8 Jun 2010 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features
Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted that he had given a classified US combat video and top secret State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks. Brad Manning is alleged to have leaked a video depicting a fatal helicopter attack on Iraqi civilians, including Reuters journalists. A former hacker said he turned Manning in out of concern for US national security. According to Manning’s family, the intelligence analyst is being held in custody in Kuwait but has not yet been charged. Wikileaks has claimed it does not know the identity of the person who leaked the video.
27 Apr 2010 | Index Index, minipost
Police in California have been accused of breaking the state’s journalist shield law. On Sunday, officers seized computers belonging to Jason Chen, the editor of technology blog Gizmodo, which released details of Apple’s latest iPhone. State law prohibits the confiscation of journalists’ property in order to discover their sources. But prosecutors are considering charging Chen and the person who sold him the iPhone under a law that prohibits the sale of stolen goods and the use of stolen property. Chen paid a middleman $5000 for a prototype of the device, which was left in a California bar by an Apple employee.
10 Feb 2010 | Comment, News and features, United Kingdom
Miliband forced to reveal secret torture evidence in Binyam Mohamed case. Index on Censorship party to key test of open justice
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26 Aug 2009 | Index Index, minipost
Stars and Stripes military newspaper has reported that US army commanders in Afghanistan are rejecting requests from reporters who want to “embed” with troops because their prior coverage was considered to be negative. Read more here
