(2022-03-17). Australian establishment responds to latest UK judicial travesty against Assange with a stony silence. wsws.org The establishment parties and media do not want Assange's plight, or his exposure of US-led war crimes, to intrude on the frenzied wartime atmosphere they are whipping up against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
(2022-03-17). Supreme Court: Torture at CIA Black Site Is 'State Secret'. orinocotribune.com 
By Marjorie Cohn — Mar 10, 2022 | In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch accused the government of seeking dismissal of Abu Zubaydah's petition to avoid "further embarrassment for past misdeeds." | Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA once mistakenly alleged was a top Al-Qaeda leader, was waterboarded 80-plus times, subjected to assault in the form of forced rectal exams, and exposed to live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours. Zubaydah sobbed, twitched and hyperventilated. During one waterboarding session, he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "He became so compliant that he would…
(2022-03-16). Silence in the media and Labour "left" on Assange's extradition danger. wsws.org The Biden administration intends to prosecute Assange for charges under the Espionage Act with a potential sentence of 175 years in prison. This would be served in barbaric conditions, that previous judgements acknowledged could drive him to suicide.
(2022-03-16). Extradition Looms for Assange After UK Supreme Court Refuses to Hear His Appeal. truthout.org 
The British judicial system has erected still another barrier to Julian Assange's freedom. On March 14, the U.K. Supreme Court refused to hear Assange's W…
(2022-03-16). Assange Extradition: On to the next hurdle. mronline.org 
With Julian still, for no rational reason, held in maximum security, the legal process around his extradition continues to meander its way through the overgrown bridlepaths of the UK's legal system.
(2022-03-16). Iran frees two dual British nationals jailed for espionage. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Some news sources reported that Nazanin Zaghari who had been sentenced to 5 years in prison on spying for the UK in Iran released, heading to airport to leave Iran.
(2022-03-16). Virginia Thomas, wife of right-wing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admits to participating in January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally. wsws.org "Ginni" Thomas played an active role in the fascist conspiracy headed by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
(2022-03-16). PANEL: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Reproductive Rights. peoplesworld.org 
"We're Not Going Back" — CLASS, RACE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS The stakes could not be higher as reactionary attacks on reproductive rights intensify. Over 30 states are ready to outlaw legal abortion access if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade. African Americans, Latinas, and other people of color, as well as …
(2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org 
An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…
(2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques. wsws.org A CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.
(2022-03-16). Top CIA Assassin Says U.S. Was Extremely Close to Using Nuclear Weapons in Vietnam. covertactionmagazine.com Billy Waugh Says He Wrote Recommendation to Drop Them on Mu Gia Pass Along Ho Chi Minh Trail on the …
(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …
(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …
(2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …