The increasingly murky world of the accuser against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Category Wikileaks
Whistle-blowing must happen far more often
Al-Jazeera debate about the importance, or otherwise, of the work of Wikileaks. Leaking government “secrets” – often information simply embarrassing to officials – is essential to understanding democracy:
A wonderfully convenient distraction for anti-Wikileaks forces
The saga around the alleged sexual assault against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange continues and almost descends into farce: The anonymous woman accusing Mr Assange of molestation – a term that covers a broad range of offences involving inappropriate physical contact under Swedish law, and can result in fines or up to one year in prison…
Of course Afghans know what “liberation” feels like
We rarely hear the views of people under Western occupation, so it’s interesting to read that a majority of Afghans in a new survey believe that the recent Wikileaks documents accurately reflect the reality in their country.
How could Wikileaks be silenced?
Rest assured the Obama administration is looking for some way to prosecute and silence Wikileaks despite growing evidence that the Pentagon is refusing to assist the group with hiding the identities of possible informers in Afghanistan.
One way not to target Wikileaks
Smell a rat of state power in the grip of fear and irrationality: It is a case bound to excite the world’s conspiracy theorists. First the secretive computer hacker behind the leak of thousands of intelligence documents about the Afghan war was sought yesterday by police who accused him of rape. Then just hours later…
Iceland and Wikileaks see a happy future together
There’s must be something in the water in Iceland. This is brave, important, likely to cause many states to scream loudly and bloody necessary in an age of After Iceland’s near-economic collapse laid bare deep-seated corruption, the country aims to become a safe haven for journalists and whistleblowers from around the globe by creating the…
Why Wikileaks shames most corporate media
John Pilger defends Wikileaks and rightly so: The WikiLeaks revelations shame the dominant section of journalism, devoted merely to taking down what cynical and malign power tells it. This is state stenography, not journalism. Look on the WikiLeaks site and read a Ministry of Defence document that describes the “threat” of real journalism. And so…
Wikileaks needs all the defenders it can get
Following the controversy over the recent Wikileaks information dump, Reporters Without Borders attempts to get out of a hole created by itself: There has been a great deal of controversy about the Wikileaks website’s decision to post thousands of leaked reports that include the names of Afghan civilians who have collaborated with the international military…
Finding a safe home for Wikileaks
How many Western nations believe in protecting organisations that make governments truly uncomfortable? The founder of WikiLeaks says he will seek a publishing license for his controversial operation in Sweden where whistleblower protections are strong. Julian Assange said he would apply for a Swedish publishing license this week in order to maximize legal protections for…