Schlagwort: press freedom
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WikiLeaks: The US is indeed investigating Assange for publishing secret information, DOJ letter suggests
Death penalty for journalism? Assange and Domscheit-Berg in 2009. WikiLeaks: The US is indeed investigating Assange for publishing secret information, DOJ letter suggests The United States is officially charging Julian Assange for hacking, a crime seemingly perfect for extradition. However, the US Attorney’s Office is also investigating him for „obtaining and disseminating secret information“, punishable by death. That is what the Department of Justice wrote in a letter we now publish.
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: Demo on 1st August: For Fundamental Rights and Press Freedom – against the intimidation of netzpolitik.org and its sources
: Demo on 1st August: For Fundamental Rights and Press Freedom – against the intimidation of netzpolitik.org and its sources The investigations of the Federal General Attorney against the journalists Andre Meister und Markus Beckedahl are not only an attack on the critical reporting of netzpolitik.org. They are an attack on press freedom in general and a try to intimidate all journalists and whistleblowers. For good reasons, the fundamental right to press freedom was always ranked higher than the interest of the state in keeping things secret.