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Ecuador says WikiLeaks’ Assange suffering lung problems

November 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

(Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country’s ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday. Assange, 41, whose website angered … read more »

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The Persecution of Wikileaks

October 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by JAMES ROTHENBERG The just finished Banned Books Week serves as a vivid reminder that we must be vigilant about freedom of expression and freedom from censorship. Absent this vigilance, we could wake up in a society that not only … read more »

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The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy?

September 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

During the Vietnam War, Sweden was an independent country with a moral conscience, and Sweden gave sanctuary to US war protestors who refused the draft. Washington realized the cost to itself and purchased the Swedish government in order to prevent … read more »

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Ecuador grants political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

August 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ecuador granted political asylum to Julian Assange on Thursday, ratcheting up tension in a standoff with Britain which has warned it could revoke the diplomatic status of Quito’s embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. The … read more »

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WikiLeaks’ 16th minute

January 19, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Jack Shafer This piece originally appeared in Reuters Magazine, a special edition publication ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In late October, a deflated Julian Assange called a press conference in London to announce he may … read more »

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Autobiography of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a sales flop

September 29, 2011 by benim

It was the book the founder of WikiLeaks said was published to ‘screw’ him for cash but despite huge publicity surrounding its release it has become a sales flop. Julian Assange’s unauthorised autobiography came out last week but just 644 … read more »

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Wikileaks and Guerilla Politics in Ghana

September 27, 2011 by benim

For some time now, I have resisted the urged to write about the Wikileaks revelations that have hit Ghana these last several weeks. This is because the more I think about the WikiLeaks episode; the less I know what to … read more »

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African Nelson Mandela still world’s most trusted

September 21, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – Former president Nelson Mandela has been ranked first in a perception assessment of 54 of the world’s most visible leaders, according to the Reputation Institute on Wednesday. President Jacob Zuma came 35th, behind the likes of actress Angelina … read more »

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Wikileaks on Ghana: Kwasi Pratt is A Double Agent

September 7, 2011 by benim

Of course none of the Wikileaks cables were meant for public consumption. Yet some cables are categorized as “CLASSIFIED.” Others as ” UNCLASSIFIED.” Many others as ” CONFIDENTIAL” etc. This only means that although all the cables are ” for … read more »

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Uncensored WikiLeaks cables posted to Web

September 1, 2011 by benim

Uncensored copies of WikiLeaks’ massive tome of U.S. State Department cables circulated freely Thursday across the Internet, leaving a whole new batch of U.S. sources vulnerable to embarrassment and potential retribution. The United States, meanwhile, denied ever cooperating with the … read more »

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WikiLeaks charges Guardian – with leaks

September 1, 2011 by benim

Berlin – The online whistleblower platform WikiLeaks said on Thursday that hundreds of thousands of secret, unfiltered US diplomatic cables are now available online in a security breach it blamed on Britain’s Guardian newspaper. In a turnaround, the organisation that … read more »

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Nigeria: Ripe for a WikiLeaks revolution?

April 15, 2011 by benim

It is only months since the US diplomatic cables released by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks made headlines around the world with their revelations about Nigeria. Among them, allegations that Nigeria’s government dropped legal action against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, which is accused … read more »

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Wikileaks’ Assange confronts Australian PM

March 15, 2011 by benim

Australia on Tuesday denied passing on information about Wikileaks staff to foreign powers after its outspoken founder Julian Assange confronted the country’s prime minister over the claim. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd dismissed Assange’s allegation, which … read more »

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Assange’s mother appeals to Australia – Video

February 12, 2011 by benim

Christine Assange, mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, asks the Australian foreign minister to prevent son’s extradition to Sweden. Lindsey Parietti reports.

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Assange lawyer says Sweden acted improperly

February 8, 2011 by benim

LONDON –  A lawyer for Julian Assange and a Swedish legal expert on Tuesday accused prosecutors in Sweden of irregularities and illegality in the way they built a sex crimes case against the WikiLeaks founder. Assange’s Swedish lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, … read more »

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Julian Assange: ‘How do you attack an organisation? You attack its leadership’

January 30, 2011 by benim

Julian Assange at Ellingham Hall in Norfolk. Photograph: Chris Bourchier/Rex Julian Assange awakes to talk, from the nap he has stolen in an armchair at the Norfolk country house where he is staying. He has been up all night disseminating, … read more »

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Openleaks, WikiLeaks Rival, Launches New Secret-Spilling Site

January 29, 2011 by benim

DAVOS, Switzerland — A former WikiLeaks spokesman launched a rival website Friday, saying he planned to give whistleblowers more control over the secrets they spill. The new platform, called OpenLeaks, will allow sources to choose specifically who they want to … read more »

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WikiLeak: Moe Shaik’s threats

January 24, 2011 by benim

Serious questions have been raised around Moe Shaik’s integrity as the head of the Secret Service, after he was named in yet more WikiLeaks cables. The published documents claimed the spy boss threatened to expose so-called political skeletons if President … read more »

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WikiLeaks founder named ‘un-Australian of the Year’

January 24, 2011 by benim

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was named “un-Australian of the Year” by a men’s magazine on Monday for publishing thousands of leaked US diplomatic cables on his whistleblowing site. Australian-born Assange edged out God, Denmark’s Princess Mary and Prime Minister Julia … read more »

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WikiLeaks: Selective revelations

January 23, 2011 by benim

Despite a reputation for indiscriminate leaking, the website has released only 2,658 of its 251,287 documents. Nearly two months after WikiLeaks outraged the U.S. government by launching the release of a massive compendium of diplomatic documents, the secret-spilling website has … read more »

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U.S. Official: Wikileaks Revelations ‘Embarrassing But Not Damaging’

January 19, 2011 by benim

Internal U.S. government reviews have determined that a mass leak of diplomatic cables caused only limited damage to U.S. interests abroad, despite the Obama administration’s public statements to the contrary. A congressional official briefed on the reviews said the administration … read more »

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WikiLeaks Handed Data on Secret Swiss Bank Accounts

January 17, 2011 by benim

LONDON — A former Swiss banker today supplied anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks with two CDs containing account details on more than 2,000 high-profile politicians, celebrities, crime bosses and multinationals suspected of tax evasion. Swiss whistle-blower Rudolf Elmer — the former chief … read more »

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Tweeting Assange’s first day in court

January 13, 2011 by benim

Unlike Julian Assange’s first appearance in a British court, the judges have now lifted the tweet ban. Court reporting in its full 140 character flower is being permitted to bloom. And boy did they tweet. It was a grey morning … read more »

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Twitter posts swept up in U.S. WikiLeaks investigation

January 12, 2011 by benim

An Icelandic politician whose Internet records are being targeted by Washington’s WikiLeaks investigation warns that giving personal information to websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Gmail is about as secure as putting it on “a postcard.” “They are on a … read more »

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WikiLeaks Founder back in Court To Fight Sweden Extradition

January 11, 2011 by benim

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due back in court tomorrow to fight extradition to Sweden for questioning about alleged sex crimes. The online activist has been staying at an English mansion after posting bail in December. A spokesman for the … read more »

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US relocates some named in Wiki cables

January 8, 2011 by benim

Washington – The United States has warned several hundred people worldwide it believes may be imperiled by WikiLeaks’ release of classified US diplomatic cables and has so far helped a handful of them relocate to safer locations, the State Department … read more »

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WikiLeaks on Zimbabwe: Mugabe seen as isolated

January 3, 2011 by benim

HARARE, Zimbabwe — While the attention of the world’s press has been focused on the impact of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks where it concerns United States relations with long-standing allies and friends, there has been less interest in the embarrassment caused … read more »

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How WikiLeaks Just Set Back Zimbabwe Democracy

December 28, 2010 by benim

Last year, early on Christmas Eve morning, representatives from the U.S., United Kingdom, Netherlands, and the European Union arrived for a meeting with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Appointed prime minister earlier that year as part of a power-sharing agreement … read more »

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WikiLeaks Joins Forces With Billionaire Lebedev

December 22, 2010 by benim

Novaya Gazeta, the Moscow newspaper controlled by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and billionaire Alexander Lebedev, said it agreed to join forces with WikiLeaks to expose corruption in Russia. Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which publishes secret government and corporate … read more »

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Assange seduced third girl – claim

December 20, 2010 by benim

Julian Assange seduced a third girl in the same week he bedded two women at the centre of sex assault allegations, it was claimed on Sunday. The self-assured WikiLeaks boss allegedly stole her from under the nose of an American … read more »

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