By Dr. Nozomi Hayase PhD, member of The Indicter Editorial Board. WikiLeaks image in the release series The Podesta Emails In its 10th years of existence, WikiLeaks has been at the center of controversy. Ever since its global debut with the 2010 Apache helicopter gun-sight video depicting the killing of civilians in Baghdad, the whistleblowing […]
Browsing Category: October 2016 issue
Iraq war: Swedish participation in US bombing of Baghdad civilian shelters
By Prof Marcello Ferrada de Noli Chair, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights – SWEDHR. The active participation of “neutral” Sweden in the occupation war of Iraq on behalf of the occupation forces is not known in its full extent by the international public at large. What is commonly known is that Bofors cannons sold […]
Sweden’s unethical – and unlawful – arms deals with ISIS-backing Saudis
By Prof Marcello Ferrada de Noli, Chair, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights – SWEDHR. Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven, and with him the Swedish banker Marcus Wallenberg (CEO of Investor, the main holding company of the Wallenbergs), are travelling to Saudi Arabia for an official visit. The meetings with the Saudis, as announced […]
WikiLeaks, 10 Years of Pushing the Boundaries of Free Speech
By Dr Nozomi Hayase, Member of The Indicter editorial board. “To me, freedom of speech is something that represents the very dignity of what a human being is… that’s what marks us off from the stones and stars.” These are words spoken by Mario Savio, the spokesperson for the Free Speech Movement in the 60’s. […]