Julian Assange Internet Wars 11.12.10

There is so much WikiLeaks information currently being published out on the internet that one is spoilt for choice.  In this Update, we provide our readers with hands-on levers - the links for how to interact and make a difference. From the WikiLeaks support rallies now announced in different countries around the world, that hacker tool being so successfully deployed by the grassroots as payback for the cowardice displayed by Amazon, Master Card, PayPal, Visa et al in their business dealings with WikiLeaks and what the Wandsworth Prison inmates think of their co-resident, Julian Assange. There's never a dull moment with WikiLeaks. Keep them strong!

Information Release, The One Click Group

Has Accuser Anna Ardin Ceased To Co-Operate With The Assange Prosecution?

Assange accuser Anna Ardin

(Caption & Pic Courtesy Of One Click)

Anna Ardin, one of the two complainants in the rape and sexual assault case against WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange, has left Sweden, and may have ceased actively co-operating with the Swedish prosecution service and her own lawyer, sources in Sweden told Crikey. The move comes amid a growing campaign by leading Western feminists to question the investigation, and renewed confusion as to whether Sweden has actually issued charges against Assange. Naomi Klein, Naomi Wolf, and the European group Women Against Rape, have all made statements questioning the nature and purpose of the prosecution. Ardin, who also goes by the name Bernardin, has moved to the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories, as part of a Christian outreach group, aimed at bringing reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis. One source from Ardin’s old university of Uppsala reported rumours that she had stopped co-operating with the prosecution service several weeks a go, and that this was part of the reason for the long delay in proceeding with charges?—?and what still appears to be an absence of charges. News of Ardin/Bernardin’s departure comes as reports circulate of Ardin’s connection to the right-wing Cuban exile community in Miami, something that Crikey readers learnt of months ago. Ardin’s move and confusion over her involvement and the real status of the charges against Assange come as the campaign questioning the charges against him has come to include a number of leading feminist activists.

Guy Rundle, Crikey

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Information Release, Anna Ardin