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International News from The AEGIS Alliance reports on geopolitics, human rights, and cross-border tech and trade rules. Global accountability coverage that treats sovereignty and civil liberties as the story, not a footnote.
Disney Suspended Music Director Jon Heely the Night of the Child Sex Charges. Two Juries Hung. A Judge Dismissed the Case
December 10, 2017
Disney Suspended Music Director Jon Heely the Night of the Child Sex Charges. Two Juries Hung. A Judge Dismissed the Case
Disney music director Jon Heely was charged with three child-sex felonies, tried twice to hung juries, and had the case dismissed in 2019. He was never convicted.
Campbell River’s Blood Pipe, the PRV Sample, and a Closed-Containment Pilot That Still Will Not Replace Open-Net Salmon Farms
December 9, 2017
Campbell River’s Blood Pipe, the PRV Sample, and a Closed-Containment Pilot That Still Will Not Replace Open-Net Salmon Farms
Tavish Campbell filmed infected salmon blood pouring into Discovery Passage. A 2026 appeal kept Discovery Islands farms closed, while Campbell River tests a pilot advocates say still leaks.
Nestlé Left Ontario, and a Local Bottler Asked the Province for the Same Wells Under a New Name
October 28, 2017
Nestlé Left Ontario, and a Local Bottler Asked the Province for the Same Wells Under a New Name
White Wolf, tied to Ice River Springs, wants another decade of groundwater from the old Nestlé wells in Erin and Puslinch. Erin is being asked to refuse.
Malta Jailed the Bomb Makers in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder and Acquitted the Man Accused of Paying
October 20, 2017
Malta Jailed the Bomb Makers in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder and Acquitted the Man Accused of Paying
A Valletta jury acquitted Yorgen Fenech of commissioning Daphne Caruana Galizia's car-bomb murder. The men who built the bomb remain in prison, and prosecutors have appealed.
East Lansing Billboards Put Colorado’s Cannabis Tax Haul Next to a Rhinoceros the World Wildlife Fund Said Is Not Medicine
October 6, 2017
East Lansing Billboards Put Colorado’s Cannabis Tax Haul Next to a Rhinoceros the World Wildlife Fund Said Is Not Medicine
A Weedmaps board touting Colorado marijuana taxes shared a pole in East Lansing with a World Wildlife Fund rhino that said it was not medicine. Colorado has since passed $3.24…
WikiLeaks’ Spy Files Russia Mapped Peter-Service and SORM Before the Kremlin Put Surveillance Inside the Max Messenger
September 24, 2017
WikiLeaks’ Spy Files Russia Mapped Peter-Service and SORM Before the Kremlin Put Surveillance Inside the Max Messenger
WikiLeaks' 2017 Spy Files Russia showed how Peter-Service wired Russian phone metadata for state agencies. That same logic now sits in Max, a VK messenger with no end-to-end encryption that…
Heal-Berg’s Iceberg Skyscraper Promised Lasers Would Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Oxygen. Mammoth’s Fans in Iceland Show the Real Math
September 15, 2017
Heal-Berg’s Iceberg Skyscraper Promised Lasers Would Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Oxygen. Mammoth’s Fans in Iceland Show the Real Math
The 2017 Heal-Berg drawing wanted a laser iceberg to crack carbon dioxide into oxygen. Climeworks' Mammoth plant in Iceland removed 675 tons in the first half of 2026, against a…
Four Sky Measurements a Flat-Earth Disc Still Cannot Survive, From a Sun That Would Never Set to Stars That Only the South Can See
August 4, 2017
Four Sky Measurements a Flat-Earth Disc Still Cannot Survive, From a Sun That Would Never Set to Stars That Only the South Can See
Joshua Kitterman's four globe proofs still stand: sunsets, one moon, airline altitude, and the southern sky. A 2026 lake video failed by using the wrong distance.
Women Burned the Burqas ISIS Forced on Them Outside Raqqa, and the City They Freed Is Still Hunting Cells That Started There
July 26, 2017
Women Burned the Burqas ISIS Forced on Them Outside Raqqa, and the City They Freed Is Still Hunting Cells That Started There
Women burned burqas and men shaved beards as Raqqa was pried from ISIS. Damascus took the city in January 2026. On September 28 security forces broke an ISIS cell that…
Frankfurt Closed Elysium After Tens of Thousands of Darknet Accounts, Limburg Jailed the Operators, and Kidflix Still Reached Nearly Two Million Users
July 10, 2017
Frankfurt Closed Elysium After Tens of Thousands of Darknet Accounts, Limburg Jailed the Operators, and Kidflix Still Reached Nearly Two Million Users
German police shut the Elysium darknet forum in 2017 and a Limburg court jailed four operators in 2019. Europol's Kidflix takedown later found 1.8 million users.