Tuesday, June 23, 2015

2015-06-23 UK: Magna Carta and protecting Liberty - total denial of public access to prisoners' booking records

    2015-06-23 UK: Magna Carta and protecting Liberty - total denial of public access to prisoners' booking records
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    Are the people of the UK asleep? Your gov is most likely keeping secret prisoners... You got to stand up for your rights!
    In a visit to Wormwood Scrubs prison near London attempt was made yesterday to access the prisoners' booking records. Absent public access to prisoners' booking records, there is no way to safeguard the fundamentals of the Magna Carta - that government cannot deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law!
    RESULTS:
    1) ALL VISITORS FORCED TO ENTER BIOMETRIC DATABASE
    We arrived during visiting hours. And the first surprise was that all visitors, family members of prisoners, etc, are forced to enter a biometric database before entering the prison. There is on location a machine for taking digital fingerprints and facial photos for the database. Obviously, family members and visitors are not suspects in any crime. So why this universal database entry of visitors?
    2) NO ACCESS AT ALL TO PRISONERS' BOOKING DATA.
    Any access to booking records was flatly denied at the prison's office. In case you want to know if someone is in prison in the UK, and where, you need to call a phone number (legal information by phone only is naturally suspect), and they may decide to provide the information, based on their criteria: PRISONER LOCATOR: 01216262773

    Strangely:
    a) One can find online booking records of Wormwood Scrubs prison from some 100 years ago.
    b) One can find online the report of "Surprise Inspection of HM Wormwoom Scrubs Prison", where security detail records were inspected, where medical records were inspected, but I could not find a word regarding inspecting the records to ensure that all prisoners are lawfully held in confinement.
  • Joseph Zernik Stangely, one can find booking records of Wormwood Scrubs prison from some 100 years ago:
    http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/uk/wormwood.shtml
  • Joseph Zernik Strangely, one can find online the report of "Surprise Inspection of HM Wormwoom Scrubs Prison", where security detail records were inspected, where medical records were inspected, but I could not find a word regarding inspecting the records to ensure that all prisoners are lawfully held in confinement. http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/.../Wormwood...
  • Joseph Zernik
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2015-06-23 US: Terror suspect out for Burger King with police

2015-06-23 US: Terror suspect out for Burger King with police
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It almost sounds like satire, but it's not. The Shelby, North Carolina police took Dylann Storm Roof to Burger King after arresting him for the act of terrorism
countercurrentnews.com

2015-06-22 Planet under attack

2015-06-22 Planet under attack
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The Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya rides a wave of filth and trash (Java, Indonesia).
http://cdn.hefty.co/…/…/6e45b866dd8472c60e16619a20c53fea.jpg
Source: http://beforeitsnews.com/…/27-images-that-prove-that-we-are…

2015-06-23 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-06-23 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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Aiyana Stanley-Jones was only 7-years-old when a Detroit police officer shot and killed her, with a single bullet to the head. Officer Joseph Weekley is now free and all...
alternativemediasyndicate.com

2015-06-23 GREECE: Folding again?

2015-06-23 GREECE: Folding again?
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Pepe Escobar writes: Yves breaks down Syriza's concessions. Yes, they are folding - unfortunately.
More details on the Greece proposal to its creditors.
nakedcapitalism.com

2015-06-22 UK: Whatever happened to the common law right to access judicial records to inspect and to copy?

2015-06-22 UK: Whatever happened to the common law right to access judicial records to inspect and to copy?
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Are the people of the UK asleep? The linked site - "Proceedings of Old Bailey" - provides records from the period 1674-1913, and says: " We are unable to provide any information about trials conducted at the Old Bailey after 1913, or about visiting or working at the Old Bailey courthouse. "
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/static/Judges-and-juries.jsp
Please note that the Old Bailey Proceedings Online has no connection to the current Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court). We are unable to provide any information about trials conducted at the Old Bailey after 1913, or about visiting or working at the Old Bailey courthouse. The Court's website has co…
oldbaileyonline.org

2015-06-23 UK: Has any judge been convicted of corruption on the bench in the past 50 years?

2015-06-23 UK: Has any judge been convicted of corruption on the bench in the past 50 years?
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I seem unable to get any information on this simple question.
It appears that people in the UK are asleep, even more so than people in the US...
Anybody can help with some reliable information?
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2015-06-23 ISRAEL again caught collaborating with fundamentalist Muslim factions in Syria

2015-06-23 ISRAEL again caught collaborating with fundamentalist Muslim factions in Syria
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Israeli Druze blocked an Israeli army ambulance they believed was transporting wounded Syrian rebels on Monday, local authorities said, a rare confrontation underscoring Druze concern for brethren
reuters.com|By By Dan Williams

2015-06-22 Russia Today on McCain

2015-06-22 Russia Today on McCain
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War hero or not, in recent years he appears more often than not to have lost it... smile emoticon jz
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The US will be able to supply natural gas to Ukraine and Europe within two years, Senator John McCain pledged in Kiev. The American politician believes that only gas reliance prevents European countries from hardening sanctions against Russia.
rt.com

2015-06-22 GERMANY: Court to rule on al-Jazeera reporter extradition to Egypt

2015-06-22 GERMANY: Court to rule on al-Jazeera reporter extradition to Egypt
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Senior Al-Jazeera journalist accused of torture. Al-Jazeera says the charges made against Mr Mansour, who has dual British and Egyptian citizenship, are absurd and false.
A German court will consider an extradition request from Egypt for a senior journalist from the al-Jazeera channel.
bbc.co.uk

2015-06-22 AFGHANISTAN: Another US/UK "Nation Building"/"Human Rights" success story

2015-06-22 AFGHANISTAN: Another US/UK "Nation Building"/"Human Rights" success story
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Several people have been reported injured, including women and children, in raid on parliament building in Kabul
theguardian.com|By Matthew Weaver

2015-06-19 LONDON: Poet Larkin to be noted in Westminster Abbey

2015-06-19 LONDON: Poet Larkin to be noted in Westminster Abbey
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Memorable lines:
"I am all you never had of goods and sex
You could get them still by writing a few good cheques"
Floor stone will be unveiled in Poets’ Corner in December 2016 – the 31st anniversary of poet’s death
theguardian.com|By Jessica Elgot

2015-06-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-06-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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The dashboard and body camera footage has now been released in the fatal shooting of Jeanetta Riley. Riley, 35, was shot and killed by Sandpoint, Idaho police
countercurrentnews.com
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2015-06-22 WIKILEAKS: Saudia leak! // ויקיליס בהדלפת ענק מסעודיה

2015-06-22 WIKILEAKS: Saudia leak!
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2015-06-22 ויקיליס בהדלפת ענק מסעודיה
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[עברית להלן]
"Today, Friday 19th June at 1pm GMT, WikiLeaks began publishing The Saudi Cables: more than half a million cables and other documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry that contain secret communications from various Saudi Embassies around the world. The publication includes "Top Secret" reports from other Saudi State institutions, including the Ministry of Interior and the Kingdom's General Intelligence Services. The massive cache of data also contains a large number of email communications between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign entities. The Saudi Cables are being published in tranches of tens of thousands of documents at a time over the coming weeks. Today WikiLeaks is releasing around 70,000 documents from the trove as the first tranche.
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks publisher, said: "The Saudi Cables lift the lid on a increasingly erratic and secretive dictatorship that has not only celebrated its 100th beheading this year, but which has also become a menace to its neighbours and itself."
כזכור, המו"ל של ויקיליקס, גוליאן אסאנג, נצור כבר יותר משנתיים בשגרירות אקוואדור בלונדון. בכירים אמריקאים הודיעו מספר פעמים שיהרגו אותו אם רק יוכלו. הפרסום החשוב ביותר של ויקילקס על ישראל הוא דוח משנת 2009 של שגריר ארה"ב בישראל למחלקת המדינה בוושינגטון - "ישראל - הארץ המובטחת לפשע המאורגן" - המתאר את התמזגות הפשע המאורגן ורשויות השלטון בישראל. יצ
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"היום, יום ו, 19 ליוני, 1 אחה"צ, שעון גריניץ', ויקיליקס התחיל לפרסם את התשדורות הסעודיות: יותר מחצי מליון תשדורות ומסמכים אחרים ממשרד החוץ הסעודי, המכילים תקשורת סודית משגרירויות שונות של סעודיה ברחבי העולם. הפרסום כולל דוחות "סודיים ביותר" של מוסדות סעודיים אחרים, כולל משרד הפנים ושירותי הביון הסעודיים. המאגר המאסיבי כולל גם מספר רב של הודעות בדוא"ל בין משרד החוץ הסעודי וגורמים זרים. התשדורות הסעודיות יתפרסמו בקבוצות של עשרות אלפי מסמכים בכל פעם במשך השבועות הקרובים. היום ויקיליקס פרסם בסביבות 70,000 מסמכים.
ג'וליאן אסאנג' המו"ל של ויקיליקס אמר: "התשדורות הסעודיות מגלות את אופיה הסודי והשרירותי של הדיטטורה הסעודית, שחגגה לא מכבר את עריפת הראש ה-100 לשנה זאת, ושהפכה לסכנה גוברת לשכנותיה ולעצמה."
If you need help using Tor you can contact WikiLeaks for assistance in setting it up using our simple webchat available at: https://wikileaks.org/talk
wikileaks.org
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2015-06-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-06-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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A Jacksonville, Florida man was shot by police for holding what an officer believed was a weapon. The African American man, Brian Dennison, 29, was driving
countercurrentnews.com