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• Free Mutulu Shakur: Calls Grow for Compassionate Release for Dying Black Liberation Activist

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Dozens of civil rights groups have joined an urgent push for the compassionate release of longtime political prisoner Mutulu Shakur from prison. The 72-year-old Black liberation activist is said by prison doctors to have less than six months to live, after being diagnosed with stage 3 bone (...)

• Mike Pompeo & CIA Sued for Spying on Americans Who Visited Julian Assange in Ecuadorian Embassy in U.K.

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Lawyers and journalists sued the CIA and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo Monday for spying on them while they met Julian Assange when he was living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had political asylum. The lawsuit is being filed as Britain prepares to extradite the WikiLeaks (...)

• "There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI. They Have Nothing to Do with Trump": Professor Alex Vitale

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  “Defund the FBI” is the growing call by Republicans after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. We get response from Alex Vitale, author of “The End of Policing,” who lays out reasons to defund the FBI that have nothing to do with Trump. Vitale reviews the history of (...)

• Headlines for August 16, 2022

  16 de agosto, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Rudy Giuliani Is Target of Georgia Prosecutors’ Criminal Probe of 2020 Election Interference, Sen. Lindsey Graham Must Testify to Georgia Grand Jury About Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election, Justice Department Opposes Calls to Unseal Affidavit Used to Search Trump’s Home, GOP Incumbents Who (...)

• "Will We Become Our Enemy?": After Salman Rushdie Assassination Attempt, See Rare Free Speech Address

  15 de agosto, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
  Renowned Indian British novelist Salman Rushdie is in critical condition and faces a long road to recovery after he survived an assassination attempt Friday morning in western New York. Rushdie is one of the most highly acclaimed writers in the world today and has lived underground for many (...)