Two journalists were among 50 people killed by suicide bombers on December 6. Abdul Wanab, from Express News and Pervez Khan Waqt TV died and a third journalist Mohib Ali was injured in the attack on an administrative building in the town of...
Financial journalist Nick Kochan explains that whoever is masterminding the economic suffocation of Wikileaks is using the same tactics as those who target terrorist groups
Dr Ben Goldacre argues scientists must be able to critique drugs and medical devices without the risk of losing their home in an expensive and time-consuming libel case
US Attorney General Eric Holder has said that he has authorised investigations into the possibility of prosecuting those responsible for the Wikileaks Cablegate leaks. Speaking today (6 December), Holder said: "I personally authorized a number of...
Wikileaks is reporting that Swiss bank Post Finance has frozen an account set up for the legal defence of Julian Assange. The move follow's Paypal's freezing of Wikleaks' account last Friday (3 December) Read Wikileaks' statement here
As hundreds of mirror sites circumvent attempts at internet censorship of the Cablegate documents, Wikileaks journalist James Ball calls on the US to remember its principles on internet freedom
Students at the US's Columbia University have been warned that reading or sharing information from the Wikileaks Cablegate documents could jeopardise employment prospects with the State department and other government agencies. The email from the...
Private ownership of web hosting raises serious questions for free expression, says Jillian C York
Jo Glanville: Cablegate’s long-term meaning for free expression
Amazon yesterday pulled the plug on its hosting of Wikileaks after reported political pressure in the US. The whistleblowing site has since moved to new hosts. Read more here
An Interpol "red notice" has been issued for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, in connection with sex crime allegations in Sweden. The notice, while not amounting to an arrest warrant, requests that anyone aware of the subject should alert police....
Today in the High Court US medical device company NMT Medical was ordered to pay £200,000 into court in their libel action against cardiologist Dr Peter Wilmshurst. Master Foster ruled that if NMT Medical do not pay this money by 18 January 2010...
Index on Censorship has obtained copies of correspondence between whistleblowing website Wikileaks and the US State Department
Wikileaks: UK issues DA-Notice as US briefs allies on fresh leak