Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Extraditing Assange Would Be a “Legalized” Rendition to US Torture A pantomime of “justice” and “rule of law” cloaks the persecution of Julian Assange for exposing U.S. war crimes. By Azeezah Kanji , Truthout June 22, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes The extradition, trial and conviction of Assange would have frightening ramifications for investigative journalism. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout June 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Human Rights “A Chilling Message to Journalists”: UK Approves Assange Extradition to US As Julian Assange prepares to face espionage charges, human rights groups are condemning the U.K.'s decision. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 17, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Journalists in Texas Say Uvalde Police Are Actively Obstructing News Reporters Officials in Uvalde face increasing accusations of stonewalling the media. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! June 7, 2022 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israel Says No Criminal Probe Into Killing of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Abu Akleh's family urged the U.S. and international community to open an investigation and "put an end to the killings." By Andrea Germanos , CommonDreams May 19, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Rashid Khalidi: Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh Exposes Systemic Israeli Violence Israeli forces have “systematically targeted” Palestinian journalists to obscure abuses, historian Rashid Khalidi says. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! May 12, 2022 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Brent Renaud, First US Reporter Killed in Ukraine, Exposed Horrors of War Renaud, who often reported from conflict zones, brought a "rare humanity and patience to the work." By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 14, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Culture & Media Billionaire Trump Donor John Malone Could Soon Be Calling Shots at CNN CNN will soon be under the control of someone who appears to want it to follow the "interesting trajectory" of Fox News. By Karl Grossman , FAIR February 21, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Attacks on Journalists Are Just One Looming Threat to Press Freedom in the US Trump weaponized the term “fake news,” but corporate news media has always had deep, structural flaws. By Peter Handel , Truthout February 13, 2022 Truthout
News | War & Peace “I Remember WMDs in Iraq”: Reporter Grills US Official on Russian Intel Claims "You just ... expect us to believe it without you showing a shred of evidence," the veteran AP reporter said. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 4, 2022 Truthout