IIRC this bias was mentioned by one of the former Wikileaks insiders who said Assange was actively preventing publication of Russian leaks received by the project:
“We had several leaks sent to Wikileaks, including the Russian hack. It would have exposed Russian activities and shown WikiLeaks was not controlled by Russian security services,” the source who provided the messages wrote to FP. “Many Wikileaks staff and volunteers or their families suffered at the hands of Russian corruption and cruelty, we were sure Wikileaks would release it. Assange gave excuse after excuse.”
If you followed the project like I did, the bias was quite obvious for for years all you had was a circumstantial impression of bias. Then after 2014 this changed in the way that they no longer merely skipped any serious Russian leaks but actually started posting Russian fakes (like the ones about MH17, which was especially disgusting). Then there was this interview which was like “a-ha!” moment.
@kravietz As I see it the entire deal about Assange was exactly this - that journalist who uncovered war crimes was prosecuted and jailed.
He might have done other things intentionally or not but they wasn't what attracted the attention to this situation. The problem wasn't with Assange himself but with this situation in general.
Also I wonder if one is related to another. I mean when your government goes after you for exposing something which you consider to be public interest you are more likely to fall under influence or strike deals with the opposing side so to speak. Not the first time.
punishing him in this unjust way
What exactly you’re calling a “punishment”?
So they can finger point and say
Russia produces an endless stream of nonsense. We have our brains specifically in order to distinguish what Russia says from the reality 🤷
There was plenty of documents related to Russia that Wikileaks received but withheld. In one case Wikileaks staff has actually sold the leaks they received back to Russia and Belarus, leading to imprisonment of the whistleblowers.
As for your “normal criteria for authenticity”, please check the below screenshot I made with my own hands when #Wikileaks hastily vetted for the authenticity of #MacronLeaks which came out to be a carefully prepared fake 😂
I don’t need US to consider him a scumbag 🤷
Das Gegenargument gegen die Strafverfolgung gegen Assange hat nichts mit ihm zu tun, sondern damit ob man will, dass Veröffentlichungen von Nicht-Staatsbürgern eines Landes ausserhalb der Jurisdiktion eines Landes strafverfolgt werden können sollen. Mit EXAKT dem gleichen Recht könnte auch Nordkorea Menschen aus Europa strafverfolgen, wenn sie sich in Europa kritisch zu Kim Jong Un äußern.
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