Talking about the USA and journalism, Assange asked Obama "to do the right thing". Also Assange described jurnalism. He said that "the freedom of expression and the health of all of our societies" stand under threat, as Wikileaks. "As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of all of our societies" "I ask President Obama to do the right thing: the United States must renounce its witch-hunt against WikiLeaks".
The impact of Wikileaks within Spain has been huge
Thousands of people have rallied in front of the British Embassy in
Madrid asking for the release of Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder,
for releasing more than 250,000 US government cables. They re-criminated
the British government for trying to silence Assange and extradite him
to the US.
The Protesters called for "the re-establishment of the
Wikileaks Internet domain", and the restoration of credit card services
that stopped working with the whistleblower website. According to them, the UK in particular seems firm to block the free flow of information at every turn. Many also showed anger towards the British government for always covering up illegal US actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The
impact of Wikileaks within Spain has been huge, it has revealed that
the US embassy in Madrid has tried to influence judges, the government,
and prosecutors in cases involving US citizens. One involved a
detainee in Guantanamo, another covered secret CIA flights in Spain. One
even revealed the case of a journalist, Jose Couso, who was killed by
US soldiers in Iraq. It showed that the Spanish government told US
diplomats they would try to close down the case while at the same time
telling the family of the slain journalist that they would do everything
they could to solve it. This has been difficult for the Socialist
government to explain. Madrid and other Spanish cities have joined
voices against the British government for its prosecution of Jullian
Assange, founder of Wikileaks and its constant meddling in International
affairs especially when it concerns what they call covering up US
crimes and mischief.
