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Interpol notice for WikiLeaks founderPosted by Joel Martinsen on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, is wanted by Interpol, today's Dongguan Times announces under the headline "You Know Too Much". The framing of the story, with Assange's mouth blocked in the front-page image and an inside page headline quoting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin charge that WikiLeaks had been deceived, give the impression that Interpol's "Red Notice" was issued in response to the website's whistle-blowing activities. In July, the website published a huge cache of confidential documents dealing with American activities in Afghanistan and Iraq, and this week it released 250,000 classified diplomatic cables. The actual reason — Swedish prosecutors are seeking Assange in connection to allegations of sex crimes and requested the international police organization's help in extraditing him — is first mentioned in the story's third paragraph, by which point the reader is inclined to believe the theory that the charges are part of a smear campaign against WikiLeaks. Today's top headline: "Public and private kindergartens may adopt unified pricing." A three-year nationwide early-education campaign has kicked off, and Dongguan is doing its part to solve the problem of expensive kindergartens. It has the ambitious goal of satisfying the public within five years. Links and Sources
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Comments on Interpol notice for WikiLeaks founder
This article is not correct. Assange has not been charged with any sex offence. The Swedish authorities merely want to question him. Please keep to fact!
[Edited. Thanks. --JM]
Ms. Hillary want him dead! Brazil my look good for him. Get out before they get you
Just watch the dirt fly for Mr Assange as they'll try any trumped up charge on him.
Come to Pakiland Julian, its a good place to hide out for decades and run ur operations of wikileaks..
I'll be glad to find u the best accomodation with a dedicated satellite internet line for ur server as well.
@Mr. R:
Maybe you can room him up next door to Bin Laden
I would like to see The Guardian Release special edition version maybe on a sunday charge 5 quid for the paper, and include a DVD of Julian Assanges Insurance files on a DVD inside the paper. This way guardian can make some money for the great work they have done, and also insure if something happens to Julian everyone in UK has a copy of the DVD, awaiting for the password to decrypt the file.
JULIAN ALL THE WORLD LOVES YOU!
AND ALL WILL HELP TO YOU! YOU ARE OUR HERO!
long live Assange!!!!
I just can't believe the actual charge they laid against him. What is sex by surprise? and why is he prosecuted in the UK when it is a violation of Swedish law?