Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, court rules
By Becky Morton
BBC News
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US, the High Court has ruled.
The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health.
Judges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide. His fiancee said they intended to appeal.
Mr Assange is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.
Missing Rio boys tortured and killed for stealing bird, say police
Members of Red Command drug faction accused of crime that caused outcry across Brazil
Nearly a year after three young boys vanished near their homes in Rio de Janeiro’s rundown northern sprawl, police have accused members of the city’s largest drug faction of murdering the children in reprisal for stealing an ornamental bird.
The boys – aged nine, 11 and 12 – disappeared on the afternoon of 27 December 2020 after leaving their homes in the Morro do Castelar favela to play. They were last seen in eerie security footage showing them walking towards a local street market.
What became of those children – Lucas, Alexandre and Fernando – has remained a mystery despite a nationwide outcry and a major police investigation. On Thursday, however, investigators claimed they had finally cracked the case, having discovered that the boys had been abducted by members of the Red Command (CV) faction that controlled their community.
Nobel Peace Prize winners say independent journalism can counter tyranny
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov are first journalists to win the prize since 1935
The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize have warned that the world must support independent journalism and protect reporters to counter the power of authoritarian governments.
Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia received their awards in Oslo on Friday, having been chosen for their separate fights for freedom of expression in countries where reporters have faced persistent attacks, harassment and killings.
Ms Ressa, 58, co-founded Rappler, a news website critical of the Philippine government, in 2012. Mr Muratov, 59, was one of the founders in 1993 of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
Mexico: 53 migrants killed when truck overturns
At least 53 people from Central America were killed in Mexico when the truck they were in overturned. The deceased were covered in white shrouds and laid out at the crash site side by side.
At least 53 migrants from Central America were killed Thursday in Chiapas state, southern Mexico when a truck flipped. Most of those deaths were reported to have been migrants tucked in the trailer of the truck hoping for a new life in the US.
Luis Manuel Garcia, the head of the Chiapas civil protection agency told Reuters news agency the truck crashed on a sharp curve on the highway between the city of Chiapa de Corzo and the state capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez.
'I couldn’t kill innocent people': Myanmar soldiers defect to join resistance
An estimated 2,000 soldiers have defected from the military currently ruling Myanmar, according to figures from the resistance. Although 350,000 soldiers remain, defectors could weaken the junta’s grip on the country.
Yey Int Thwe* remembers July 25 as the day when “everything changed”. The 30-year-old was part of a group of some 10 soldiers forcing their way into homes in southeast Yangon, the capital of Myanmar. As members of the Burmese army, known as the Tatmadaw, they had been tasked with arresting people suspected of organising protests against the February 1 military coup. Armed and carrying handcuffs, Yey Int Thwe found himself face-to-face with his own cousin.
“It was a shock. I spent my childhood with him, and suddenly I was supposed to fight against him and arrest him. For what? Because he dared to express his opinion,” the former soldier told FRANCE 24. “That was the moment I knew I had to leave the army”.
Memories of Hiroshima ‘war god’ bittersweet for family
A picture of a student in a baseball uniform was set up here to show that the “war god” of the community was once an ordinary boy filled with hopes and dreams.
As one of the first Japanese fatalities in the war with the United States, Sadamu Kamita was looked upon as a “god,” an honor that ended up causing more misery for his bereaved family members.
A member of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Kamita and nine other young sailors were tasked with navigating midget submarines during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
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