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2014-09-24 Transcript: Assange Interview with Sky News

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:17:36 +0000

Interview with Sarah Hewson 18.09.2014.

2014-09-23 Press release: Known Unknowns Fund by Courage

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:26:45 +0000

New fund will be the first to aid suspected sources before they face charges
An alleged source under investigation by the US government has already reached out to Courage for assistance
Courage Advisory Board members Daniel Ellsberg and Thomas Drake underline the importance of the new fund
Donations can be made online at https://couragefound.org/known-unknowns-fund/#donate

Courage, the international organisation dedicated to the protection of truthtellers, today announces the launch of the Known Unknowns Fund to support suspected sources under investigation. The Fund is the first specifically designed to assist individuals who are alleged to have disclosed information of significant public value but do not yet face formal charges. The name of the fund, a play on former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's notorious defence of inadequate sourcing, acknowledges that many who find themselves in this situation will not be in a position to confirm their identity to the public.

2014-09-22 Transcript: Assange BBC Interview

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:25:16 +0000

Interview with John Simpson of the BBC 18 September 2014.

2014-09-21 Transcript: Julian Assange at Moment of Truth

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 02:18:45 +0000

Speech given on 15th September 2014 Moment of Truth event in New Zealand.

2014-09-03 BBC Horizon: Inside the Dark Web

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:56:32 +0000

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence: surveillance.

Featuring interviews with the inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and the co-founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, Horizon delves inside the 'dark web'.

2014-08-16 Statement of the Government of the Republic of Ecuador on the asylum request of Julian Assange

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:30:17 +0000

On June 19, 2012, the Australian citizen Julian Assange, showed up on the headquarters of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, with the purpose of requesting diplomatic protection of the Ecuadorian State, invoking the norms on political asylum in force. The requester has based his petition on the fear of an eventual political persecution of which he may be a victim in a third State, which can use his extradition to the Swedish Kingdom to obtain in turn the ulterior extradition to such country.

The Government of Ecuador, faithful to the asylum procedure, and attributing the greatest seriousness to this case, has examined and assessed all the aspects implied, particularly the arguments presented by Mr Assange backing up the fear he feels before a situation that this person considers as a threat to his life, personal safety and freedom.

2014-08-11 Assange in Sweden: This Day Four Years Ago

Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:29:48 +0000

Sunday 15 August 2010

What happens today is another of the official reasons Julian came back to Sweden. Today he's to meet Rick Falkvinge and sign an agreement for WikiLeaks hosting with Pirate Party rack space in the Bahnhof bunker.

Anna comes along as the official WikiLeaks press secretary.

Pirate Party system administrator Richie Olsson also tags along to photograph the event. One of his photographs was long suppressed; it's found below. It shows Anna beaming on the far left.

2014-08-01 Criticism of Sweden's record-long detentions is growing

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:45:43 +0000

'Those two weeks were so far the worst in my life. Because I was heartbroken, I was afraid, I was worried, I did not know what lay ahead.'
- Andreas Nygren, today with an NGO helping minors in detention
'I'd very much prefer to be locked up with rats and bad food.'
- Göran, in pretrial detention for 850 days with no access to the outside world

Transcript: Göran sat in pretrial detention for 850 days - criticism of Sweden's record-long detentions is growing
Source: http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/392059?programid=4702
Program: In the Name of the Law
Radio channel: Swedish State Radio (sverigesradio.se)
Broadcast date: 6 July 2014
Original language: Swedish
Length: 29:32

2014-07-26 Stockholm District Court Protocol 2014-07-16

Sat, 26 Jul 2014 23:04:17 +0000

[UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION]

THE COURT
Chief judge Lena Egelin

KEEPER OF THE MINUTES
District court law clerk Sanna Ordenius

PARTIES (present unless stated otherwise)

PROSECUTORS
Prosecution director Marianne Ny and chief prosecutor Ingrid Isgren
Development Centre and Southern prosecution office Stockholm resp

SUSPECT
Julian Assange 1971-07-03
Deprivation of liberty: detained in his absence
Unknown address
Not personally present

Assange stalemate unworthy of Sweden

Sun, 13 Jul 2014 23:54:00 +0000

Per E Samuelson and Thomas Olsson write to SvD.

That a prosecutor can continue a preliminary investigation for four years and not question the suspect violates the demand for expediency. This is a strong reason to rescind the warrant against Julian Assange, write his lawyers.

Our client Julian Assange has been arrested in his absence for almost four years. He's spent the past two years at the Ecuador embassy in London, protected by political asylum. The London police guard the building day and night, but they can't enter the building. We have, time and again, demanded that the prosecutor [Marianne Ny] travel to London to question Assange. She refuses.

We've asked the Stockholm district court to rescind the warrant to break the deadlock. That would force the prosecutor to think differently. The matter will be dealt with in court 16 July.

2014-06-10 Launch of Courage and Snowden Campaign in Berlin 11 June

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:43:43 +0000

Courage - LAUNCH PRESS RELEASE - Monday 9th June 2014
http://couragefound.org
@couragefound

Courage - the organisation running Snowden's defence fund - launches in Berlin this Wednesday, 11th June

2014-05-30 WikiLeaks Everywhere - Cornwall

Fri, 30 May 2014 20:05:24 +0000

@greekemmy took this photo only hours ago on the coast of Cornwall. She wished to convey the fact that WikiLeaks is truly everywhere: that no conspirator can be safe if people have the courage to 'blow the whistle' and stand up to abusive power.

2014-05-23 WikiLeaks statement on mass recording of Afghan telephone calls by NSA

Sat, 24 May 2014 20:23:44 +0000

Friday 23 May 2014, 05:00 GMT

The National Security Agency has been recording and storing nearly all the domestic (and international) phone calls from two or more target countries as of 2013. Both the Washington Post and The Intercept (based in the US and published by eBay chairman Pierre Omidyar) have censored the name of one of the victim states, which the latter publication refers to as country "X".

2014-05-15 Opinion: The Same Carl Bildt

Thu, 15 May 2014 22:23:05 +0000

Sweden will soon hold the Stockholm Internet Forum to discuss global development and global surveillance. The forum will open on 26 May and will be held in the famed Stadshuset, site of the annual Nobel banquet. The motto of the conference will be 'Internet Freedom for Global Development'.

2014-05-09 Solidarity Vigil in Support of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks 19 June

Sat, 10 May 2014 18:46:24 +0000

What: Solidarity Vigil in Support of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
When: Thursday 19 June 2014 6-8pm
Where: Ecuadorian Embassy in London, No 3 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge

2014-05-06 Sarah Harrison at RP14

Thu, 08 May 2014 06:10:52 +0000

WikiLeaks investigation editor Sarah Harrison has coordinated the publication of millions of documents. She also saved Edward Snowden's life. She is currently not returning to the UK for reasons revealed in this interview with Alexa O'Brien at re:publica 14.

2014-05-01 Snowden statement on receiving 2014 Ridenhour Prize

Thu, 01 May 2014 21:04:25 +0000

Originally published at Mother Jones 30 April 2014.

A year ago there was no way I could have imagined being here, being honored in this room. When I began this, I never expected to receive the level of support that I did from the public. Having seen what happened to the people that came before, specifically Thomas Drake, it was an intimidating thing. I'd realized that the highest likelihood, the most likely outcome of returning this information to public hands would be that I would spend the rest of my life in prison. I did it because I thought it was the right thing to do.

2014-04-23 Snowden statement on inauguration as rector at University of Glasgow

Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:21:27 +0000

I'm disappointed and I must apologise for being unable to attend in person, but unfortunately I've discovered that I'm barred from entering the United Kingdom on the grounds that my presence is considered detrimental to the public good.

2014-04-19 Paris Match: Rendezvous with the whistleblower and Eva Joly

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:52:02 +0000

Friday 28 March. The Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Behind him: a green screen, in front of which he films for Skype and the social networks. Threatened by the United States, the founder of WikiLeaks has been confined for two years to a room at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. He was visited by Eva Joly who is working on breaking the deadlock.

2014-04-17 Putin to Snowden: 'We don't have mass surveillance in Russia'

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:30:14 +0000

Russian president Vladimir Putin's annual live Q&A marathon today had a surprise guest: Edward Snowden.

Snowden, piped in via videolink, asked Putin point blank if Russia had any mass surveillance system comparable to that of the NSA.

See the clip below to hear Putin's answer.

2014-04-17 The raid that almost was

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 01:08:39 +0000

Late on Wednesday evening 15 August 2012, the Metropolitan police surrounded the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. This followed the publication by the Ecuadorean government of the aide memoir from William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, on how the diplomatic status of their London embassy could be revoked.

Observers assumed that the arrival of the police must be the presage to a raid. For those watching the unfolding events, in the end it all turned out to be an anticlimax. Though the outcome could have turned out very differently had it had not been for the interventions of certain cyber warriors - in the UK, Australia and elsewhere - whose quick-wittedness may have ensured that a major international incident was averted.

2014-04-15 Snowden reports win Pulitzer Prize

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:08:46 +0000

The Pulitzer Board have awarded their Public Service Award to the Guardian (US) and the Washington Post for their coverage of the NSA revelations by Edward Snowden. The decision, reportedly the subject of some controversy amongst the 19-member Prize Board, echoes their 1972 prize given to the New York Times for Daniel Ellsberg's 'Pentagon Papers'.

2014-04-03 Barrett Brown Plea: Now Max 5 Years

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:21:28 +0000

Barrett Brown has reportedly reached a plea agreement. Full details are not yet available.

2014-04-02 Eva Joly interviewed on Assange on Sweden's TV4 (English subs)

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:06:35 +0000

2014-03-31 Transcript/translation: Eva Joly interviewed by Swedish television

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:51:05 +0000

Famed French-Norwegian prosecutor Eva Joly has come to Stockholm to try to resolve the standoff between Julian Assange and the Swedish prosecution service. She was interviewed by Malou von Sivers yesterday, after the day before holding a press conference about her visit. This is a translation and transcription of that interview. For background, see here.

2014-03-30 Eva Joly press conference 27 March 2014 – Part two

Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:56:17 +0000

Eva Joly MEP, former prosecutor, judge, and presidential candidate, now head of the EU Parliamentary Committee on Development, gave a press conference on the Assange case in Stockholm 27 March 2014. Also present was Jon Thorisson of the Eva Joly Institute in Iceland. Part two of two. See part one here.

2014-03-29 Eva Joly interviewed by Swedish television

Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:15:14 +0000

2014-03-29 Eva Joly press conference 27 March 2014 – Part one

Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:45:41 +0000

2014-03-05 Barrett Brown: Government moved to drop linking charges

Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:17:24 +0000

A strange and wonderful thing happened today. Here's the coverage:

2014-03-04 In Support of Sarah Harrison, David Miranda, Moazzam Begg

Tue, 04 Mar 2014 22:06:22 +0000

Please send the following to your MP.