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Since the first few Julian Assange-saturated months of 2011, the U.S. media have largely moved on to Arab revolutions and other sex scandals. But WikiLeaks has continued releasing embassy cables -- fewer than 16,000 of the more than 250,000 have been published so far. In contrast to its early, now-frayed partnerships with the Guardian and the New York Times , WikiLeaks is now working with local papers in countries like Peru, Haiti, and Ireland to release cables of national interest. Here are a few of the highlights:
The WikiLeaks You Missed - By Joshua E. Keating | Foreign Policy
Jackson Diehl on sectarianism in Syria, Elliott Abrams and Robert Wexler on Iran's nuclear threat, and John Rosenthal on Germany and the origins of the euro crisis. Plus US-Pakistan relations, academia's new communism, Spain's economy, and more...
World Affairs Journal - WikiHistory: Did the Leaks Inspire the Arab Spring?
Amnesty International's Salil Shetty said 2010 'was the year repressive governments faced the real possibility their days were numbered'. Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA The world faces a watershed moment in human rights with tyrants and despots coming under increasing pressure from the internet, social networking sites and the activities of WikiLeaks , Amnesty International says in its annual roundup.
Amnesty International hails WikiLeaks and Guardian as Arab spring 'catalysts' | World news | The Guardian
Wikileaks, Yemen & the “Arab Spring” — Update & Impacts of Cablegate
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Amnesty International's 2011 report reveals a world in which people continue to challenge oppression despite the powerful array of repressive measures used against them. It shows that the communities most affected by human rights abuses are the real driving force behind the human rights struggle. »
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Remarks on Internet Freedom
Transcripts: Arabic | Chinese | French | Persian | Russian | Spanish | Urdu SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Alberto, for not only that kind introduction but your and your colleagues’ leadership of this important institution. It’s a pleasure to be here at the Newseum.
“Internet Freedom? There’s no app for that!” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on Tuesday concerning Internet freedom resembled an online activism campaign from Steve Jobs.
Hillary Clinton and internet freedom (civilized) » OWNI.eu, News, Augmented
Obama's war on whistleblowers suffers setback | Green Left Weekly
Thomas Drake originally faced 35 years jail for leaking information that exposed corruption, serious waste and possible criminal activity at the National Security Agency US President Barack Obama's war on whistleblowers has suffered several setbacks. Two high-profile prosecutions against whistleblowers failed and the mistreatment of alleged WikiLeaks source, military analyst Bradley Manning, has been confirmed. A US military enquiry into Manning's treatment at Quantico military prison in Virginia, where he was held between July last year and April, confirmed that on two occasions he had to endure stringent and intrusive “suicide watch” conditions after doctors recommended his status be downgraded, Politico.com said on July 14.Following revelations that Julia Gillard's staff was drafting an acceptance speech two weeks before she ousted Kevin Rudd as Australian PM, and that Kim Beazley was briefing Hillary Clinton on the leadership change two weeks before it happened, I have compiled the following time-line of known events, including selected text from US Embassy cables. While there is no smoking gun here, it does show that US officials were keenly interested in leadership speculation, identifying Gillard as a potential successor to Rudd within 8 months of his election victory, and closely monitoring her progress on key issues like Israel and Afghanistan. They were also in close contact with the major players in ALP factions, including Mark Arbib and other "protected" sources. Interestingly, the frenzied ALP leadership jockeying in Canberra during May-June 2010 coincides with Bradley Manning's May 2010 arrest and the frenzied US State Dept diplomacy that followed it.
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“La véritable histoire de WikiLeaks”, 1er eBook d’OWNI » OWNI, News, Augmented
"La véritable histoire de WikiLeaks", le premier ebook d'OWNI, sort aujourd'hui en français, en anglais et en arabe. Retrouvez des extraits, son auteur en chat à partir de 16h00 et nos projets éditoriaux augmentés. Ce court (50 pages) ouvrage pédagogique s’attache aussi à élucider des points plus rarement soulevés. Retrouvez-en ici quelques bonnes feuilles, issue de la partie traitant de l’idéologie derrière WikiLeaks.Wikileaks : l’État, le réseau et le territoire « Mais où est-ce qu'on est ?
“ Infowar ”, “ cyber warfare ”, “ opération riposte ”, “ guerre de l’information ”, … les titres couvrant l’affaire Wikileaks ont largement puisé dans le vocabulaire militaire pour décrire les événements qui ont suivi la publication des “ cables ” diplomatique par le site de Julian Assange . La multiplication des déclarations violentes de journalistes et hommes politiques à l’encontre de Wikileaks, l’acharnement des États a vouloir faire fermer le site en vain via les hébergeurs ou les fournisseurs de noms de domaines, et bien sûr la “riposte” des Anonymous par attaques DDoS, tout cela participe bien d’un climat de “guerre”. Mais quelle guerre ? Et surtout, pourquoi parle-t-on de “guerre” ?En quelques mois, Wikileaks a changé radicalement la vision de ce que sont des révélations journalistiques à l'heure d'Internet. La nouvelle guerre de l'information est en marche. Après avoir méticuleusement œuvré dans l’arrière-cour de l’administration américaine (en dévoilant la bavure d’un hélicoptère Apache de l’armée en Irak, puis en publiant des milliers de documents relatifs aux conflits afghan et irakien), WikiLeaks a définitivement enfoncé la porte de la sphère publique à la fin du mois de novembre.