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Julian Assange is being persecuted by Donald Trump to get back at Barack Obama, court hears

September 9, 2020 by Read Sector

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being persecuted by Donald Trump because of the President’s ‘considerable personal antipathy’ to Barack Obama, a professor of peace studies told his extradition hearing in London today. Professor Paul Rogers called Assange’s prosecution politically motivated, and said his political opinions put him in the ‘crosshairs’ of the Trump administration. Assange, 49, … Read more

Boom year for Britain’s most persecuted bird of prey

June 19, 2020 by

Hopes for British birds of prey rose today after moorland estates across the North of England reported an encouraging number of hen harrier nests on their land. These included six nests in Lancashire, four nests in Cumbria and two nests in Yorkshire. All were found on estates managed for red grouse. The hen harrier, a … Read more