In Egypt the security forces of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are cracking down on dissent. The latest victim is Patrick Zaky, a graduate student and human rights activist. Zaky appeared before the public prosecutor on Saturday in his hometown of Mansoura, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Cairo in the Delta region, security and judicial...
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Amnesty: Saudi Arabia Using Terrorism Tribunal to Silence Critics
Al Jazeera reports the latest on how Saudi Arabia crushes dissent. In its report, Amnesty said the Specialized Criminal Court (SCC), established in 2008 for terror-related crimes, used as “an instrument of repression” as several journalists, activists, writers and religious leaders are facing trials under the anti-terror and anti-cybercrime laws. Some 95 individuals, the vast majority...
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Four Members of Chinese Military Charged With 2017 Hack at Equifax
From The Washington Post: In a nine-count indictment filed in federal court in Atlanta, federal prosecutors alleged that four members of the People’s Liberation Army hacked into Equifax’s systems, stealing the personal data as well as company trade secrets. In a statement announcing the case, Attorney General William P. Barr called their efforts “a deliberate...
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Senate Intelligence Committee Calls on Trump to Repudiate Trump
The Senate Intelligence Committee is calling for a government-wide effort to prepare for a Russian intervention in the 2020 presidential election. The timing of the report, however, undermines its message. The day after all of the committee’s Republican members voted to acquit the president of charges that he covertly sought the help of a foreign...
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The Oldest Spy Service: MI6 For Beginners
(From Top World Intelligence Agencies) MI6 in the news: ‘Hatchet Job on Their Own Intelligence Services‘ (Nov. 2, 2019) British Intelligence Doesn’t Like Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn (Oct. 9, 2019) Why Prince William Studies at MI6 (April 15, 20190 MI6 Spy Chief to Stay Through Brexit (02/13/2019) The British intelligence Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known...