A group of leading human rights NGOs in Britain are taking the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights over invasive mass surveillance practices they warn violate Britons’ right to privacy and freedom of expression. The court appeal, filed by Privacy International, Bytes for All, Amnesty International, Liberty and other civil liberties groups,
Tensions mount over Falklands
Tensions over the Falklands/Malvinas were ratcheted up last night when Argentina and Britain summoned each other’s ambassadors. Argentina said it would sue UK oil firms, while Britain is boosting its defenses on the contested islands. The UK’s ambassador to Buenos Aires was summoned Thursday and less than 24 hours later Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador to
Ilana Mercer: Libertarian anarchism’s ‘justice’ problem
To the extent the Constitution comports with the natural law—upholding the sanctity of life, liberty, privacy, property and due process—it is good; to the extent it doesn’t, it is bad. The manner in which the courts have interpreted the U.S. Constitution makes the Articles of Confederation, which were usurped in favor of the Constitution at
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Arabian media reports ties between ISIS and US
Arabian media have reported Wednesday about ties between Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and the US. The reports appeared in response to US Senator John McCain’s attempts to deny his communication with al-Baghdadi. The main evidence is the picture taken in 2013 in Syria, where Senator McCain met with opposition representatives
Russians plan to ‘Eat at Home’
Russian renowned film directors and brothers, Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrey Konchalovsky, are willing to create in Russia a chain of fast food restaurants, alternative to Western ones, and have asked the government to allocate one billion rubles ($18.65 million) for the purpose, the Kommersant daily wrote on Thursday citing the brothers’ letter to the Russian
Marine furious about Le Pen’s gas chamber remarks
France’s right-wing was plunged into disarray Wednesday as National Front leader Marine Le Pen openly split with her father and party founder after gas chamber comments she described as “political suicide”. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the outspoken 86-year-old founder of the FN party, has dominated headlines in recent days, repeating his view that the Nazi gas
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Communist education minister rails against ‘old white professors’
South African professors are too old and too white, and the vandalism of colonial-era statues highlighted the need for a frank conversation on race and transformation. This is according to Higher Education Minister and Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande , who described the continuing uproar over the statues as a “proxy” protest. The statue of Cecil
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US air command moves back to Cold War bunker
The US military command that scans North America’s skies for enemy missiles and aircraft plans to move its communications gear to a Cold War-era mountain bunker, officers said. The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military
Mugabe defends Zuma
President Jacob Zuma was defended from an unexpected quarter on Wednesday, when visiting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe urged the South African media to “stop tarnishing him”. “You can tarnish me – I don’t care,” he said at a media conference after he had met Zuma for official talks on his first state visit to South
‘Reclaim Australia’ attracts large crowds
The ‘Reclaim Australia’ protests on Saturday were held in 16 cities and towns nationwide, attracting hundreds of demonstrators, who said they are against the imposition of Sharia law, and the wave of multiculturalism that has swept the country. Muslim community leaders expressed fear and bewilderment after protesters gathered in over a dozen Australian cities at
Genocidal ISIS cultists target Christians
Thousands of Christians have fled their historic cities, towns, and monastic communities for safety in other countries outside the rule of the self-proclaimed Islamic “caliphate” of ISIS. The Middle East’s ancient Christian communities are targeted by Islamic State violence and have suffered more than Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, Shi’a Muslims, Syrian Alawites, moderate Sunni Muslims,
China spoils Washington’s war against Venezuela
In the coming months China will lend Venezuela, which faces bankruptcy, ten billion dollars. These funds are part of a bilateral agreement. For China it’s a way to quench its energy needs, while the US continue the confrontation line with Venezuela. Venezuela is under the threat of soverign default. In providing two five-billion dollar loans,
How America became an Oligarchy
American democracy no longer exists
American democracy no longer exists
Belgians ignore EU sanctions against Moscow
Belgian companies continue expanding their businesses in Russia despite the sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told RIA Novosti in an interview. “Despite the unfavorable conjuncture, Belgian companies haven’t frozen their projects in Russia, and even continue to develop their