Iran releases 'political prisoners' amid Covid-19 outbreak, while virus-stricken UK keeps Assange behind bars
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Tehran has released an Iranian national seen as a political prisoner in the UK as it fights the coronavirus. British activists and media rushed to say Iran's move was not enough

Beyond Words. Assange's COVID-19 Bail Related Application
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
Yesterday Mark Sommers QC, the extremely erudite and bookish second counsel for Julian Assange in his extradition hearing, trembled with anger in court. Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser had just made a ruling that the names of Julian Assange's partner and young …
globalresearch.ca/beyond-words-assange-covid-19-bail-related-application/5709180

Australian MPs call for release of Julian Assange to home detention as Covid-19 'rapidly spreads' in UK prisons
rt.com | 2020-04-09
There are new calls from Australia to release Julian Assange from prison over Covid-19 fears. Two MPs, supported on Twitter by the whistleblower's mother, sent letters to UK authorities calling for his release to home detention. | Australian MPs Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen, co-chairs of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, wrote to UK Commons Justice Committee Chair Bob Neill MP and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland MP calling for "urgent" consideration of Assange's case in light of the fact that Covid-19 is "rapidly spreading" in British prisons. | COVID-19 is in the UK's p…
rt.com/uk/485387-assange-covid19-belmarsh-letters/

OPCW points finger at Syrian government for 2017 chemical attacks amid whistleblowers scandal
rt.com | 2020-04-09
The OPCW has issued its first report explicitly blaming Syria's government for chemical attacks on civilians, pointing to three incidents in 2017 and saying there're "reasonable grounds" to believe the air force was responsible. | "Attacks of such a strategic nature would have only taken place on the basis of orders from the higher authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic military command," Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) coordinator Santiago Oñate-Laborde said. In the end…
rt.com/news/485314-opcw-report-syria-chemical/

Iran welcomes nomination of Iraq's new PM-designate
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-09
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

Libya War Was Based on Lies, Bogus Intelligence, NATO Supported and Armed the Rebels. British Parliamentary Report
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
Originally published in September 2016: | Parliamentary Report Confirms What the Alternative Media Has Been Saying for Years: | The UK Parliament just confirmed what the alternative media has been saying for years. | Specifically, a new report from the bipartisan House …
globalresearch.ca/libya-war-was-based-on-lies-bogus-intelligence-nato-supported-and-armed-the-rebels-british-parliamentary-report/5547356

Iraq intelligence chief appointed new PM-designate after al-Zurfi withdraws
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-09
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA)

Stir Crazy! Episode #10: Dying to Vote
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-09
Episode #10 of Stir Crazy, on The Real News Network. On today's show: when voting is a death sentence. That's right, we're discussing yesterday's Wisconsin primary! We're happy to have special guest Adriel Hampton, a political consultant to the left. Also on the show: Lisa Snowden-McCray, Jacqueline Luqman and hosted by yours truly, Kim Brown…
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Prisons: Breeding Grounds for Disease. Julian Assange's Life in Danger
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
The US gulag prison system is the world's largest by far, the largely unreported in the mainstream shame of the nation. | Official numbers significantly understate the true number of incarcerated inmates annually. | According to a Prison Policy Initiative analysis, nearly …
globalresearch.ca/prisons-breeding-grounds-disease-julian-assange-danger/5709067

Julian Assange and Lockdown Injustice
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Scribes covering the Julian Assange case must surely gawk with a sense of horrified wonder at each proceeding unfolding at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Assange is in a battle that can only be described as titanic, seeking to …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-lockdown-injustice/5709059

Julian Assange and Lockdown Injustice
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
Scribes of the Julian Assange case must surely gawk with a sense of horrified wonder at each proceeding unfolding at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Assange is in a battle that can only be described as titanic, seeking to avoid the clutches of the US Justice Department, not to mention its legal system, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/julian-assange-and-lockdown-injustice/

What did they know, exactly? US intel warned of 'cataclysmic' coronavirus pandemic in NOVEMBER 2019, report claims
rt.com | 2020-04-08
US military intelligence tried to raise the alarm about the coronavirus epidemic in China when it was still embryonic in November, inside sources claim

Pompeo says 'no sanctions' prevent Covid-19 aid to Iran, as US blocks $5bn IMF loan & ignores calls to lift penalties
rt.com | 2020-04-08
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a raft of US sanctions do not stop humanitarian aid from reaching Tehran, even as the UN and rights groups say the penalties are crippling Iran's healthcare system. | "I've heard people talking about sanctions. The world should know there are no sanctions that prevent humanitarian assistance, medical supplies, pharmaceuticals from going to Iran," Pompeo told reporters at a White House briefing on Wednesday, adding that the US offered to send aid but Iran refused. | Tehran has repeatedly slammed the US pressure campaign

Wisconsin FRSO condemns April 7 election farce
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-08
Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) spokesperson Ryan Hamann blasted the April 7 statewide election, stating, "Wisconsin FRSO condemns the forced vote in the midst of a global pandemic. Despite the CDC recommendations that people stay home as much as possible and avoid any kind of mass congregation, legislators in Wisconsin and members of the U.S. Supreme Court determined that did not apply when it came to voting in a presidential primary." | Hamann continued, "Meanwhile, the city of Milwaukee, populated by nearly 700,000 people, cut polling stations by 99%, from 180 to five. Unde…
fightbacknews.org/2020/4/8/wisconsin-frso-condemns-april-7-election-farce

Journalist on Wisconsin Election: Republicans Are Letting People Die in Order to Hang On to Power
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
Lines stretching city blocks, hours-long waits and polling officials in hazmat suits. That's the scene voters in Wisconsin encountered as they braved the polls Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite growing outcry about the risks to public health and safety that in-person voting would pose, on Monday the state Supreme Court blocked Democratic Governor Tony Evers's ruling to delay the election until June. At least 92 people in Wisconsin have died from exposure to COVID-19. In Milwaukee

More People Might Die Because Wisconsin GOP Forced Election
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-08
Lines stretching city blocks, hours-long waits and polling officials in hazmat suits. That's the scene voters in Wisconsin encountered as they braved the polls Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite growing outcry about the risks to public health and safety that in-person voting would pose, on Monday the state Supreme Court blocked Democratic Governor Tony Evers's ruling to delay the election until June. At least 92 people in Wisconsin have died from exposure to COVID-19. In Milwaukee

The Cruel Truth Behind Wisconsin's Uncancelled Election
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-04-08
State Republicans exploited the coronavirus crisis in an effort to elect a state Supreme Court candidate who objects to the idea of government helping people in need.
progressive.org/dispatches/cruel-truth-wisconsin-uncancelled-election-lueders-200408/

'You Cannot Get an Abortion Right Now in Texas': Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ban During Pandemic
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-08
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning abortion care in the state during the coronavirus pandemic, making the procedure illegal in most cases in the state for the first time since before Roe vs. Wade was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-5432935461_0.jpg …
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Stir Crazy! Episode #8: How awful is Covid-19?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-07
Stir Crazy Episode #8 on The Real News Network. Journalist Baynard Woods just recovered from COVID-19 and talks with writer/organizer Jesse A. Myerson and TRNN's Kim Brown, Leandro Lagera, and Lisa Snowden-McCray about how to prepare for self-quarantine. Today's Show: Cuomo is not a hero; Amazon fights its own workers; Wisconsin Republicans conspire to kill…
therealnews.com/stories/how-awful-is-covid-19

Iran Develops Its Own AI Software to Swiftly Detect COVID-19
The Iranian | iranian.com | 2020-04-04
Head of Coronavirus Management Center in Tehran Alireza Zali said that Iranian researchers have launched a new system based on artificial intelligence which can diagnose infection to COVID-19 virus in patients without access to a specialized physician. "The system is used in regions where there is no (specialized) doctor or radiologist and it gives precise …
iranian.com/2020/04/04/iran-using-artificial-intelligence-to-diagnose-coronavirus-infection/

You Don't Need to Believe China About China's Coronavirus Success
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-04-02
Accusing China of deception provides a ready excuse for the Trump administration's failures: "The reality is that we could have been better off if China had been more forthcoming," says Vice President Mike Pence (Bloomberg, 4/1/20). | Bloomberg News ( 4/1/20) reported that anonymous US officials say that a secret US intelligence report says that China's statist…
fair.org/home/you-dont-need-to-believe-china-about-chinas-coronavirus-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-dont-need-to-believe-china-about-chinas-coronavirus-success