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 Julian
Assange 
Julian
Assange is Australian, 40 years of
age and founder of WikiLeaks. He is Editor in Chief,
spokesperson, philosopher, original coder, organizer and financier
of the organization and has an immense desire for justice, freedom
of speech and human rights in the world. He is the heart and soul of the organization
and born in Queensland,his
parents ran a touring theater company and he moved around frequently
as a child. Leaving home at 17 he studied mathematics and physics at
the Universityof Melbourne
He is an Australian journalist and activist, and best known as the
founder and public face of WikiLeaks. The Internet based
publisher makes headlines around the world by releasing secret or
suppressed information revealing government and corporate
misconduct. They have rattled the world of journalism, diplomacy, and
national security
Led by
Assange, the non profit WikiLeaks has published hundreds of
thousands of documents, classified diplomatic cables, candid
assessments of foreign leaders, embarrassing scientology secrets,
and much more
These
releases have had international ramifications, making headlines
around the world, and putting the spotlight on the behind
closed doors
dealings of governments and heads of state.The group’s
work has helped spark demonstrations and protests with materials
leaked to WikiLeaks by anonymous
sources
Assange is a
thoughtful radical who asserts that the truth should be available to
all. He believes passionately in the transparency of power and
government and speaks eloquently to the point that, the citizenry
has a right to scrutinize the state, especially a state hiding
behind cloaks of security and opaqueness
With the
mainstream media having lost its way and become a willing partner of
government, Assange and WikiLeaks have taken up the cause to become
the premier investigative journalists of the digital age, but in a
new and different way
Working at
the intersection of political, social, and technological change,
Assange has pioneered a new model of journalism made possible by the
Internet. The instant and broad dissemination of raw information,
making it available to others. Allowing them to sift through the
material, synthesizing, analyzing, and reporting
Assange
asserts that information should be free and accessible to all, and
publishers, he states, must be free to publish. But he draws a
strong distinction between government held secrets that should be
exposed, and personal privacy which should be
preserved
Internet Has sparked a
revolution in the way information is gathered, reported, and made
available to the public and Julian Assange is at the center of it
all. He has proven that with the right technology, an obscure non
profit organization, with a small dedicated staff and with
volunteers around the world, can challenge the power of governments
and change the course of history
Julian is an important actor on the world
stage whose public appearances are exciting, impactful, controversial
and not to be missed. Anyone concerned with the future of
media, journalism, digital culture, intellectual property and the future
of free speech will want to hear what he has to
say. He is in the Equadorian Embassy in London
pending extradition to Sweden. But if he has to go, there are fears
he will be taken to the US to face their courts with a possible
trial and the death penalty pending. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa says Julian
Assange can stay in his nation's British embassy until he is
granted safe passage to the airport after being granted asylum in
Equador. He says he is innocent of all crimes and has
never been convicted anywhere in the world of any
crime
His awards and citations
include:
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Martha Gellhorn prize for journalism
Nobel
Peace Prize nominee
Amnesty International Media Award.
Sydney
Peace Foundation’s Peace Medal
Sam
Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence
Award
Readers
choice for Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2010
Attended
the University of Melbourne
Prosecution or Persecution ? In
January this year, 26 year-old Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his
Brooklyn apartment. Swartz was an internet prodigy and a freedom of
information activist who had been indicted on federal charges.
Including wire and computer fraud, for his efforts to provide free
public access to JSTOR, the subscription-only service for
distributing largely publicly funded scientific and literary
journals. Swartz was facing penalties of up to 35 years in prison
and US$1 million in fines, and although his sentence would unlikely
have been as severe as this, his death raises the question of the
appropriateness of US computer laws.
.
 Foreign Minister Carr We call on you to stand up for press freedom,
and to seek a guarantee that the United States will not seek the
extradition of Julian Assange, nor prosecute him for his work as a
journalist and publisher
Please click Here
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Assange marks 6 months in
embassy
WikiLeaks founder
Julian has delivered a Christmas address from the Ecuadorian embassy
in London pointing out the plight of other journalist around the
world less fortunate than him
 Australia's failure to uphold truth and
justice
Julian
writes on what he sees as failure to uphold truth and justice, in
favour of the American way.
Technology offers us
incredible opportunities to share information, spread
ideas and collaborate across geographical divides. It has the
potential to shine a light on wrong-doing, correct injustice and
empower those without a voice. The freedom to use such platforms
must be safely defended, lest it become simply a place for the
government to spy on its population. The power given to governments
to govern, after all, derives from the mandate given by the people.
Technology should be about empowering citizens and giving expression
to the inner core of our public and private political lives. This is
a prospect that makes the powers that be very uncomfortable. Julian
says that he wants nothing more than to do his work in peace and
says:
"I began my
career as someone who understood the importance of exposing
corruption and wrong doing".
"Now a publisher who
faces persecution for doing my
job"
"It is
the duty of every publisher to fearlessly publish the truth, and of
all good citizens to defend their right to do
so"
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WikiLeaks is illegal Sam Mclean from
political lobby group GetUp! says WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange is examining whether he can sue Julia Gillard over comments she made
on radio that WikiLeaks' release of US cables was illegal and
‘represents a trial by media'
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Freedom and future of the
internet Julian Assange has
co-authored a book arguing that the world is at a pivotal
decision, whether the Internet
will free us or enslave us. Assange famous for his ‘hacktivism,’
used a decidedly low-tech medium for his latest polemic, the book is
partially based on RT’s
‘The World Tomorrow’ television series. In several
episodes Assange
interviewed his co-authors, Jacob Applebaum of the US, Jeremie
Zimmermann of France and Andy Müller-Maguhn of Germany. It
describes ‘cypherpunks’ as advocates of citizens using cryptography
to secure their electronic communications from both government
and corporate spying. They discuss how the Internet can be both an
instrument of freedom and
oppression
.
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Value of Assange and Wikileaks Peace Activist Gail Malone
speaks about
the importance of Julian
Assange and his
organization’s work in making accessible the ugly truth which lies
behind the closed doors of government, industry and the
war
machine
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U S demands to assassinate
assange High level US government officials, including
Clinton and Biden
demanding the assassination of Julian Assange and to list WikiLeaks
as a terrorist organization.
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Australia's failure to
uphold truth and justice Julian writes on what he sees as failure to uphold
truth and justice, in favour of the American way. Technology offers us incredible
opportunities to share information, spread ideas and
collaborate across geographical divides. It has the potential
to shine a light on wrong doing, correct
injustice and empower those without a
voice
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Julian wants to
sue He has hired lawyers to investigate how to sue
Australian PM Gillard for defamation and that comments made by her
in 2010 have affected the viability of his organisation
WikiLeaks
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