julian | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png julian | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Updated: UN rules in Julian Assange’s favour – he may walk free https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/updated-un-rules-in-julian-assanges-favour-he-may-walk-free/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/updated-un-rules-in-julian-assanges-favour-he-may-walk-free/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:21:23 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=282807 Update: The BBC is now reporting that a day before the official announcement, the UN is said to have ruled in Assange's favour. Original Story: Wikileaks founder and long-time resident of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange, has said that he will hand himself over to police if a UN planel rules on Friday, …

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Update: The BBC is now reporting that a day before the official announcement, the UN is said to have ruled in Assange's favour.

Original Story: Wikileaks founder and long-time resident of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Julian Assange, has said that he will hand himself over to police if a UN planel rules on Friday, that he has now been unlawfully detained. Despite having spent more than three years in his sanctuary, this comes just a few months after 24/7 police surveillance was pulled from outside the embassy.

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Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012, where he fled after he was sought by British police in an effort to extradite him to Sweden where he faces charges of sexual assault. However Assange has always maintained that that was a cover to get him to Sweden, where he could then be extradited to the U.S. to face worse charges for his leaking of sensitive documents through the Wikileaks website.

To combat this, Assange filed a claim with the UN in 2014, complaining that he was being “arbitrarily detained,” because he was unable to leave the embassy without fear of arrest. The position from the British government is that it still has an obligation to arrest Assange on sight if he leaves the building, but it will now be down to the UN whether that takes place or not, as the ruling is due on Friday, 5th February (as per BBC).

If it rules in his favour, Assange says that he wants his passport and other possessions returned to him, as well as a halt of all attempts to arrest him. However should it go against him, with no other avenues of complaint, Assange will hand himself over to the authorities, he said in an address via the Wikileaks Twitter.

If Assange does walk free, it's not clear how that would affect plans to question him within the Ecuadorian embassy. Presumably even if his confinement to the embassy were considered unlawful, he would still have active charges against him in Sweden.

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KitGuru Says: It will be interesting to see how the outcome of this effects Wikileaks. Here's hoping its infrastructure is solid enough to continue without Assange if needed. 

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Amazon avoid DDOS attack and Wikileaks book is pulled https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/jules/amazon-avoid-ddos-attack-and-wikileaks-book-is-pulled/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/jules/amazon-avoid-ddos-attack-and-wikileaks-book-is-pulled/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:03:52 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=26058 Amazon have denyed removing am e-book detailing Wikileaks conspiracies saying that the author himself removed it from sale. An Amazon spokesperson said “We did not remove the title, and are verifying that it was removed from sale by the author.” Amazon were also fortunate to escape a denial of service attack from ‘Operation Payback' after …

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Amazon have denyed removing am e-book detailing Wikileaks conspiracies saying that the author himself removed it from sale.

An Amazon spokesperson said “We did not remove the title, and are verifying that it was removed from sale by the author.” Amazon were also fortunate to escape a denial of service attack from ‘Operation Payback' after the group were not able to gain enough support for the objective and then switched their focus to PayPal, who also pulled their support for Wikileaks donations. Operation Payback announced earlier via their Twitter Feed “TARGET: WWW.AMAZON.COM.”

The e-book entitled “Wikileaks documents expose US foreign policy conspiracies' was removed from download on Amazon's UK web site. Many people had commented on the fact that Amazon were continuing to host the book, but refused to allow Wikileaks servers to remain active.

Amazon have been clear to point out that the ebook was not pulled by themselves, as it didn't contain any of the cables published by Wikileaks. “This book contains commentary and analysis regarding recent WikiLeaks disclosures, not the original material disclosed via the WikiLeaks website”, they said on the product detail page.

This is not the first time Amazon have been subject to public discussion after they allowed the sale of a book discussing pedophila, which was later removed.

KitGuru says: Amazon are the center point for many unhappy groups right now.

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