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@jmcevoy_2

"Airstrikes in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition killed eight children shortly before and after the UK government claimed there was ‘not a clear risk’ of British weapons being used for war crimes", @declassifiedUK found: declassifieduk.org/children-kille…

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Julian Assange, the journalist who revealed that Britain made a secret deal to put Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Council, is currently in the UK's Guantanamo Bay.

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The UK position on sponsoring atrocities in Yemen: if we don't make money off them, someone else will. pic.twitter.com/DXK7mULNGa

Children killed in Yemen by Saudi-led airstrikes days before and after UK arms sales resume

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Britain just voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. In 2013, Britain made a secret deal to put Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights Council.

Conclusion: Britain is only interested in human rights when enemy states abuse them.

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The UK position on sponsoring atrocities in Yemen: if we don't make money off them, someone else will.

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Matt Kennard

@kennardmatt

Coming soon. To mark 40 year anniversary of Falklands War, exclusive @declassifieduk interview in Buenos Aires with Argentina’s minister for las Malvinas (Falklands).

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Europe Elects

@EuropeElects

France, Atlas Politico poll:

Presidential run-off election

Le Pen (RN-ID): 50.5%
Macron (EC-RE): 49.5%

Macron (EC-RE): 54%
Mélenchon (LFI-LEFT): 46%
...

Fieldwork: 4-6 April 2022
Sample size: N/A
➤ euractiv.com/section/all/ne…

@jmcevoy_2

Julian Assange's continued imprisonment exposes US and UK concern for war crimes.

When they're guilty, invoke international law with wall-to-wall news coverage. When we're guilty, threaten the Hague and imprison the truth-tellers.

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Aaron Maté

@aaronjmate

Chomsky cites my recent interview with veteran US diplomat Chas Freeman, who warned that US policy amounts to fighting Russia "to the last Ukrainian." (thegrayzone.com/2022/03/24/us-…)

Flooding Ukraine with weapons & blocking diplomatic solutions is a "death warrant", Chomsky says.

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The sun never set: British armys secret payments to colonial-era farms

@declassifiedUK

👉 NEW -- The sun never set: British army’s secret payments to colonial-era farms

by John Letai

Almost 60 years after #Kenya’s independence, the UK is paying white landowners so it can conduct military exercises. The cost is shrouded in secrecy.

declassifieduk.org/the-sun-never-…

Progressive International

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Brasil Wire

@BrasilWire

Hello @Twitter, it seems that you've banned us from appearing in search results.

Why is that?

Is it anything to do with this?
🇺🇸🇧🇷brasilwire.com/category/unite…

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@ProgIntl

ALERT 🚨: Paramilitaries in Colombia issue death threats against presidential candidate @petrogustavo, VP candidate @FranciaMarquezM, leaders of the @PactoCol in Congress, and trade unionists from @cutcolombia.

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@declassifiedUK

🎉This month our DCUK community grew to over 1000 members!🎉

Thank you to everyone who joined over the last 18 months, it helps keep our public service journalism free to everyone.

If you can afford £2/month or £20/year please join us today👉bit.ly/3uQkbVD

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Mark Curtis

@markcurtis30

Tell me if I'm wrong:

1. Nothing will seriously improve in the UK until independent media are bigger/influential enough to counter mainstream media domination of news

2. It's down to us to fund it, since no-one else will

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Solidarity with Latin America

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Emily McIndoe

@mcindoeee

TODAY and TOMORROW! Solidarity with Latin America conference, 4-8pm on Zoom. There's still time to register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/solidarity-w…

@LatAmB @LivUniHistory @PMBradbury

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BrianMier

@BrianMteleSUR

The US DOJ first publically acknowledged its partnership in the Lava Jato witch hunts against Brazil's PT on it's own website in 2016. In @FAIRmediawatch Sean Mitchell speculates on why Greenwald has remained so silent on this issue. fair.org/home/greenwald…

Greenwald's Bombshell Brazil Scoops Have Curious Blindspot for US Involvement - FAIR

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WikiLeaks

@wikileaks

'UK officials were worried about public reaction to their hosting a media freedom event a few miles from Belmarsh prison, where Assange is incarcerated'

Foreign Office monitored activity online, developed ‘lines to take’ and warned ‘we should be ready’ declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

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Alborada

@alboradanet

Watch our latest #AlboradaOnline event:

UK Foreign Policy Towards Latin America

Speakers:
@jmcevoy_2, investigative journalist
@kennardmatt, investigative journalist @declassifiedUK

Chairs: @Rachaelb20 + @pablonav1

alborada.net/uk-foreign-pol…

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How MI5 is helping to cover up sexual abuse

@declassifiedUK

👉 NEW -- How MI5 is helping to cover up sexual abuse

by Richard @NortonTaylor

British governments have for decades sought to prevent a full inquiry into an horrifically abusive boys’ home in Belfast which helped promote their intelligence agenda.

declassifieduk.org/how-mi5-is-hel…

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Lowkey

@Lowkey0nline

Please add your name to our open letter to Spotify rejecting the Israel lobby attempts to remove me from the platform

chng.it/dZ29RFcNpS

Petition unterschreiben

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@jmcevoy_2

"In the doctrine of Western militarism, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And if that friend happens to enlist neo-Nazis, Western corporate media can be relied on to look the other way".

I wrote this a month ago in @FAIRmediawatch, and here we are now:
fair.org/home/western-m…

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Louis Allday

@Louis_Allday

It’s legitimately difficult to express how disgusting and deceitful this is. Open, shameless and deliberate whitewashing and rehabilitation of an overtly Nazi group as “an elite battalion challenging its far right reputation”. The epitome of inventing reality.

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Priti Patel was part of CIA-linked lobby group with husband of Assange judge

@declassifiedUK

👉 NEW -- Priti Patel was part of CIA-linked lobby group with husband of Assange judge

by @kennardmatt

Patel, who will decide whether to extradite #Assange to the US, has been political adviser to a lobby group which has attacked Assange for a decade

declassifieduk.org/priti-patel-wa…

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Rory Cormac

@RoryCormac

Nb the real African Union didn’t exist until 1999… this covert propaganda operation was from the 1980s

When Tony Blair backed Putins brutal war

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It began at least in the mid-1970s. I wrote about it here: declassifieduk.org/how-britain-pl…

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Matt Kennard

@kennardmatt

Tony Blair backed Putin as he laid waste to Chechnya in a brutal campaign not dissimilar to his war on Ukraine now. Blair did it to help BP win Russian oil.

I went through the record for @declassifieduk. A window into what drives UK foreign policy. 👇
declassifieduk.org/when-tony-blai…

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Aaron Bastani

@AaronBastani

This is from a BBC documentary in 2012.

Now the BBC is publishing pieces saying the far right Azov battalion has no more than a 1000 members. It’s possible to label Putin a war criminal, overseeing an illegal invasion, & not downplay this.

@jmcevoy_2

Unfortunately for whoever tried to report this tweet, it was true then and remains true every day since.

Guardian articles on Yemen in all of 2022: 21
Guardian articles on Ukraine:
18 March: 53
19 March: 37
20 March: 49
21 March: 48
22 March: 35
23 March: 36
24 March: 27

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

@jmcevoy_2

Solidarity with @Lowkey0nline - the defenders of apartheid are shook.

electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wins…

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Claire Parker

@ClaireParkerDC

Half of Ukraine's children have been forced from their homes, according to UNICEF. Children's advocates are warning of widespread and long-lasting psychological trauma. w/ @ellen_fra washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…

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WikiLeaks

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When Tony Blair backed Putins brutal war

@declassifiedUK

👉 NEW -- When Tony Blair backed Putin’s brutal war

by @kennardmatt

Blair and Putin struck up an extraordinary bond in the early 2000s as Russia engaged in a destructive military campaign in Chechnya that was similar to its war on #Ukraine.

declassifieduk.org/when-tony-blai…

Israel lobby demands Lowkey be deleted by Spotify

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Asa Winstanley

@AsaWinstanley

Israel lobbyists @WeBelieveIsrael are demanding that @Spotify delete @Lowkey0nline's music from its streaming service because they find his track Long Live Palestine "problematic" -- my latest: electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wins…

electronicintifada.net

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Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

@jmcevoy_2

The UK hosted a media freedom event just months after dragging Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy.

Emails show how officials tried to manage the hypocrisy - one even asked “what if someone like Assange applied to attend?”.

Me in @declassifiedUK:
declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

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WikiLeaks

@wikileaks

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK government’s media campaign | @declassifiedUK

'Officials worried about public reaction to their hosting a media freedom event a few miles from Belmarsh prison, where Assange is incarcerated'
declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

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Kevin Gosztola

@kgosztola

Belmarsh high-security prison—and thus the British government and the US government, which it dutifully serves—are afraid of what would happen if the world saw a photo of Assange marrying Stella Moris. The prison banned journalists.

theguardian.com/media/2022/mar…

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A recent academic study found that the UK's media freedom campaign backfired on the government, with more people pointing out the blatant hypocrisy of Assange's predicament than any other issue: declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

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Replying to @jmcevoy_2 @rebecca_vincent

of @RSF_inter commented: "The truth is that no communications strategy can make this go away... They should instead lead by example by dropping the charges, releasing Assange, and putting an end to his persecution once and for all". declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

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Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

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Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver

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Courage Foundation

@couragefound

Julian #Assange posed PR problem for UK government’s media campaign | @declassifiedUK

UK officials were worried about public reaction to their hosting a media freedom event a few miles from Belmarsh prison, where Assange is incarcerated.

declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

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@deepa_driver

The birds are singing, the sun is shining & it’s beautiful for Stella & Julian #Assange today

So many around the world are sending love & solidarity to the family of the defining political prisoner of our lifetime.

Image by street artist AFK Insta@afk_artworks
#AssangeWedding

Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK governments media campaign

@jmcevoy_2

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Phil Miller

@pmillerinfo

More digging by @jmcevoy_2 reveals that Whitehall was dimly aware of its own hypocrisy while hosting a media freedom summit. One official wondered: “What if someone like #Assange applied to attend?” Read more on @declassifiedUK declassifieduk.org/julian-assange… @ClooneyFDN

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@declassifiedUK

Said @rebecca_vincent of @RSF_inter: “No communications strategy can make this go away. They should instead lead by example by dropping the charges, releasing Assange, and putting an end to his persecution once and for all”. declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

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UK Foreign Policy Towards Latin America

@declassifiedUK

👉 NEW -- Julian Assange posed PR problem for UK government’s media campaign

by @jmcevoy_2

UK officials were worried about public reaction to their hosting a media event a few miles from Belmarsh prison, where #Assange is incarcerated, emails show.

declassifieduk.org/julian-assange…

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Nick MacWilliam

@NickMacWilliam

Really looking fwd to next @alboradanet online event this Weds 23 March, 7.30pm UK.

'UK Foreign Policy Towards Latin America'

W/ excellent speakers:

- @jmcevoy_2
- @kennardmatt
- Chairs: @Rachaelb20 + @pablonav1

REGISTER (free or via donation)👇🏾
alborada.net/events/uk-fore…

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@jmcevoy_2

WikiLeaks provided evidence that "US troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence". The US then claimed the civilians were killed in the airstrike. salon.com/2011/10/23/wik…

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The list is far from exhaustive, but point is: Assange exposed the Western war machine for what it is. He's still paying the price for it, while the war criminals walk free.

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@jmcevoy_2

WikiLeaks cables showed how Britain and the US plotted to mislead parliament by sidestepping an international treaty on the use of cluster bombs, all so the US could keep its weapons on British soil. The US dropped thousands of cluster bombs on Iraq. dumptheguardian.com/world/2010/dec…

WikiLeaks cables and the Iraq War

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salon.com

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John Sloboda, co-founder of Iraq Body Count, testified that WikiLeaks' work constituted "the single largest contribution to public knowledge about civilian casualties in Iraq". The Iraq War Logs revealed roughly 15,000 previously unknown deaths.

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WikiLeaks revealed how the US turned detainees over to Iraqi torture squads, and failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers. dumptheguardian.com/world/2010/oct…

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WikiLeaks laid bare the horrors of the Iraq War like no other news organisation. The 'Collateral Murder' video showed US Apache helicopters firing indiscriminately on civilians, killing over a dozen people including two Reuters journalists: youtube.com/watch?v=zYTxuW…

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19 years after the illegal invasion of Iraq, the war criminals are still at large while Julian Assange is in Belmarsh prison - the Guantanamo Bay of the UK.