Leading Russian Journalist Detained On Apparently Trumped Up Narcotics Charges
From VOA News: “Leading Russian Journalist Detained on Narcotics Charges June 07, 2019 11:33 AM UPDATE June 07, 2019 5:45 …
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UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers…
2016 Reporting Shows Saudis Only Banned Murdered Journalist Khashoggi After He Criticized Trump
Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS (Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud). From Common Dreams: “While President Continues to …
Prosecutors: Suspect Paid Thousands of Euros to Have Slovak Journalist Killed
The Italian mafia which he was investigating is the vicious ‘Ndrangheta, which works with the Russian mafia. From VOA News: …
Russian Opposition Leader (Navalny) Detained in Moscow
From VOA news: “Russian Opposition Leader Detained in Moscow August 25, 2018 12:45 PM, by VOA News Russian opposition leader …
Censoring A Dying Man: US Senator McCain Statement On Trump-Putin Meeting In Helsinki Deleted From Senate Web Site As He Lay Dying; Read The Statement; Make A Copy For The Record
On August 24, 2018, shortly after John McCain’s family announced that he was discontinuing medical treatment, McCain’s very critical statement …
Anti-Putin Activist Navalny Released After Anti-Govt Protests
From VOA (see protest pictures at original link: https://www.voanews.com/a/anti-putin-opposition-leader-arrested-as-protests-unfold-across-russia/4381057.html ) “Anti-Putin Activist Navalny Released After Anti-Govt Protests Last Updated: May …
Over a Thousand People Arrested in Russia’s “He’s Not Our King” Protests of Putin’s Inauguration; Putin’s Been in Power for almost Twenty Years
Putin has been in power for almost 20 years, since 1999. He was Prime Minister of Russia from 1999; acting …
Turkey: A Dark Day For Press Freedom And For Justice As Journalists Sentenced To Life In Prison Including Up To 23 Hours Per Day Solitary Confinement
By Amnesty Internationa: “Turkey: A dark day for press freedom and for justice as journalists sentenced to life 16 February …
Israeli Police Recommend Netanyahu Be Indicted on Corruption Charges; Hurry Up Already Mueller!
Trump has been friends for decades with Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu, as was Trump’s father. Both have been supported by …
Russian Opposition Activist-Would Be Presidential Candidate Navalny Summoned For Questioning
“Navalny has said the vote [in March] will not be a real, democratic election but the ‘reappointment’ of Putin, who …
Thousands March in Pro-Opposition Rallies Across Russia
Aleksei Navalny On ‘Putin’s Secret Dacha’ In Russian with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/MrIsXKdjZdo https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/russia-navalny-punches-even-higher-with-new-video-alleging-secret-island-dacha-used-by-putin/ From VOA News: “Thousands March in Pro-Opposition …
Putin Spokesman: Calls for Election Boycott May Be Illegal
“Putin Spokesman: Calls for Election Boycott May Be Illegal December 26, 2017 6:39 AM, VOA News A Kremlin spokesman suggested …
Russian Anti-Corruption Activist Navalny Calls For Presidential Election Boycott After Barred From Running
“Navalny Calls for Presidential Election Boycott After Being Barred as Candidate December 25, 2017 11:04 AM, VOA News Russian opposition …
Anti-Corruption Activist Navalny Declares Official Candidacy For Russian Presidency
“Navalny Says He’s Now an ‘Official Candidate’ to Run For Russian President Last Updated: December 24, 2017 10:16 AM, RFE/RL MOSCOW …
Tens Of Thousands Of Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu; Corruption; Draft Law Seen As Attempt To Protect Netanyahu In Corruption Probe-Punishes Those Who Leak To Media
Two peas in a pod. Trump and Jared Kushner have been friends for decades with Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu, as …
Kaliningrad Russia: Siloviki Beat Newspaper Editor-in-Chief, Search His Editorial Office
Source: site “Crime Russia” (https://en.crimerussia.com): “10:15 / 02.11.2017 Kaliningrad: siloviki beat newspaper editor-in-chief, search his editorial office Igor Rudnikov was …
Russian Police Violently Arrest Critical Newspaper Editor
From HumanRightsWatch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/07/russian-police-violently-arrest-critical-newspaper-editor “November 7, 2017 3:07PM EST Dispatches Russian Police Violently Arrest Critical Newspaper Editor FIFA Should Ensure Press …
The Problem With Trying To Control “Fake News” Is That Truth Can Be Labelled As “Fake News”
The Solution to Fake News is Education, Freedom of Expression, Access to Quality Information, and More Free Time. “If there …
Russian State Media Declaring Open Season On Journalists
“When state media dehumanizes journalists and opposition figures and brands them as enemies, it’s all too predictable that somebody somewhere …
Detentions and Spoilers: How a Day of Protests Went Down on Putin’s Birthday
On October 7, 2017 (Putin’s birthday) during protests in support of jailed presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, 290 people were detained …
Putin Birthday Protests: Opposition Candidate-Campaign Manager Jailed Ahead Of 70 City Protest Across Russia; Navalny Calls Putin A Turnip
Russian Presidential candidate “Navalny and his supporters plan to hold protests across Russia on October 7, Putin’s 65th birthday, in …
Putin Gives Himself Early Birthday Present: Russian Presidential Challenger, Alexei Navalny, Sent to Jail Again (for 20 Days)
It is important to keep Navalny’s name out there as much as possible lest he meet the same fate as …
Zapad (West) 2017 Russian Military Exercises – Serious Signal For All (Andrei Sannikov)
From Charter97.org: https://charter97.org/en/news/2017/9/26/264077/ “Andrei Sannikov: West-2017 Became Serious Signal For All 26.09.2017, 14:29 ANDREI SANNIKOV Lukashenka’s regime poses a threat …
German Government Raided and Shutdown Independent Media Site Indymedia Linksunten
Putin and German Chancellor Merkel, CC-BY Sebastian Zwez Putin and Merkel two peas in a pod? Putin was a KGB …
Russia: Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin
From RFERL: https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-navalny-putin-island-dacha/28705917.html “RUSSIA – Navalny Punches Even Higher With New Video Alleging Secret Island Dacha Used By Putin August …
Russia Bans Bible Translation As Extremism – Will the Entire Bible Be Next?
Russia calls the “New World Translation” of the Bible extremism. Is this the future that you want? Those with the …
The Story of Giordano Bruno
Is this the future that you want? Those with the right to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of …
Public Citizen Represents Trump Inauguration Protest Website Visitors Who Are Resisting DOJ Witch Hunt
By PublicCitizen.org: “Aug. 21, 2017 Public Citizen Represents Inauguration Protest Website Visitors Who Are Resisting DOJ Witch Hunt First Amendment …
Trump’s “Justice Dept” Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest Website In Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/ From the VOA: “Justice Department Demands Records From Anti-Trump Protest Website August 15, …
Trump DOJ Attempting Digital Dragnet Of Visitors To Anti-Trump Web Site in Violation of First and Fourth Amendments To The US Constitution – Hearing on Friday
Starting to sound like Russia, already: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/russia-web-censor-crackdown-ahead-of-april-2nd-anti-corruption-protests/ From http://www.eff.org: “In J20 Investigation, DOJ Overreaches Again. And Gets Taken to Court …
US DOJ’s Announcement On Leaks Is “Deeply Troubling” – The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Press Release from The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “DOJ’s announcement on leaks is “deeply troubling” Press Release …
Trump Admin-AG Sessions Threaten First Amendment-Freedom of the Press
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-ne/legacy/2012/04/27/Civil%20Rights%20Book-NE-2.pdf “Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal As a former federal prosecutor, I know how important press freedom is to responsible criminal justice …
US Secretary of State Tillerson to Be Grilled on Russia-State Dept. Budget; Sanctions, in Multiple Hearings Starting This Morning
US Senator Merkley on Tillerson’s Moral Clarity (Not) during confirmation hearings. “JUNE 13, 2017 Fiscal Year 2018 State Department Budget …
UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers delaying or cancelling the …
Trump Didn’t Just Want the FBI to Stop Investigating Mike Flynn; He Reportedly Wanted the FBI to Arrest Journalists.
By OtherWords.org: “In OtherWords: May 17, 2017 The president didn’t just want the FBI to stop investigating his friend Mike …
Trump Welcomed Turkey’s Islamic Caliphate Dictator in-the-Making Yesterday; Protestors Beaten
Yesterday, supposedly anti-Muslim Trump welcomed Turkey’s Erdogan, who has an Islamic Caliphate-dictatorship in-the-making. “In-the-making” is probably an understatement. Islamic Caliphate …
Russian Journalist Dies After Severe Beating (April 20, 2017): Putin Critic Known for Reporting Corruption and Human Rights Abuses
By CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists): “Russian journalist dies after severe beating New York, April 20, 2017– Russian federal authorities …
Russian Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny Released After 15 Days in Jail
“The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being detained on Tverskaya street in Moscow Date 26 March 2017, 14:16:02” By …
Conveniently Timed Russian Terrorist Attacks Being Used as Excuse for Proposals to Stifle Dissent
“The power vertical is a concept introduced by Putin to explain the re-centralisation of the power of the presidency and …
Central European University Under Threat by Putin Ally, Orbán, in Hungary; Thousands Protest
As many as 10,000 people marched peacefully in Budapest to support academic freedom in Hungary. https://www.ceu.edu/article/2017-04-02/ceu-thanks-organizers-supporters-todays-event https://www.ceu.edu/news link: http://youtu.be/p3QZqDrHS2c “Thousands …
More than 1000 Arrested in Moscow Alone As Tens of Thousands of Russians Protest Against Corruption
Link: http://youtu.be/qrwlk7_GF9g Web Site: https://dimon.navalny.com On Sunday, March 26, protests against corruption in government took place across Russia. The protestors …
Does 65 yr old US Sec. of State Tillerson Have a Chaperone, or His Wife, in the Plane as He Dumps Press Corps for 33 yr old Female Reporter from “Fawning” Media Outlet IJR? An Unmarried Reporter from “The Hill”‘s “50 Most Beautiful” List!
Who travelled in the airplane with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson besides the 33 year old reporter who is around …
US Secretary of State Tillerson Blocks Media Access; What is He Hiding? Is Tillerson Going to Russia Off-Radar?
The head of Saudi Arabia is in Japan now too. Tillerson wouldn’t want to invite press to what certainly looks …
Senator Markey Decries Sec. of State Tillerson’s Official Asia-Pacific Trip without Press
Mining Awareness preface: Tillerson gave himself 90 days to divest Exxon stock, so apparently still has some. The head of …
Trump as Litigation Bully and Free Speech Concerns
Donald Trump’s lawsuits for defamation, insults, etc., are worrisome, because they appear to indicate an allergy to free speech by …
Adieu Free Speech in Nuclear France: Areva Rules
“Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé! Contre nous de la tyrannie,…” La Marseillaise Almost two …
Nuclear Lies, the TEPCO Nuclear Disaster, and Ethics
“Lies and Truthfulness First, one of the ethical principles of Buddhism and Christianity is truthfulness and the rejection of telling …
Is the USA Haiti? Without a good lawyer & judge the answer could be yes: PM Lamothe & Freedom of Speech-Press; Fracking & Free Speech
Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe Unable to Destroy US Freedom of Speech & Press: Learns that Florida is in the US …
Haitian Senate Demands Temporary Stay Against Mining: Will Martelly-Lamothe Respond?
Have We Achieved Victory? Not quite. Has the Mining Gone Away? Not necessarily. SENATE RESOLUTION PASSED The Haitian Senate awakened …
