Daily Archives: September 13, 2024

2024-09-13: News Headlines

_____ (2024-09-13). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

Patricia Hammer, Magdalena Kanther (2024-09-13). Donald Trump and George Orwell. indybay.org Trump rejects climate change, which means that information about it can no longer be found on the official White House website or agencies such as the US Environmental Protection Agency which are only encouraged to publish research results in public. Both are tantamount to censorship and are reminiscent of the Party's restrictive information policy in the novel 1984.

Editor (2024-09-13). FBI Sued For Withholding Files on Assange and WikiLeaks. scheerpost.com

Cynthia Papermaster (2024-09-13). Sunday 9/22: Julian Assange is Free Celebration! indybay.org Berkeley Unitarian Universalists Fellowship Hall, 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley…

Kate Horgan (2024-09-13). The Project Censored Newsletter—September 2024. projectcensored.org Censored Press News: Peter Phillips's Titans of Capital and more Peter Phillips, the former director of Project Censored, has published a new book with the Censored Press. In Titans of Capital: How Concentrated Wealth Threatens Humanity, he examines the world's most wealthy and influential asset management firms, showing how their…

Hands Off Uhuru, Popular Resistance. (2024-09-13). Uhuru 3 Found Not Guilty Of Being Russian Agents. popularresistance.org On the morning of September 12th, the jury returned a verdict in the free speech trial of the century, where Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel faced bogus charges of working as Russian agents. | The 12 person jury concluded a not guilty verdict on count number two, "failure to register as a foreign agent," in other words, working as agents of Russia. This was the big charge that carried an up to ten year prison sentence. The jury contained no black jurors, but to their credit, they saw clearly that African people have agency and sovereignty over their actions.

albawaba (2024-09-13). Iran denies reports of captured personnel in Israeli strike on Masyaf, Syria. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Iran's Tasnim News Agency has dismissed reports of two Iranian figures being captured during an Israeli airstrike on Masyaf, Syria, labeling the claims as false. Citing sources, the agency stated that no Iranian forces were present at the targeted site, and denied any casualties or captures.According to Axios, an elite Israeli army unit destroyed a secret precision missile factory in Syria during a recent raid. The factory, reportedly built by Iran in coordination with Hezbollah, was first discovered by Israeli intelligence in 2018 and had been under surveillance for five years. The raid, which included…

presstv.ir (2024-09-13). Man sets himself on fire outside Israeli consulate in Boston, US. presstv.ir Surveillance video shows a man setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in the US city of Boston.

EcoWaste Coalition (2024-09-13). Singapore Bans Underarm Cream for Containing Banned or Potent Ingredients. pressenza.com Prohibited underarm whitening product also sold with impunity in the Philippines — EcoWaste Coalition: | 12 September 2024, Quezon City. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has issued an Alert against a topical whitening product containing banned or potent ingredients, mercury in particular, after a woman was admitted to a hospital due to a severe hypersensitivity reaction that can be life-threatening. | Citing information from the HSA Alert, the environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition warned that 88 Total White Underarm Cream, which is widely sold in the Philippines,…

ecns.cn (2024-09-13). Xi stresses making solid progress toward building China into leading country in education. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.

presstv.ir (2024-09-13). Iran proposes anti-sanctions alliance to ensure trade security in BRICS. presstv.ir The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council has called for the establishment of an anti-sanctions alliance among the BRICS group of emerging economies.

Fatima Hussein (2024-09-13). Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel traveled to Austin, Texas, to tour …

Marwa Osman (2024-09-13). Israel Ramps Up Strikes on Lebanon, Kills Hezbollah Commander, Targets Civilian Areas w/ Marwa Osman. thealtworld.com Lebanon is once again being bombed by Israel with a series of strikes this week that have targeted civilian areas, and killed Hezbollah commander Mohammed Qassem Al-Shaer. | Veteran Journalist Marwa Osman, PhD., noted that as Israel continues to expand the conflict further into Lebanon, Hezbollah is responding to each attack, and continuing to expand the conflict further into Israel—reminding Israel that there is a price to pay for the genocide it is committing against the Palestinians, and the ongoing attacks it is carrying out against its neighbors in the region.

newarab (2024-09-13). Israel revokes press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists. newarab.com "This is a media outlet that disseminates false content, which includes incitement against Israelis and Jews, and constitutes a threat to (Israeli) soldiers," the Israeli government press office said in a statement. | An Israeli official told A…

_____ (2024-09-13). Arrests of Palestinian journalists since start of Israel-Gaza war. Doja Daoud

_____ (2024-09-13). CPJ joins call for UN commission to investigate Israel murder of journalist Issam Abdallah. ohchr.org

newarab (2024-09-13). For Palestinian journalists, Nobel Prizes won't bring Gaza peace. newarab.com I was sitting in the back of a car heading towards Dublin a couple of weeks ago when Motaz's smile widened as he scrolled down the article and learnt that he wasn't alone;

TASS (2024-09-13). Witnesses confirm Ukrainian citizen's involvement in journalist Dugina's assassination. tass.com The court ruling on Natalya Vovk's arrest in absentia says that files presented to the judge prove that suspicions of her involvement were justified…

_____ (2024-09-13). Crimean journalist faces continued harassment in jail, rights group, attorney say. cpj.org

_____ (2024-09-13). CPJ joins call to release over a dozen journalists jailed in Azerbaijan ahead of COP29. Arlene Getz/CPJ Editorial Director

_____ (2024-09-13). CPJ joins call for Turkey to ensure safety of threatened journalist Murat Ağırel. cpj.org

_____ (2024-09-13). CPJ joins call to release over a dozen journalists jailed in Azerbaijan ahead of COP29. cpj.org

Pressenza Athens (2024-09-13). Western Balkans: exploring Montenegro with the journalist, media executive and international civic activist, Milka Tadiƒá Mijoviƒá. pressenza.com On the occasion of a recent road trip to the Western Balkans, Mariannella Kloka and Efi Pavlogergatou interview the journalist Milka Tadiƒá Mijoviƒá about Montenegro's past and present. Milka Tadiƒá Mijoviƒá became internationally known as an activist during the turbulent transition period in Southeastern Europe. She is one of the co-founders of the weekly Monitor, Montenegro's first private and independent weekly magazine (1990). During the 1990s, she was actively involved in the anti-war movement. The published photos from Kotor, Montenegro are taken by Rena Xirof…

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