Publicerad den 1 feb 2013
In an attempt to highlight the
importance of whistleblowers, Julian Assange chose to have WikiLeaks'
Collateral Murder footage as background for his speech at the Sam Adams
Awards, an award dedicated to whistleblowers. The ceremony was
organized by the Oxford Union.As a result of the video playing in the background and unsuccessful attempts to vet Julian's speech, the Union pulled the live stream from the event and spent two days substituting the US Army massacre footage with their logo.
The Union claimed they feared that the US government would take legal action concerning "copyright" of the Apache gun camera footage. Wikileaks advised the Union that by law and practice the US government does not claim copyrights on footage or documents that it produces, the Union still decided to censor the video.
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Publicerad den 21 dec 2012
The man on the frontline of the
information battle, Wikileaks editor Julian Assange, has given a
Christmas address. He has delivered his speech from the balcony of the
Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he's been ensconsed for six months,
after being granted political asylum.*
Aaron Swartz och Assange - nätaktivister på USA:s dödslista?
-Aaron Swartz prosecutors blasted for alleged vindictive behavior-
SvaraRaderaRT August 12 2013
Fresh questions are being asked whether US federal prosecutors were so dogged in their pursuit of computer programmer and internet activist Aaron Swartz because they were acting in retaliation of an online petition which supported the defendant.
Swartz committed suicide in January while awaiting trial on federal charges.
He was accused of downloading thousands of documents from the online database JSTOR while using the campus network at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The 26-year-old was facing a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison and a US $1 million fine.
http://rt.com/usa/swartz-prosecutors-vindictive-behavior-413/