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Crowd jubilant as Ecuador grants Julian Assange political asylum - 16.08.2012
A large crowd of supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and US soldier Bradley Manning descended on the Ecuador embassy on 16.08.2012 to wait for news of a decision by the Ecuadorean government on Assange's application for political asylum.
At 1:30pm word came through embassy oficials that the government in Quito had granted asylum to Assange on humanitarian grounds. Despite cheering and applause from the crowd, it was widely accepted that Assange's problems are far from over, and this might just be a pyrrhic victory.
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On February 19, 2014, at the Oxford Union, the Sam Adams Associates, a group of retired US officials dedicated to honoring Integrity in Intelligence, gave the 2014 Sam Adams Award to Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning). This is Chelsea's old friend Aaron Kirkhouse, who received the award, reading out a statement prepared by Chelsea for the occasion.
Pfc. Manning was given a 35-year sentence in August for the largest ever leak of classified documents -- including the Afghan and Iraq war logs, a treasure trove of diplomatic cables, and the classified military files from Guantánamo, on which I worked as a media partner -- to WikiLeaks.
See my article about the event here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2014/02/24/in-oxford-wikileaks-...
For more on Chelsea Manning, see the website of the Private Manning Support Network: www.privatemanning.org/
And my archive of articles here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/category/bradley-manning/
Also see the "Collateral Murder" video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
And WikiLeaks' Guantánamo Files: wikileaks.org/gitmo/
My introduction to the files: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/04/25/wikileaks-reveals-se...
And my ongoing series analysing the files: www.andyworthington.co.uk/category/2002-2011-the-complete...
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Carola Frediani
Stefania Maurizi
Andrei Soldatov
Nel giugno 2016 sulle elezioni americane si è abbattuta la tempesta delle mail hackerate, rilasciate da WikiLeaks. La diffusione e il sospetto che il Democratic National Committee – l’organo di governo del Partito Democratico Americano – abbia favorito la candidata alla primarie Hilary Clinton ha portato alle dimissioni della sua presidente, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. La Russia è stata davvero deus ex machina dell’operazione, come indicherebbe il rapporto congiunto di CIA, NSA ed FBI? Chi è Guccifer 2.0, il sedicente hacker rumeno che a ridosso dello scandalo ha rivendicato l’hacking? Wikileaks ha di fatto consegnato un pezzo di Casa Bianca a Donald Trump, lavorando a senso unico per danneggiare il Partito Democratico, o ha tenuto fede ai propri ideali?
In June 2016, the storm of hacked emails, released by WikiLeaks, hit the US elections. The diffusion and the suspicion that the Democratic National Committee – the governing body of the Democratic Party – had favored the primary candidate Hilary Clinton led to the resignation of its president, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Has Russia been really the deus ex machina of the operation, as stated by the joint report of the CIA, NSA and FBI? Who is Guccifer 2.0, the so-called Romanian hacker who claimed responsibility for the hacking? Did Wikileaks effectively deliver a piece of the White House to Donald Trump, working in only one direction to damage the Democratic Party, or has it lived up to its ideals?
video: media.journalismfestival.com/programme/2017/hacking-democ...
Julian Assange's supporters at Ecuador Embassy. London, 21.06.2012
Wikileaks press spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson and personal friend and surety bond-provider Sarah Saunders made staements this afternoon outside the Ecuador embassy in Hans Crescent to explain that Julian Assange is well and in good spirits as he remains inside the embassy awaiting news of his application for political asylum.
A group of supporters from the Bradley Manning campaign group Friends of Bradley Manning (UK) also arrived to begin a vigil in support of Assange. Members of hacktivist group Anonymous also attended.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Carola Frediani
Stefania Maurizi
Andrei Soldatov
Nel giugno 2016 sulle elezioni americane si è abbattuta la tempesta delle mail hackerate, rilasciate da WikiLeaks. La diffusione e il sospetto che il Democratic National Committee – l’organo di governo del Partito Democratico Americano – abbia favorito la candidata alla primarie Hilary Clinton ha portato alle dimissioni della sua presidente, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. La Russia è stata davvero deus ex machina dell’operazione, come indicherebbe il rapporto congiunto di CIA, NSA ed FBI? Chi è Guccifer 2.0, il sedicente hacker rumeno che a ridosso dello scandalo ha rivendicato l’hacking? Wikileaks ha di fatto consegnato un pezzo di Casa Bianca a Donald Trump, lavorando a senso unico per danneggiare il Partito Democratico, o ha tenuto fede ai propri ideali?
In June 2016, the storm of hacked emails, released by WikiLeaks, hit the US elections. The diffusion and the suspicion that the Democratic National Committee – the governing body of the Democratic Party – had favored the primary candidate Hilary Clinton led to the resignation of its president, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Has Russia been really the deus ex machina of the operation, as stated by the joint report of the CIA, NSA and FBI? Who is Guccifer 2.0, the so-called Romanian hacker who claimed responsibility for the hacking? Did Wikileaks effectively deliver a piece of the White House to Donald Trump, working in only one direction to damage the Democratic Party, or has it lived up to its ideals?
video: media.journalismfestival.com/programme/2017/hacking-democ...
1,000 days in prison without trial: protesters gathered around the world on February 23, 2013 against the ongoing persecution of the accused Wikileaks whistleblower behind exposing war crimes, torture, and other abuses by the US military.
These images are from Union Square, NYC.
Also see: www.bradleymanning.org/news/international-protests-of-bra...
Julian Assange's supporters at Ecuador Embassy. London, 21.06.2012
Wikileaks press spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson and personal friend and surety bond-provider Sarah Saunders made staements this afternoon outside the Ecuador embassy in Hans Crescent to explain that Julian Assange is well and in good spirits as he remains inside the embassy awaiting news of his application for political asylum.
A group of supporters from the Bradley Manning campaign group Friends of Bradley Manning (UK) also arrived to begin a vigil in support of Assange. Members of hacktivist group Anonymous also attended.
All photos © 2012 Pete Riches
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On February 19, 2014, at the Oxford Union, the Sam Adams Associates, a group of retired US officials dedicated to honoring Integrity in Intelligence, gave the 2014 Sam Adams Award to Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning). Presiding over the award ceremony was Ray McGovern, seen here, a former CIA analyst who is now a prominent peace activist.
Pfc. Manning was given a 35-year sentence in August for the largest ever leak of classified documents -- including the Afghan and Iraq war logs, a treasure trove of diplomatic cables, and the classified military files from Guantánamo, on which I worked as a media partner -- to WikiLeaks.
See my article about the event here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2014/02/24/in-oxford-wikileaks-...
For more on Chelsea Manning, see the website of the Private Manning Support Network: www.privatemanning.org/
And my archive of articles here: www.andyworthington.co.uk/category/bradley-manning/
Also see the "Collateral Murder" video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
And WikiLeaks' Guantánamo Files: wikileaks.org/gitmo/
My introduction to the files: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/04/25/wikileaks-reveals-se...
And my ongoing series analysing the files: www.andyworthington.co.uk/category/2002-2011-the-complete...
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
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Video of Rainey Reitman of EFF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeU667tsfA
The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks by Rainey Reitman
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-...
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"Since its release of about 2000 diplomatic cables (as of January 7th, 2011), Wikileaks has been subject to extraordinary pressures, seemingly at the behest of the US government. Amazon and EveryDNS have denied Wikileaks internet service and Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Bank of America have been prevented supporters from donating money to Wikileaks. This is despite the fact that Wikileaks has not even been charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, the situation has gotten even worse. The press has been spreading lies about Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets do not appear to be doing even the most rudimentary fact-checking. The most blatant of these lies is the idea that Wikileaks has “indiscriminately dumped 250,000 cables on the internet”. This is flat-out false.
A few news organizations, including NPR and InformationWeek, have corrected this mistake, and NPR has even offered an apology. By contrast, most news organizations ranging from the AP to the Wall Street Journal continue to print this falsehood.
We call upon all news organizations to correct previous articles and statements, to issue apologies to their readers, and to take steps to prevent this mistake from occurring in any future articles and shows.
We will be protesting outside the TransAmerica pyramid, across from a San Francisco office of the New York Times, on Saturday, January 15th, at 4pm. On that day, we will be joining in protesting against the repression of Wikileaks with many others around the world, including Washington, DC, and several cities in Canada and Australia.
To counter the New York Times’s censorship of reality, we plan to publish the released cables on the walls of their building. In addition, participants will be provided cable printouts and markers and encouraged to throw down their artistic abilities by adding a graphic representation of their favorite cable to the Cablegate Coloring Book.
References:
[1] 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media
www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions...
[2] NPR Fesses Up to WikiLeaks’ Coverage Blunder, Now It’s Everyone Else’s Turn
lippmannwouldroll.com/2010/12/28/npr-fesses-up-to-wikilea...
more wikileaks photos
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Carola Frediani
Stefania Maurizi
Andrei Soldatov
Nel giugno 2016 sulle elezioni americane si è abbattuta la tempesta delle mail hackerate, rilasciate da WikiLeaks. La diffusione e il sospetto che il Democratic National Committee – l’organo di governo del Partito Democratico Americano – abbia favorito la candidata alla primarie Hilary Clinton ha portato alle dimissioni della sua presidente, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. La Russia è stata davvero deus ex machina dell’operazione, come indicherebbe il rapporto congiunto di CIA, NSA ed FBI? Chi è Guccifer 2.0, il sedicente hacker rumeno che a ridosso dello scandalo ha rivendicato l’hacking? Wikileaks ha di fatto consegnato un pezzo di Casa Bianca a Donald Trump, lavorando a senso unico per danneggiare il Partito Democratico, o ha tenuto fede ai propri ideali?
In June 2016, the storm of hacked emails, released by WikiLeaks, hit the US elections. The diffusion and the suspicion that the Democratic National Committee – the governing body of the Democratic Party – had favored the primary candidate Hilary Clinton led to the resignation of its president, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Has Russia been really the deus ex machina of the operation, as stated by the joint report of the CIA, NSA and FBI? Who is Guccifer 2.0, the so-called Romanian hacker who claimed responsibility for the hacking? Did Wikileaks effectively deliver a piece of the White House to Donald Trump, working in only one direction to damage the Democratic Party, or has it lived up to its ideals?
video: media.journalismfestival.com/programme/2017/hacking-democ...
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Carola Frediani
Stefania Maurizi
Andrei Soldatov
Nel giugno 2016 sulle elezioni americane si è abbattuta la tempesta delle mail hackerate, rilasciate da WikiLeaks. La diffusione e il sospetto che il Democratic National Committee – l’organo di governo del Partito Democratico Americano – abbia favorito la candidata alla primarie Hilary Clinton ha portato alle dimissioni della sua presidente, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. La Russia è stata davvero deus ex machina dell’operazione, come indicherebbe il rapporto congiunto di CIA, NSA ed FBI? Chi è Guccifer 2.0, il sedicente hacker rumeno che a ridosso dello scandalo ha rivendicato l’hacking? Wikileaks ha di fatto consegnato un pezzo di Casa Bianca a Donald Trump, lavorando a senso unico per danneggiare il Partito Democratico, o ha tenuto fede ai propri ideali?
In June 2016, the storm of hacked emails, released by WikiLeaks, hit the US elections. The diffusion and the suspicion that the Democratic National Committee – the governing body of the Democratic Party – had favored the primary candidate Hilary Clinton led to the resignation of its president, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Has Russia been really the deus ex machina of the operation, as stated by the joint report of the CIA, NSA and FBI? Who is Guccifer 2.0, the so-called Romanian hacker who claimed responsibility for the hacking? Did Wikileaks effectively deliver a piece of the White House to Donald Trump, working in only one direction to damage the Democratic Party, or has it lived up to its ideals?
video: media.journalismfestival.com/programme/2017/hacking-democ...
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali the 74 year old President of Tunisian Republic for the past 23 years had been re-elected with enormous majorities at every election, although his authoritarian regime was often criticized internationally for failing to observe international standards of political and human rights. Leaked US diplomatic cables on the WikiLeaks site described his regime as "The Family who have their hands in every cookie jar in the entire economy.” The WikiLeaks revelations appear to have confirmed to the Tunisians their fears, providing the catalyst for protest the pace of which was fueled by Twitter engagements. Ali resigned the presidency as his grip of power rapidly waned and the army surrounded his Presidential Palace in Tunis. Fearing retribution Ali and close family fled in helicopters for Malta and sanctuary in Saudi Arabia. Inspired by Martin Varsavsky ow.ly/3Iggb and Elizabeth Dickinson ow.ly/3IgfW Image source ow.ly/3IhEr
Whistle blower Bradley Manning & Wikileaks supporters rallied at the United States Marine Corps officer recruiting center yesterday in Berkeley California in solidarity with several rallies nationwide and at Ft. Meade Maryland where the young soldier is the subject of a hearing that could have all his charges dismissed based on unlawful pretrial punishment he received at the Quantico Marine Brig facility for nearly 10 months after his arrest.
At the November 27, 2012 hearing the Quantico base commander Col. Daniel Choike revealed in testimony that the military barred or delayed independent analyses of PFC Bradley Manning’s abusive confinement, claiming that Bradley’s defense could “exploit” such a review in the press, and instead sought reviews that would confirm and justify the military’s handling of the young private.
Col. Choike also revealed, near the day’s end, that he didn’t believe from the start that Bradley should have been kept at Quantico. The Marine brig, which had recently been in transition from a post-trial to a pre-trial confinement facility, was meant for short-term detention. Government lawyers told Col. Choike early on that they expected Bradley’s trial to last nearly two years, and Col. Choike told his superiors that he didn’t think Quantico was adequately resourced to hold Bradley for that long, and that Bradley shouldn’t be held there for more than 90 days at most. The military ignored Col. Choike’s qualms, clearly to Bradley’s detriment.
The Berkeley rally was followed by an action that took Shattuck street for several minutes and protesters faced off with police at Shattuck and Addison until a dispersal order was given. No arrests were made.
The hearing is scheduled to last until Sunday and Manning's court martial is set to start on February 4th of 2013.
Andrew Fowler gave us a ringside seat on the biggest leak in history. Andrew is the head of the ABC’s investigative journalism unit.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Carola Frediani
Stefania Maurizi
Andrei Soldatov
Nel giugno 2016 sulle elezioni americane si è abbattuta la tempesta delle mail hackerate, rilasciate da WikiLeaks. La diffusione e il sospetto che il Democratic National Committee – l’organo di governo del Partito Democratico Americano – abbia favorito la candidata alla primarie Hilary Clinton ha portato alle dimissioni della sua presidente, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. La Russia è stata davvero deus ex machina dell’operazione, come indicherebbe il rapporto congiunto di CIA, NSA ed FBI? Chi è Guccifer 2.0, il sedicente hacker rumeno che a ridosso dello scandalo ha rivendicato l’hacking? Wikileaks ha di fatto consegnato un pezzo di Casa Bianca a Donald Trump, lavorando a senso unico per danneggiare il Partito Democratico, o ha tenuto fede ai propri ideali?
In June 2016, the storm of hacked emails, released by WikiLeaks, hit the US elections. The diffusion and the suspicion that the Democratic National Committee – the governing body of the Democratic Party – had favored the primary candidate Hilary Clinton led to the resignation of its president, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Has Russia been really the deus ex machina of the operation, as stated by the joint report of the CIA, NSA and FBI? Who is Guccifer 2.0, the so-called Romanian hacker who claimed responsibility for the hacking? Did Wikileaks effectively deliver a piece of the White House to Donald Trump, working in only one direction to damage the Democratic Party, or has it lived up to its ideals?
video: media.journalismfestival.com/programme/2017/hacking-democ...
Australian national Julian Assange has been targeted for prosecution by the United States whose war crimes and political intrigue have been exposed by WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks' next assault on Washington may highlight U.S. government reports on suspected militants held at Guantanamo Bay, which some U.S. officials worry could show certain detainees were freed despite intelligence assessments they were still dangerous.
The leaks could be an embarrassment to President Barack Obama's administration, already angered over WikiLeaks document dumps of U.S. State Department cables, as it seeks to fulfill a 2-year-old pledge to close the prison and either release the foreign terrorism suspects or move them elsewhere.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, jailed in Britain this week, has told media contacts he has a large cache of U.S. government reports about inmates at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, known as GITMO, the last of four major tranches of U.S. government documents which WikiLeaks had acquired and at some point would make public.
"He's got the personal files of every prisoner in GITMO," said one person who was in contact with Assange earlier this year.
via reuters.com
Video of Rainey Reitman of EFF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeU667tsfA
The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks by Rainey Reitman
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-...
Description of event
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178950392136750
"Since its release of about 2000 diplomatic cables (as of January 7th, 2011), Wikileaks has been subject to extraordinary pressures, seemingly at the behest of the US government. Amazon and EveryDNS have denied Wikileaks internet service and Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Bank of America have been prevented supporters from donating money to Wikileaks. This is despite the fact that Wikileaks has not even been charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, the situation has gotten even worse. The press has been spreading lies about Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets do not appear to be doing even the most rudimentary fact-checking. The most blatant of these lies is the idea that Wikileaks has “indiscriminately dumped 250,000 cables on the internet”. This is flat-out false.
A few news organizations, including NPR and InformationWeek, have corrected this mistake, and NPR has even offered an apology. By contrast, most news organizations ranging from the AP to the Wall Street Journal continue to print this falsehood.
We call upon all news organizations to correct previous articles and statements, to issue apologies to their readers, and to take steps to prevent this mistake from occurring in any future articles and shows.
We will be protesting outside the TransAmerica pyramid, across from a San Francisco office of the New York Times, on Saturday, January 15th, at 4pm. On that day, we will be joining in protesting against the repression of Wikileaks with many others around the world, including Washington, DC, and several cities in Canada and Australia.
To counter the New York Times’s censorship of reality, we plan to publish the released cables on the walls of their building. In addition, participants will be provided cable printouts and markers and encouraged to throw down their artistic abilities by adding a graphic representation of their favorite cable to the Cablegate Coloring Book.
References:
[1] 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media
www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions...
[2] NPR Fesses Up to WikiLeaks’ Coverage Blunder, Now It’s Everyone Else’s Turn
lippmannwouldroll.com/2010/12/28/npr-fesses-up-to-wikilea...
more wikileaks photos
Video of Rainey Reitman of EFF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeU667tsfA
The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks by Rainey Reitman
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-...
Description of event
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178950392136750
"Since its release of about 2000 diplomatic cables (as of January 7th, 2011), Wikileaks has been subject to extraordinary pressures, seemingly at the behest of the US government. Amazon and EveryDNS have denied Wikileaks internet service and Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Bank of America have been prevented supporters from donating money to Wikileaks. This is despite the fact that Wikileaks has not even been charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, the situation has gotten even worse. The press has been spreading lies about Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets do not appear to be doing even the most rudimentary fact-checking. The most blatant of these lies is the idea that Wikileaks has “indiscriminately dumped 250,000 cables on the internet”. This is flat-out false.
A few news organizations, including NPR and InformationWeek, have corrected this mistake, and NPR has even offered an apology. By contrast, most news organizations ranging from the AP to the Wall Street Journal continue to print this falsehood.
We call upon all news organizations to correct previous articles and statements, to issue apologies to their readers, and to take steps to prevent this mistake from occurring in any future articles and shows.
We will be protesting outside the TransAmerica pyramid, across from a San Francisco office of the New York Times, on Saturday, January 15th, at 4pm. On that day, we will be joining in protesting against the repression of Wikileaks with many others around the world, including Washington, DC, and several cities in Canada and Australia.
To counter the New York Times’s censorship of reality, we plan to publish the released cables on the walls of their building. In addition, participants will be provided cable printouts and markers and encouraged to throw down their artistic abilities by adding a graphic representation of their favorite cable to the Cablegate Coloring Book.
References:
[1] 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media
www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions...
[2] NPR Fesses Up to WikiLeaks’ Coverage Blunder, Now It’s Everyone Else’s Turn
lippmannwouldroll.com/2010/12/28/npr-fesses-up-to-wikilea...
more wikileaks photos
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, ehem. Wikileaks-Sprecher und Constanze Kurz, Chaos Computer Club, bei der Podiums-Diskussion "Wikileaks und die Folgen"
Julian Assange's supporters at Ecuador Embassy. London, 21.06.2012
Wikileaks press spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson and personal friend and surety bond-provider Sarah Saunders made staements this afternoon outside the Ecuador embassy in Hans Crescent to explain that Julian Assange is well and in good spirits as he remains inside the embassy awaiting news of his application for political asylum.
A group of supporters from the Bradley Manning campaign group Friends of Bradley Manning (UK) also arrived to begin a vigil in support of Assange. Members of hacktivist group Anonymous also attended.
All photos © 2012 Pete Riches
Do not reproduce, alter or reblog my images without my written permission.
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Fort Meade, Maryland, Saturday afternoon June 1, 2013. Human rights activists from the Bradley Manning Support Group, Veterans For Peace, Code Pink and many other groups marched east on Rt. 175 ("Desolation Row") from Reece Gate to Llwewllynn Avenue for a rally and "Speak Out" in support of Army Private Bradley Manning, whose court martial for releasing classified material to Wikileaks was to commence on June 3. Speakers included Eathan McCord, Dan Choi, Sarah Shourd, Ann Wright and Daniel Ellsberg. My crowd size guesstimate is around 750. Interactions between the absurdly numerous and over-armed police and the activists were generally respectful and peaceful.
On Thursday June 19, 2014, I photographed this campaigner holding a placard - thanking President Correa of Ecuador for offering asylum to Julian Assange - at a vigil to mark the 2nd anniversary of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' founder and editor-in-chief, entering the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to seek political asylum, fearing that he would end up being extradited to the US from Sweden, where he is accused of sexual offences (claims which he denies). His asylum claim was accepted on August 16, 2012.
WikiLeaks' work, exposing US crimes through documents released by Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning, has, of course, been enormously influential, and I am pleased to have worked with WikiLeaks as a media partner on the release of the classified military files from Guantánamo in April 2011.
For WikiLeaks, see: wikileaks.org/
For Justice for Assange, see: justice4assange.com/
For the Guantánamo files, see: www.andyworthington.co.uk/2011/04/25/wikileaks-reveals-se...
And: www.andyworthington.co.uk/category/2002-2011-the-complete...
For Julian's Q&A on Reddit, see: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_assange...
For Michael Ratner on Julian Assange's two years in the embassy, see: www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/06/17/assange-wikilea...
For news about a new legal challenge to the Swedish claims, see: www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/18/julian-assange-fres...
For my most interesting photos, see: www.flickriver.com/photos/andyworthington/popular-interes...
Ellingham, Norfolk. WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange who's wanted by the Swedish Government in connection with sexual harassment claims by two women in Sweden, he's currently on bail at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk.
Ellingham, Norfolk. WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange who's wanted by the Swedish Government in connection with sexual harassment claims by two women in Sweden, he's currently on bail at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk.
What Does WikiLeaks Reveal About Our Inner Selves
Julian Assange of the WikiLeaks website holds up a copy of The Guardian newspaper as he speaks to reporters in front of a Don McCullin Vietnam war photograph at The Front Line Club on July 26, 2010 in London, England. The WikiLeaks website has published 90,000 secret US Military records. The Guardian, The New York Times, and Der Spiegel have also published details.
(photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Julian Assange's supporters at Ecuador Embassy. London, 21.06.2012
Wikileaks press spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson and personal friend and surety bond-provider Sarah Saunders made staements this afternoon outside the Ecuador embassy in Hans Crescent to explain that Julian Assange is well and in good spirits as he remains inside the embassy awaiting news of his application for political asylum.
A group of supporters from the Bradley Manning campaign group Friends of Bradley Manning (UK) also arrived to begin a vigil in support of Assange. Members of hacktivist group Anonymous also attended.
All photos © 2012 Pete Riches
Do not reproduce, alter or reblog my images without my written permission.
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Video of Rainey Reitman of EFF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEeU667tsfA
The Best of Cablegate: Instances Where Public Discourse Benefited from the Leaks by Rainey Reitman
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/cablegate-disclosures-have-...
Description of event
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"Since its release of about 2000 diplomatic cables (as of January 7th, 2011), Wikileaks has been subject to extraordinary pressures, seemingly at the behest of the US government. Amazon and EveryDNS have denied Wikileaks internet service and Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Bank of America have been prevented supporters from donating money to Wikileaks. This is despite the fact that Wikileaks has not even been charged with a crime.
Unfortunately, the situation has gotten even worse. The press has been spreading lies about Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets do not appear to be doing even the most rudimentary fact-checking. The most blatant of these lies is the idea that Wikileaks has “indiscriminately dumped 250,000 cables on the internet”. This is flat-out false.
A few news organizations, including NPR and InformationWeek, have corrected this mistake, and NPR has even offered an apology. By contrast, most news organizations ranging from the AP to the Wall Street Journal continue to print this falsehood.
We call upon all news organizations to correct previous articles and statements, to issue apologies to their readers, and to take steps to prevent this mistake from occurring in any future articles and shows.
We will be protesting outside the TransAmerica pyramid, across from a San Francisco office of the New York Times, on Saturday, January 15th, at 4pm. On that day, we will be joining in protesting against the repression of Wikileaks with many others around the world, including Washington, DC, and several cities in Canada and Australia.
To counter the New York Times’s censorship of reality, we plan to publish the released cables on the walls of their building. In addition, participants will be provided cable printouts and markers and encouraged to throw down their artistic abilities by adding a graphic representation of their favorite cable to the Cablegate Coloring Book.
References:
[1] 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media
www.alternet.org/story/149369/8_smears_and_misconceptions...
[2] NPR Fesses Up to WikiLeaks’ Coverage Blunder, Now It’s Everyone Else’s Turn
lippmannwouldroll.com/2010/12/28/npr-fesses-up-to-wikilea...
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