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As Netanyahu Tries to Stop U.S.-Iran Deal, Leaked Cables Show Israeli Spies Reject His Nuke Claims

In what has been described as the biggest intelligence leak since Edward Snowden, Al Jazeera has begun publishing a series of spy cables from the world’s top intelligence agencies. In one cable, the Israeli spy agency Mossad contradicts Prime Minister…

Snowden Ready to Go to US If He Gets Fair Trial – Whistleblower’s Lawyer

Human Wrongs Watch 3 March 2015 (RT)* –  Edward Snowden would go to the US if he was sure that he would face a fair trial there, the former NSA contractor’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena says. “Edward Snowden is ready to…

Bangladesh: so much to be done

Bangladesh latest – Shafiur Rahman Farabi, main killer suspect nabbed in connection of Avijit killing incident. Meanwhile the usual daily disruptions continue unabated in Dhaka – blog report says: ### Three buses were set on fire in the capital city…

The Humanist Party wants to participate in Buenos Aires elections

The Humanist Party in Buenos Aires is looking for the necessary support so that it can present an independent list of candidates in the “simultaneous and obligatory open primaries” (PASO in Spanish initials), in other words, without forming alliances with…

Joseph Stiglitz Stands Against Trade Agreements

New York Feb 25 2015 – The United States is trying to impose a strong investment pact within two big, so-called “partnership” agreements that are now being negotiated, one bridging the Atlantic, the other the Pacific. But there is growing…

Historian Matlock lambasts U.S. policy on Russia

Ambassador Jack Matlock’s presentation to the National Press Club February 22, 2015. Jack F. Matlock Jr., ambassador to the U.S.S.R. from 1987 to 1991, is the author of “Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended.” I think we’re in…

Letter from UK citizens to the Argentine Embassy in London

London, 21 February- The Argentina Embassy in London has received from a wide range of personalities from various sectors in the UK – journalists, politicians, intellectuals and union leaders, as well as local activists – a statement regarding solidarity with…

Who is Netanyahu?

Who is Netanyahu and why should the US Congress boycott his speech?  Benyamin Mileikowsky (aka Netanyahu) was born to Benzion Mileikowsky (later changed names to Netanyahu), a polish immigrant. His American father became secretary to terrorist leader Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky…

Lesotho elections to end political tensions

Maseru, Lesotho – The current government of national unity in Lesotho will come to an end later this month February 2015. The mountain kingdom of Lesotho is a small country under the leadership of His Majesty King Letsie ‘The Third’…

Japan: In Support of freedom of expression – standing up against political violence

Japanese version A group of journalists, writers, academics, musicians and artists, whose work is about expression of thoughts and ideas, came together in support of freedom of expression. They held a press conference on February 9 and asked the public…

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