European Union Committee Wants to Demolish Existing Law Allowing Member States to Ban GMOs
By Christina Sarich, October 15 2015
Stating a concern that the proposed law would lead to the reintroduction of border controls between GM and non-GMO-growing countries, the European Parliament news service reported that Members of the Environment Committee shot down a draft EU law that would allow member states to restrict or prohibit sales of genetically modified crops.
The Tyranny of Virtue? France, Universal Jurisdiction and Syria’s “Assad’s Regime”
By Binoy Kampmark, October 15 2015
Universal jurisdiction is one of those legal beasts that frightens as much as it excites. The debate about such jurisdiction, which enables prosecutors from one state to effectively prosecute war crimes or crimes against humanity committed in another state is a highly contentious one.
Lifting the 24 Hour Siege: Julian Assange, London’s Metropolitan Police and Continued Detention
By Binoy Kampmark, October 15 2015
While things tend to get murky, sometimes by design, regarding the police presence outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, the announcement that the city’s Metropolitan Police would be lifting their twenty-four hour surveillance did surprise some.
By Russia Insider, October 14 2015
Huge reversal: the EU seeks a normal relationship with Russia. It seems that the EU is being greatly affected by the actions of Vladimir Putin in Syria: suddenly the EU President Jean-Claude Junker is saying that the EU must not let the US dictate their relationship with Russia. He has demanded a normalization of relations – and indirectly, the end of sanctions.
The West is Lying About Iran: Iran Has Been Transparent and Accountable Over its Nuclear Program
By Andre Vltchek and Kourosh Ziabari, October 15 2015
An acclaimed philosopher and journalist who has recently visited Iran tells Fars News Agency that the reality of Iran is absolutely different from the way it’s being illustrated in the mainstream media.
The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Crash: From Syria to Ukraine, When Lying Catches Up
By Ulson Gunnar, October 14 2015
At best, the United States, its NATO allies and the regime they have collectively created in Kiev, Ukraine, will be able to claim Russia, or militants defending eastern Ukraine from Kiev’s armed incursions, accidentally shot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 (MH17) after air controllers in Kiev recklessly sent it on a course over a battlefield other airliners had made a point to circumvent.
