WikiLeaks has been financially blockaded without process for 901 days.
- Direct blockade currently on hold - will resume in 38 days.
Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 898 days.
- 336 days at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
- Direct blockade currently on hold - will resume in 38 days.
Julian Assange has been detained without charge for 898 days.
- 336 days at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
Bradley Manning has been in prison without trial for 1093 days.
Jeremy Hammond has been in prison without trial for 444 days.
A secret Grand Jury on WikiLeaks has been active for 978 days.
WikiLeaks News:
Julian Assange News:
Bradley Manning News:
Jeremy Hammond has been in prison without trial for 444 days.
A secret Grand Jury on WikiLeaks has been active for 978 days.
WikiLeaks News:
- Columbia University Medical Center published an analysis on civilian deaths in the Iraq War using information from WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs.
- Cables released by WikiLeaks show that Australian Prime Minsiter Kevin Rudd wanted to keep more Australian troops in Iraq in 2008.
- Frank Archibald, the new head of the CIA National Clandestine Service, is mentioned in a WikiLeaks cable "regarding the naming of the embassy legal attache in a detainee torture case".
- Multiple news outlets and journalists have published articles comparing the recent controversy surrounding leak investigations and the ongoing persecution of WikiLeaks:
- Crikey: Reporters as ‘co-conspirators’ in Obama’s war on journalism
- Freedom of the Press Foundation: Virtually Everything the Government Did to WikiLeaks is Now Being Done to Mainstream US Reporters
- Economist: Press Freedom: Fox News and Julian Assange
- MI5 whistleblower Annie Machon: Journalists Need to Tool Up
Julian Assange News:
- Jacob Appelbaum spoke with Swedish FM Carl Bildt at the Stockholm Internet Forum and asked him about Julian Assange's situation and why the Swedish prosecution continues to refuse to question him in London.
- A blog in London Review of Books discusses the recent SMS messages from GCHQ which describe the allegations against Julian Assange as a "fit-up". While the author does not believe the authenticity of the SMSes, he comments on other troubling aspects of Mr Assange's case, including Sweden's reluctance to question Mr Assange in London, the politicized court system, and Swedish public opinion.
- Ecuadorian FM Ricardo Patiño tweeted that activities are being developed to mark one year since Julian Assange entered the Embassy (June 19).
Bradley Manning News:
- Today was the last pretrial hearing in Bradley Manning's case. His trial begins June 3.
- The Government accepted PFC Manning's plea for one count "in relation to the disclosure of a diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland".
- The judge ruled that testimony from 24 witnesses, including some U.S. Ambassadors, will be given in closed session.
- The NAVY Seal involved in the Osama bin Laden raid may not testify if evidence is accepted which allegedly shows a member of al-Qaeda replying to instructions requesting WikiLeaks material.
- Further coverage of today's hearing can be read at Firedoglake, The Guardian, and the Bradley Manning Support Network.