The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 95

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May 24, 2019 | Toronto 04
Washington: Congratulating
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on his reelection,
the United States
has said that the just-concluded
elections in India,
the largest democratic exercise
in human history, is
an inspiration for people
around the world.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Thursday
led his BJP to a supersized
victory for a second
term in office, winning an
absolute majority and on
course to touch the 300-
Washington : The
US Justice Department
has filed 17 new charges
against WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange, who is
currently facing extradition
from the UK, under
the Espionage Act for his
role in unlawfully encouraging,
receiving and publishing
national defence
information in concert
with former American
Army intelligence analyst
Chelsea Manning.
Traditionally, the
Justice Department has
prosecuted government
officials who leak classified
information, but
Thursday's announcement
that a federal grand
jury had returned a fresh
indictment against the
distributor of sensitive
documents marked the
latest move by President
Donald Trump's administration
to crack down on
unauthorized disclosure
of classified information
and press freedoms, CNN
reported.
The new 18-count indictment
handed down
in the Eastern District of
Virginia alleges that Assange
actively solicited
classified information,
provoking Manning to
obtain thousands of pages
of classified material and
providing the former with
diplomatic State Department
cables, Iraq war-related
significant activity
reports and information
related to Guantanamo
Bay detainees.
In April, prosecutors
in Virginia revealed
that Assange had been
charged with a single
Elections in India an inspiration
around the world: United States
seat mark in the 543-member
Lok Sabha.
“Congrats to an American
ally and friend Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
on his party’s win in India’s
parliamentary election,”
Vice President Mike
Pence tweeted.
“This was a strong display
of the Indian people’s
commitment to democracy!
We look forward to
continuing to work with
India for a freer, safer, and
more prosperous region,”
he said.
Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo also took to Twitter
to congratulate the
prime minister.
“Congratulations to
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Assange faces 17 new charges
under Espionage Act
count of conspiracy to
commit computer intrusion
related to helping
Manning obtain access to
Defence Department computers
in 2010.
WikiLeaks responded
to the news of the superseding
indictment Thursday
in a tweet, saying:
"This is madness. It is
the end of national
security journalism
and the First Amendment."
Barry Pollack,
an attorney for Assange,
said : "These
unprecedented charges
demonstrate the
gravity of the threat
the criminal prosecution
of Julian
Assange poses to all
journalists in their
endeavour to inform
the public about actions
that have been
taken by the US government."
Meanwhile,
Assistant Attorney
General John
Demers, who heads
the department's national
security division,
said: "Julian
Assange is no journalist."
The Justice
Department's move
on Thursday came
within a window for
the US to submit its
formal request outlining
all legal charges that
Assange would face if he
was transferred to the US,
CNN reported.
It came also after a top
Swedish prosecutor said
earlier this month that
Sweden would re-open a
rape investigation into
Assange, which was suspended
in 2017. Assange
has denied any wrongdoing.
Hours after his removal
last month from
refuge in the Ecuadorian
Embassy in London,
the US indicted Assange
for helping Manning
access Defence Department
computers in 2010
in an effort to disclose
secret government documents.
Manning was found
guilty in 2013 of charges
including espionage for
leaking secret military
files to Wikileaks, but her
sentence was commuted.
She is currently back
in jail after refusing to
testify.
@narendramodi and the
NDA for their victory in
India’s election, and to the
Indian people for casting
their votes in such historic
numbers. As the world’s
largest exercise in democracy,
#India’s election is
an inspiration around the
world,” he said. During an
off-camera gaggle with reporters,
State Department
spokesperson Morgan
Ortagus said India’s elections
are the world’s largest
exercise in democracy,
a marvel of logistics and
planning with 900 million
people–an eighth of the
world’s population–eligible
to vote.
“We applaud the
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at around 66 per cent or
roughly 600 million people,
and the government
of India for their excellent
execution of this incredible
event,” Ortagus said.
India, she said, is a
crucial partner for the US
in many areas, especially
counterterrorism. “We are
certainly underscoring today
a historic democratic
movement of at least 600
million people voting. I
think it is pretty amazing,”
Ortagus added.
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