous twin issues of 'female victimhood' and feminism.  These detractors are either misguided fools or wilfully ignorant -  hidden agenda serving - trolls, seeking to manipulate public perception and discourse, in favour of a corrupt government agenda that has proven contemptuous of human life, justice, and the law. Writers who resort to using the trite 'holed up' are generally the same writers that follow up by regurgitating the full-of-holes government narrative, without challenge. The negative spin cycle is then repeated like this on almost a daily basis, that has spanned years now. The authorities that have detained Julian Assange for close to 5 years for political reasons and without charge, must be delighted that the press permits them to commit this offence against a truth-telling journalist ... and that this press even obliges by making acts of political persecution easier to carry out. Please support journalist Julian Assange Under Siege Ecuador embassy, London (3 Years) Detained 5 Years No Charge FAQ & Support https://justice4assange.com/ ꕤ

UK–US Extradition Treaty of 2003 - Laurie Love Extradition to US - Preliminary Hearing Oct 2015

2007 - Ambassador Tuttle and Baroness Scotland ratifing the bilateral extradition treaty between the U.S. and the UK [source:  here] COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.

Home › News › Lauri Love discusses why he fears US extradition Lauri Love discusses why he fears US extradition After being re-arrested by British authorities, Lauri Love has spoken to the BBC about why he wants to be tried in the UK rather than be extradited to the US: I would say my prospects of due process in America are essentially zero, and the prospect of extradition is tantamount to a punishment worse than any punishment from the UK justice system. The BBC includes a brief video of Love talking about the toll his case has taken thus far, “My parents and me are quite stressed. I have had time to acclimatise. My dad has had a heart condition and my mum is a natural worrier.” Love has not been charged with a crime in the UK, even though that’s where the alleged offences occurred. “The charges should be heard here… where 12 of my peers should be found to try me,” Love said. See our extradition page to see why “the UK-USA extradition treaty, ratified by the US Senate in 2006 and implemented in 2007, is fundamentally skewed towards misuse by the US Department of Justice. Love has a preliminary hearing in October before the proper extradition hearing in December. Support his legal defence fund here. See the BBC’s full story here. SOURCE https://freelauri.com/2015/08/16/lauri-love-discusses-why-he-fears-us-extradition/ Support Laurie Love The Courage Foundation https://freelauri.com/donate ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- FURTHER US Persecution of Whistleblowers, Activists, Journalists Persecuted US whistleblowers, activists and journalists Jeremy Hammond Barrett Brown Aaron Swartz Chelsea Manning USA:  Over-Prosecution / Extremely Harsh Sentences US government: aggressively over-prosecuted  threatening extremely long prison sentences (producing intense pressure for deals and pleas) ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT / TORTURE extensive use of solitary confinement as punishment prolonged use of solitary confinement: deemed torture by every major human rights group USA solitary confinement / torture = routine form of punishment for even the smallest infractions without concern for prisoners’ mental health ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK-USA extradition treaty ratified by US Senate 2006 (implemented in 2007) fundamentally skewed towards misuse by the US Dept of Justice. designed for terrorism suspects allows the US to extradite British citizens for breaking US laws, even if the offence committed in the UK Reverse does not apply:  Britain may not extradite US citizens. ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- Low Burden of Proof *Therefore US extradition readily obtained, without sufficient proof to warrant extradition. Zero successful extraditions of American citizens committing a crime while on US soil (since 2007) versus 77 British citizens extradited to the US without the right to contest evidence without any legal aid to assist with trial in America ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- NOTE:  multiple areas of judicial imbalance ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK Home Affairs Select Committee = report calling for significant reform (2012) Conservative-led govt failed to respond "Lauri Love must be allowed to contest the allegations against him in the United Kingdom. To properly defend himself in court, he needs substantial support for his legal defense fund." SOURCE https://freelauri.com/fighting-extradition/ ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 *Opposition* Link (historical) - here ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- EXTRACT Press Release UK/U.S. Extradition Treaty Ratified 26 April 2007 The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.  [ lol .. it's skewed] SOURCE:  http://london.usembassy.gov/ukpapress48.html UK–US extradition treaty of 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- Other Please support journalist, Julian Assange Under Siege Ecuador embassy, London (3 Years) Detained 5 Years No Charge FAQ & Support https://justice4assange.com/  ꕤ

Assange - Politically Motivated Persecution of a Journalist, the Passive Press & the British Foreign Office Pantomime

Sweden’s double standards on Julian Assange posted by Peter Tatchell ... on Mon, 10/08/2015 - 11:40 Prosecutors have interviewed 44 people in UK since 2010. Why not Assange? London, UK - 10 August 2015 "The Swedish prosecutors are guilty of double standards and victimisation. They’ve interviewed 44 people in the UK since 2010. Why not Assange? They are making an exception of him. He’s being singled out and treated differently. It is wrong to deny Assange the option to be interviewed in the UK, which has been extended to others and which he has been offering for five years”, said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. He was commenting on a Freedom of Information request revealing that Swedish prosecutors have interviewed 44 suspects in the UK since 2010, while for five years declining Julian Assange’s offer to be interviewed at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. They have long insisted that he must go to Sweden to be interviewed about the sex allegations against him. Mr Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, has supported Julian Assange for the last five years, on civil liberties grounds and on the grounds that he is a legitimate whistleblower. “The Swedish authorities are not applying the law about overseas interviews consistently and fairly. They are acting in an exceptional and discriminatory way towards Assange,” added Mr Tatchell. “A few weeks ago, a prosecutor from Sweden confided to me that the Assange case has been handled badly by Marianne Ny. He said she should have come to London to interview him five years ago. It is not unusual for Swedish prosecutors to interview suspects overseas, he confirmed, so it doesn’t make sense for them to not interview Assange in London. “In November last year, the Swedish Court of Appeal found Ny in breach of her duty to proceed the case at maximum speed and efficiency. It took another seven months, until June this year, for Ny to request an interview with Assange in London. She then cancelled the interview at the last minute. The Swedish prosecutor is the main roadblock in the case. She is not only denying Assange the right to swift justice, she is hindering the legal process and should be taken off the case. “Julian Assange has been in various forms of detention for five years, without ever having been charged with any offence. This amounts to pre-trial punishment and is a gross abuse of his human rights and the legal system. “The Swedish prosecutor has still not made a decision on whether Assange should be charged, which makes his treatment all the more shocking. “Assange’s case is an important civil liberties and human rights issue,” said Mr Tatchell. SOURCE http://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/civil-liberties/sweden-s-double-standards-julian-assange ---------------------- ꕤ  ----------------------  COMMENT We should all be concerned that corrupt government can (and does) act with impunity (Britain, Sweden and US), while pontificating about 'American values,' 'Western values' or 'European values', democracy, and all the rest of the fanciful garbage they trot out, every time they seek to pull the wool over the public's eyes. Sweden and the UK have got away with making an exception of Assange, dragging this out for 5 years, apparently determined to get Assange onto Swedish soil.  And they're taking the worldwide public (and the British taxpayer) for fools:  because they can.  The mainstream press that's supposed to play a key role as vital check to ensure just and democratic government, has allowed these corrupt forces to ride roughshod over journalism, justice, international law, and human rights. Instead of fighting to put an end to the persecution of a fellow journalist, the corporate press just echoes the government narrative, without question. The press should be screaming that this is taking place: Twelve million pounds (ie US$18 million) spent to date by UK, trapping Assange in the Ecuador embassy; exclusion of Assange from the 2014 change in law that was intended to prevent precisely this sort of 'pre-charge' detention situation from happening in future; 5-year-long insistence that Assange to go Sweden and Sweden's refusal to interview Assange in London - over a five year stretch; Sweden having made an exception of Assange, by refusing to interview him in London (unlike the 44 others they've interviewed in London). All of the above show just how determined these people are to deny Assange justice, in order to despatch him to the US - as was their intention all along.  That speaks for itself:  this is political persecution, without any doubt. I wonder just how much of a hand these governments have had in the 2010 developments in Sweden that brought about this suspiciously convenient de facto imprisonment of Assange? UK is shamelessly making a performance of lodging a formal objection to Ecuador for granting political asylum to Assange (which, as a sovereign nation, it is entitled to grant). UK ought rightfully be censuring Sweden for failing to resolve this matter 5 years ago and failing to interview Assange in London in all the years it has had to do so. The only one that's been denied justice is the journalist that's been detained for nearly five years on flimsy Swedish police allegations.  The same police that did not follow procedures, did not properly record (audio / video) interviews (while taking care not to apply these same lax standards to defence witnesses), the police that tampered with the police database, and the same police that did not get a sworn statement.  And that's just for starters.   Although I've been following this for a while now, it has taken until now to really see this for what it is. I say that on the basis of seeing the pantomime they're putting on now, as well as how they have conducted themselves to this point. This is clearly politically motivated persecution. Dead dictators would be proud of these conniving fascists.   This is disgusting.  And it's unbelievable that this isn't a press and public uproar, particularly in Australia.   Journalist, Assange has been targeted because he and his organisation exposed war US crimes. The same people that brought you constitutional violation, general contempt for the law, mass surveillance, surveillance of entire countries, rendition, torture, invasions on false pretexts etc, are the same lying, hypocritical, corrupt, coalition that has denied Assange liberty without charge. What they're doing - and what the press permits them to do - is absolutely disgusting. Please help support Australian journalist, Julian Assange, in any way you can: FAQ & Support Justice4Assange https://justice4assange.com/ ---------------------- ꕤ  ---------------------- 2012 - Notification to Sweden from Ecuardor:   Assange Available Sweden Refused To Interview Assange in London Sweden Lied - Claimed 'cannot' interview London Others Interviewed In London - 44 of them The various politicians and their legal puppets have absolutely no conscience. Politicians Lying Psychopaths in Suits ꕤ