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Why Correa’s Third Term Could Mean More Trouble for Ecuador’s Media
A re-election for Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa could mean four more years of trouble for the press as he has targeted TV, radio and newspapers with lawsuits, fines and insults.
Confusion Reigns at 9/11 Suspects’ Hearing This Week
The pre-trial hearings in the military commission of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants stalled midway through the week here at “Camp Justice,” in the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba [...]
Ambassador Charles Rivkin and American Diplomacy in Paris Suburbs
The US embassy in France has been reaching out to people in the Muslim immigrant suburbs of Paris. And that’s put some in France on edge.
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges Against WikiLeaks Suspect
Bradley Manning, the Army private accused of the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history, lost a chance at freedom in a military courtroom in Maryland today, and learned his months in solitary confinement will only earn him a 112-day reduction in his eventual sentence. [...]
PRI’s The World: 11/30/2012 (Chile, Guatemala, Syria)
International flights into Damascus have stopped as fighting spreads to roads leading to the Syrian capital’s airport. Also, the US Army private accused in the WikiLeaks case takes the stand. And a mosque outside Paris holds what is billed as Europe’s first “gay-friendly” Muslim worship place.
WikiLeaks Soldier Bradley Manning Testifies
Friday was a day of dramatic testimony at the pre-trial hearing in the case of Bradley Manning. The US Army private is due to be court-martialed on 22 charges, including “aiding the enemy.”
Psychiatrists Testify to WikiLeaks Suspect’s Mental State
Two military psychiatrists who cared for Bradley Manning during his confinement at Quantico have testified that their recommendation that Manning be removed from a suicide watch was disregarded [...]
Protests at Bradley Manning Wikileaks Hearing
Protests marked the first day of a pre-trial hearing at Fort Meade, Maryland, in the case of Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked thousands of documents to the website WikiLeaks.
Manning’s Defense Strategy Ahead of Court Martial
Bradley Manning, the US Army Private who leaked thousands of classified documents to the website Wikileaks, is scheduled to face a court martial early next year that could send him to prison for life. But before that, there are some important legal matters to settle.
Bradley Manning Acknowledges Leaking
Through a peculiar legal maneuver known as “pleading by exceptions and substitutions,” Army Pvt. Bradley Manning has for the first time explicitly acknowledged that he was responsible for leaking classified material that appeared on the Wikileaks website [...]
Free Speech in Ecuador has Limits
Anchor Marco Werman talks to Sandra Grossman, who is the US-based attorney for Ecuadorean journalist Emilio Palacio. Palacio was granted asylum Thursday by the US.
PRI’s The World: 08/20/2012 (Ecuador, South Africa, Russia)
Support in Latin America for Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Also, a suspended death sentence in China for the wife of a former top official. Plus, how Voltaire’s liberal thinking squares with the conservative views of GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
WikiLeaks: Latin Leaders Unite in Support of Assange Asylum
Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange received support from several Latin American nations over the weekend.
Granting Assange Asylum is ‘Political Theater’ Says Former Ambassador
Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to Julian Assange and the Latin American backing for that decision is in large part political theater says former US Ambassador John Maisto.
Assange Calls on US to Release Bradley Manning
Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking video, documents and thousands of State Department cables to Wikileaks, is still awaiting trial. Julian Assange has called for Manning’s release.
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