Guy Rundle reports in today’s Crikey that Julian Assange should be defended and supported by those who believe in human rights (and don’t want to back imperial wars in the Middle East or beyond): The treatment of WikiLeaks’ spokesperson Julian Assange, facing investigations of harassment and rape, has been disgraceful, leading international human rights lawyer…
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Now why would China want to work with the US on net censorship?
Is this our web future? A Chinese writer calls for a global coalition to fight material that powerful interests don’t like, such as the recent Wikileaks revelations about the failed Afghan war.
Obama and Bush should dine together and share ideas about torture
The similarity between Barack Obama and George W. Bush in their prosecution of the “war on terror” is increasingly clear. Just in case it isn’t obvious how deep this illegality goes, here’s Michael Hayden, Mr. Bush’s last CIA director, talking to the Washington Times: You’ve got state secrets, targeted killings, indefinite detention, renditions, the opposition…
What is happening in the anti-Assange campaign?
The increasingly murky world of the accuser against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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:
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.
Scahill on the war on terror’s endless run
One of the finest independent, American journalists, Jeremy Scahill, spoke this week at the Centre for American Progress on Barack Obama, Wikileaks, Blackwater and the “war on terror”.
Iraqis hate us because we abuse and kill them
Before the Afghan war logs, Wikileaks released the “Collateral Murder” video. The Nation provides an exclusive that details the casual brutality dished out by the US to average Iraqis. No wonder the insurgency continues to rage: One by one, soldiers just arriving in Baghdad were taken into a room and questioned by their commanding officers.…
A lone voice who believes in truth (on Fox News)
A robust defence of Wikileaks against “lying” governments…on Fox News with Judge Napolitano: