CALL TO ACTION
PLEASE SIGN PETITION!
PLEASE SIGN PETITION!
Dear friends,
 The chilling intimidation campaign against WikiLeaks is an attack on freedom of the press and democracy. We urgently need a massive public outcry to stop the crackdown -- let's get 1 million voices this week!  |
The massive campaign of intimidation against WikiLeaks is sending a chill through free press advocates everywhere.
Legal experts say WikiLeaks has broken no laws. Yet top US politicians have called it a terrorist organization and suggested assassination
The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy. We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression. of its staff, and the organization has come under massive government and corporate attack. But WikiLeaks is only publishing information passed to them by a whistleblower. And they're partnered with the world's leading newspapers to carefully vet the information they publish. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone -- let's get 1 million voices this week!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/
WikiLeaks isn't acting alone -- it's partnered with the top newspapers in the world (New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc) to carefully review 250,000 US diplomatic cables and remove any information that it is irresponsible to publish. Only 800 cables have been published so far. Past wikiLeaks publications have exposed government-backed torture, the murder of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and corporate corruption.
The US government is currently pursuing all legal avenues it has to stop WikiLeaks from publishing more cables, but the laws of democracies protect freedom of the press. The US and other governments may not like the laws that protect our freedom of expression, but that's exactly why it's so important that we have them, and why only a democratic process can change them.
Reasonable people can disagree on whether WikiLeaks is releasing more information than the public should see. Whether it undermines diplomatic confidentiality and whether that's a good thing. Whether its founder Julian Assange has the personal character of a hero or a villain. But none of this justifies a vicious campaign of intimidation to silence a legal media outlet by governments and corporations. Click below to join the call to stop the crackdown:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/
Ever wonder why the media so rarely gives the full story of what happens behind the scenes? This is why - because when they do, governments can be vicious in their response. And when that happens, it's up to the public to stand up for our democratic rights to a free press and freedom of expression. Never has there been a more vital time for us to do so.
With hope,
Ricken, Emma, Alex, Alice, Maria Paz and the rest of the Avaaz team.
SOURCES:
Cyber guerrillas can help US (Financial Times)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
Amazon drops WikiLeaks under political pressure (Yahoo)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
"WikiLeaks avenged by hacktivists" (PC World):
http://www.pcworld.com/
US Gov shows true control over Internet with WikiLeaks containment (Tippett.org)
http://www.tippett.org/2010/
Law experts say WikiLeaks in the clear (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/
US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
WikiLeaks ditched by MasterCard, Visa. Who's next? (The Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/
WikiLeaks are a bunch of terrorists, says leading U.S. congressman (Mail Online)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Assange's Interpol Warrant Is for Having Sex Without a Condom (The Slatest)
http://slatest.slate.com/id/
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