The US government SHOULD stop prosecuting WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange for undermining press freedom, according to the media organizations that first helped him publish the leaked information.
Twelve years ago, like today, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel και η El Pais συνεργάστηκαν για τη δημοσιοποίηση αποσπασμάτων από 250.000 έγγραφα που έλαβε ο Assange στη διαρροή “cable gate".
The material, which was leaked to WikiLeaks by the then American soldier Chelsea Manning, revealed the inner workings of American diplomacy around the world.
The editors and publishers of the media organizations that first published these revelations came together to publicly oppose plans to charge Assange under a law designed to prosecute World War I spies.
"Publication is not a crime," the media reported, saying the prosecution was a direct attack on media freedom.
