The International Trade Committee of EU Parliament rejects ACTA

The INTA committee rejected the controversial legislation by 19 votes to 12 with no abstentions, and is the fourth and final committee to deliver its report on ACTA.

This rejection will most likely affect the European Parliament's vote in early July and will most probably be a "nail in the coffin" of the draconian treaty... read more.

'WikiLeaks will carry on despite crackdown on whistleblowers'

RT interviewed Kristinn Hrafnsson, an Icelandic WikiLeaks member, on the systematic crackdown on whistleblowers worldwide.

In this interesting interview, Hrafnsson, an investigative journalist in Iceland, explains why he joined WikiLeaks as a press spokesman, after the exposure of the banking corruption in Iceland.

He says in the interview, "Julian Assange was working in Iceland the winter 2009-2010. After that Wikileaks actually produced a tremendously important leak which exposed corruption within Iceland. It shed light onto why the entire banking system of Iceland collapsed in 2008. I met him in that period when he was in Iceland working on other things." ... read more and watch interview.

Indonesian air force plane crashes into Jakarta residential area

At least six people have been killed when an Indonesia Air Force plane crashed into a residential area of Jakarta today. The Fokker F-27 was on a routine training flight when it crashed.

There were apparently seven people on the aircraft, including the pilot, co-pilot, an instructor and trainees. All involved have been rushed to the air force hospital... read more and view video.

Chicago NATO protesters indicted on 11 counts of terror

Three protesters, who were arrested prior to the NATO Summit in Chicago on terrorism-related charges, have now been indicted by a Grand Jury.

Digital Journal reported in May on questions into police involvement in alleged terror plots during the NATO Summit in Chicago.

Three men, Brian Church, Jared Chase and Brent Vincent Betterly, were arrested in an undercover operation, under the Illinois anti-terrorism statutes. They were detained on charges that included conspiracy to commit terrorism and also material support for terrorism, due to home-made beer-making equipment found in their apartment. The men were originally arrested along with eight other individuals, who were subsequently freed... read more.