Ein fortwährender Freiheitsentzug des WikiLeaks-Gründers Julian Assange nach dem Beschluss der UN-Arbeitsgruppe kann als Folter eingestuft werden, wie der Rechtanwalt des Australiers, Baltasar Garzón, sagte. In diesem Fall könne die UN-Antifolterkonvention berufen werden.

Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Obama promised to release torture photos that had been suppressed by the Bush administration, but he quickly reversed himself and repudiated his promise. Obama stated that releasing the photos would “inflame anti-American opinion” and “put our troops in greater danger.”

Nobody has been prosecuted in the wake of the Central Intelligence Agency torture scandal, which culminated in a December 2014 report by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The executive summary of that report, which is the only portion made public so far, exposed not only a systematic practice of torture, but a longstanding and ongoing conspiracy to cover up those crimes and shield the perpetrators from accountability.

Nor was anyone prosecuted after the CIA broke into Senate staffers’ computers during the investigation to delete incriminating files. To this day, the Obama administration is working to suppress the full Senate report on CIA torture and to prevent its release…

The photos released on Friday constitute an additional 198 exhibits that should be admitted into evidence in a future war crimes trial of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Robert Gates, James Clapper, John Ashcroft, John Kerry and others. The defendants in such a trial would not only include the direct perpetrators, but also all those who made themselves accomplices by attempting to cover up and conceal the underlying crimes. To these 198 exhibits will be added the remaining 1,800 photos that are still being withheld by the Obama administration.

„There must be a Libyan government, recognized by all sides, and we will have to help it, supporting it militarily. The government will then be able to request the deployment of foreign troops by itself. If action on the ground is required, then it is the Libyans who must fight. We are against a foreign ground operation,“ Horchani said

During the meeting the sides also discussed the Syrian crisis and the problems of its settlement.

In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. The three Presidents were discussing the Action Plan to tackle the Refugees and Migrants Crisis.

The army restored security and stability to many areas , the last of which is Kefeen village in northern Aleppo, and it continued its operations in other areas across the country , leaving many terrorist organizations’ members killed and their vehicles and weapons destroyed.

Russland hat im Jahr 2013 die USA vor dem Beginn eines offenen Krieges gegen Syrien wegen des Skandals um einen Chemiewaffen-Einsatz bewahrt, erklärte der ehemalige CIA-Beamte Ray McGovern in einem Interview gegenüber dem Kolumnisten der Ausgabe „Salon“, Patrick Smith.

“Great economies do compete with each other and that does not mean they become opponents,” he said while facing media questions on the ‘rivalry’ between the two neighbours.

„In Schweden wird jetzt lebhaft über die Erhaltung der schwedischen Neutralität debattiert und es gibt Kräfte, die versuchen, Schweden in die NATO hineinzuziehen. Ein ‚Schreckgespenst‘ sind hierbei die im Nato-Bericht angeführten Erklärungen über angebliche russische Atomwaffenübungen. Das hat nur einen Sinn: In der schwedischen öffentlichen Meinung Elemente von Russlandphobie und Angst weiterzuentwickeln, um wiederum zu versuchen, das Land in die Allianz hineinzuziehen“, betonte der ranghohe russische Diplomat.

If the THAAD battery is deployed to South Korea, it would further raise tension on the Korean Peninsula, the statement said, adding that, “It is hoped that relevant countries would approach the issue with caution.”

Als Präsident Obama die CIA 2013 insgeheim dazu ermächtigte, kampfbereite syrische Rebellen zu bewaffnen, dachte der US-Geheimdienst sofort an einen bewährten Partner, der auch diese verdeckte Operation finanzieren würde. Es war das Königreich Saudi-Arabien, das die CIA seit Jahrzehnten bei
(der Anzettelung von) Konflikten in diversen Ländern diskret mit Geld unterstützt.

The terrorist groups operating in the region are fleeing in large numbers as more and more towns and villages are falling into the hands of the advancing government forces.

Pope Francis prayed for the Syrian people affected by the violence in the war-torn country during his Sunday address.

Speaking to thousands of faithful gathered at St Peter‘s Square, he said he was concerned for the fate of Syrian refugees and called on the international community to find a political solution.

Yonhap news agency said the patrol boat crossed despite warning communications from the South Korean navy, and retreated after five warning shots were fired by a naval gun, returning back across the Northern Limit Line at around 7:15 a.m.