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The UN rapporteur on torture has written a scalding op-ed in support of Julian Assange, in which he says the publisher was the victim of a smear campaign. Now he claims many leading MSM outlets are snubbing the piece.
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The piece ends with a list of the media's 'big guns', which Melzer says were offered the op-ed to publish but wouldn't. The list includes the Guardian, the Times, the Financial Times, the Telegraph, the Washington Post, and Reuters. The text was subsequently published on Medium, a blogging website.
Holding governments accountable by exposing their misdeeds is the job of the free press, to which those listed by Melzer supposedly belong. Some observers also note that maintaining silence on Assange's case amounts to complicity in the wrongdoings against him.
The case against Assange was aimed not only at keeping him at bay, but also at "shutting down dissent," renowned journalist John Pilger recently said.It's mainly about shutting down investigative journalism.
Blatantly threatening to launch a nuclear war against another country is not only illegal under international law, Iranian FM explained, but proves that President Trump does not think through the ramifications of his rhetoric.And this from Twitter:
"There is a United Nations charter, and threat of wars is illegal," Javad Zarif told CNN paraphrasing Article 2.4 of the UN Charter, a day after President Trump spoke menacingly about "obliterating" Iran if the Islamic Republic endangers "anything American." "That statement indicates that US intentions are certainly illegal. The United States is not in a position to obliterate Iran, they do not have the capability other than using prohibited weapons to do this."
Reminding the American commander-in-chief "that we don't live in the 18th century," Zarif suggested Trump to hire new advisers, people who can fully understand the Iranian position and who can offer viable solutions to the crisis. Trump receives "wrong information, wrong analysis, and now President Trump finds himself in a situation where he believes that he needs to get out," Zarif said.
Comment: Love him or hate him James O'Keefe's Project Veritas is performing an important civic services in bringing to light the real views of various members of the elite to light, namely a deep, abiding contempt for the general public. That would be you. Some examples
Why did YouTube competitor Vimeo also ban Project Veritas' Google expose?