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2013 Peoples Choice Award
Global Exchange is please to announce the 2013 Peoples Choice Award to Julian Assange and Wikileaks
Wikileaks is a valuable tool for human rights activists the world over. Wikileaks helps whistle blowers bring forth information that is vital to public debate. They have helped push stories hidden by secretive governments or ignored by corporate oriented media to the fore.
Examples include exposure of insider trading at JP Morgan and the censorship of UK media outlets including BBC and the Independent. Wikileaks also revealed the inner dysfunction of Copenhagen climate negotiations and gave content to discontent that sparked the early Arab Spring protests. The shocking Collateral Murder video depicted alleged war crimes by U.S. airmen, who appear to knowingly shoot innocent Iraqis from the air.
http://humanrightsaward.org/2013-peoples-choice/
(This is the entire story, but do check out the page and what the awards are all about)
Mira
(22,380 posts)thanks for bringing it to my attention. I was waiting for really good news. This was it, at least for starters. Recommended
djean111
(14,255 posts)Thanks for this.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)Assange and Manning, and ALL Whitleblowers are heroes protecting our Democracy.
Governments that operate in secrecy are not democratic.
They are Authoritarian.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)thank you.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Excellent news.