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Democracy Now! 2023-09-20 Wednesday

Democracy Now! Video

Democracy Now!

News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for September 20, 2023; Assassination of Sikh Leader in Canada Highlights Modi’s Embrace of Authoritarianism in India & Abroad; Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Charges Against Julian Assange Are “Mockery of Freedom of Press”; Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on U.S. to End the “Totalitarian” Prosecution of Julian Assange; “I’m Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is”: Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action

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Hi, I'm Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now.

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0:22.7

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0:30.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:41.7

Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian

0:47.8

soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.

0:53.6

It is contrary to the fundamental rules by which free, open, and democratic societies

1:00.8

conduct themselves.

1:03.1

Tension is escalating between Canada and India.

1:06.6

After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused agents of the Indian government of assassinating

1:12.4

a prominent Canadian sick leader outside a temple in British Columbia in June.

1:18.4

We'll get the latest.

1:19.8

According to the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, this calls for the Biden administration

1:24.7

to halt its prosecution of the imprisoned journalists.

1:28.1

We'll speak to Gustavo Petro, the president of Colombia, who called on the US to free Assange.

1:37.0

And Biden could launch the message of democracy lifting up the process he could pardon him

1:44.4

or have you the path to tell the world that a journalist doing their job as a journalist

1:50.0

should not be kept prisoner even if it has a negative impact on the interests of US power.

1:56.0

We'll also hear from the Brazilian president Lula and we'll speak to an Australian senator

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