The ICC’s Indefensible Decision on Alleged UK War Crimes in Iraq
By Craig Murray Support for the rule of international law, and for the institutions which uphold it, is one of the principles of this blog….
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ICC Dropping Inquiry Into British War Crimes In Iraq Shows Failure Of International Legal System
Op-Ed by Robert Inlakesh The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided, on December 9, to abandon its inquiry into war crimes committed by British forces during…
Exposing War Crimes Should Always Be Legal. Committing And Hiding Them Should Not.
By Caitlin Johnstone The Kafkaesque extradition trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues, with each frustrating day making it clearer than the day before that…
We’re Asking One Question In Assange’s Case: Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes?
By Caitlin Johnstone This is a speech I gave yesterday at a demonstration for Assange with the Socialist Equality Party Australia. Tomorrow in the UK…
Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US
By Tyler Durden Activist Post Editor’s Note: We’ve posted a couple of articles about Trump’s declaration that he would hit Iranian cultural sites; we’ve noted…
Trump Doubles Down On Threat to Destroy Iranian Cultural Sites (a.k.a. War Crimes)
By Chris Menahan President Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his threat to destroy sites “important to Iran and Iranian culture” if Iran retaliates…
“Terrorizing the Populace”: Report Finds CIA-Backed Death Squads in Afghanistan Committing War Crimes, Atrocities
By Eoin Higgins CIA-backed death squads in Afghanistan have committed a number of human rights violations over the last year, a Human Rights Watch report…
USS Liberty Survivor Slams Charlie Kirk For “Insulting” Survivors As “Conspiracy Theorists”
By Chris Menahan A survivor of Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty penned an open letter slamming Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk for “insult[ing]”…
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18 Ways Julian Assange Changed The World
US-Made Saudi Warplanes and Bombs Are Still Killing Many Civilians in Yemen
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Over the course of a five-year war in Yemen, a vast majority of the people killed by Saudi Arabia have…
Chelsea Manning Says She’ll Never Testify Against WikiLeaks, Seeks Release From Jail
By Jason Ditz (ANTIWAR.COM) — Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been held in detention in Alexandria, VA for the last two months on “contempt” charges for refusing…
Trump Pardons Soldier Convicted of Murder As Julian Assange Rots in Prison for Journalism
By Matt Agorist Ali Mansur Mohamed was shot and killed in 2008. The man who killed him, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, was found…
Condemning Assange Condones The War Crimes He Exposed
By Joziah Thayer Most of the people applauding the arrest and imprisonment of journalist Julian Assange are either still salty about Hillary Clinton losing to…