Julian Assange
Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, has been awarded an award “for exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights”
Mr Assange was given the Sydney Peace Medal at a ceremony at the Frontline Club in central London today.
The Sydney Peace Foundation said that it was making the award to recognise Mr in recognition of the need “for greater transparency and accountability of governments”.
Professor Stuart Rees, director of the foundation, said: “By challenging centuries old practices of government secrecy and by championing people’s right to know, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have created the potential for a new order in journalism and in the free flow of information.”
Speaking at the event, Mr Assange referred to whistleblowers as "heroes" and said that the website had played a "significant role" in the recent uprisings in north Africa by releasing US diplomatic cables about the region that were translated into Arabic and French.
He said that WikiLeaks was part of a England's historic "free speech traditions, these go back in the UK to the time of the English Civil War of the 1640s". He said: “The real value of this award, and the Sydney Peace Foundation is that it makes explicit the link between peace and justice.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Dr. Assange, you have saved lots of tax payers money in Tanzania! Since you leaked some inportants information, Some of the African leaders have reduced the number of unnecessarily world round trips. You are my hero the world has changed and all greedy leaders would be kicked out of power. We are heading to the safe world.
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