González’s arrest on baseless espionage allegations is an assault of freedom of the press, aiming to intimidate journalists and silence reporting on the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.
Ruling coalition no closer to deciding its line-up for the PASO primaries; Justicialist Party (PJ) National Council set to meet at the end of April, but President Alberto Fernandez will not define his candidacy until May.
The imprisonment of González has far-reaching implications for the ability of journalists to report on and criticise the actions of the imperialist powers globally, amid a concerted campaign to obscure and falsify the real origins of the war in Ukraine.
A Polish court extended the pre-trial detention of Spanish journalist Pablo González for the second time on August 23, meaning he will spend up to a further 3 months in jail. The journalist, who was covering the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Ukrainian border, was arrested on February 28 in the south-western city of Rzeswów, accused of being “an agent of Russian intelligence”. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) and its Spanish affiliates urge the authorities to release González without further delay, and ensure he will receive a fair trial.