By Greta Breveglieri. When it comes to thwarting and persecuting dissenting voices, the strategy of hiding real, often political motivations behind a false facade of allegations has always been a common practice since antiquity — Socrates is blatant and clear example of this. It’s an easy process, if you have enough money or power to bribe or […]
Prosecutor Marianne Ny is just embarrassing the Swedish legal system
by Lynn Prentice. Swedish Chief-Prosecutor Ms Marianne Ny With all of the drama surrounding the Wikileaks release of US government diplomatic wires which I and others do not find surprising. What has been intriguing me more is the behavior of Sweden’s chief prosecutor Marianne Ny. The available information on her charges and actions against Julian […]
Whistleblowers expose themselves to considerable risks. They deserve our support
We must stand up for a free debate, the right to privacy, the right to an openness in the workplace and opportunities to demand accountability. By Dr Leif Elinder, Prof Marcello Ferrada de Noli, and Prof Anders Romelsjö. Swedish Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR) Whistleblowers are necessary for a vibrant democracy. It’s about people who […]
Julian Assange: “The Swedish preliminary investigation is a judicial scandal; it has been used to divert attention from the US espionage case’ – Interview
By Stefania Maurizi Journalist at L’Espresso* Five years after ‘Collateral Murder’, the secret US military video which made the Pentagon furious and WikiLeaks famous around the world, l’Espresso meets the WikiLeaks founder in the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he is holed up to ask whether he has changed his mind and goals In a […]
UN Covenant on Civil & Political Rights says that the arresting of Mr Julian Assange shall be put to an end
By Professor Marcello Ferrada de Noli, Chairman, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights – SWEDHR This analysis was first published April 30, 2015 in NewsVoice A view of Swedish Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR) * is that the case versus Mr Assange in Sweden has conveyed an overriding political factor rather than abiding a legal […]
Putin Throws Down the Gauntlet
By Mike Whitney for The Indicter* Above: Texts excerpted from Vladimir Putin’s statements in the video “Who created Isis?” Added by The Indicter Would you be willing to defend your country against a foreign invasion? That’s all Putin is doing in Syria. He’s just preempting the tidal wave of jihadis that’ll be coming his way once the current […]
Political facts in the Swedish case VS. Assange. Analysis
by Professor Marcello Ferrrada de Noli Chairman, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights Against the backdrop of a drastic falling of Sweden’s international status under the Reinfeldt/Bildt administration, the “Assange Case” emerged as the Swedish rulers’ political alibi. Now when the plot has been debunked, it has come the time for dropping the “case”. But […]
Many questions have still not been answered on the downing of the MH17
By Maj Wechselmann . Member of The Indicter’s Editorial Board. . Few airplane crashes have caused such a big attention as the crash of the Malaysian plane MH17 in eastern Ukraine. The plane fell in the area of the separatists. The theories and accusations about who shot it down and murdered 295 passengers […]
The refugee crisis – to a part a Scandinavian responsibility
By Sven Ruin, Leif Elinder, and Anders Romelsjö. Members of European Human Rights Front In this article, we look at some of the war-torn countries that many people are fleeing from today: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Ukraine. In all these countries, the West has been involved in one way or the other in attempts […]
Russian Attacks In Syria Expose U.S., Allied Debacle
By Andrew Kreig . Russia’s Intervention into Syria has revealed long-running scandals in the regional foreign policy of the United States and its allies. President Obama’s reversal in late October of his firm pledge to avoid deployment of ground troops in Syria is one of the most obvious short-run embarrassments. But others abound that discredit […]