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Assange turns on the Guardian over assault case coverage

Speaking to the Times this morning, Assange accuses the newpaper of "selectively publishing" leaked documents about sexual assault charges he faces in Sweden

Posted by Joel Gunter on 21/12/10

Reporters Without Borders to host mirror site for WikiLeaks

Press freedom group says the mirror site, which will launch tomorrow, is a 'gesture of support' for WikiLeaks

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 21/12/10

Defence fund set up for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange

The fund, set up by Assange's law firm Finers Stephens Innocent, will overseen by a voluntary committee including journalist and filmmaker John Pilger

Posted by Laura Oliver on 20/12/10

Michael Moore joins list of media figures offering bail surety for Julian Assange

Filmmaker is unable to attend Assange's bail hearing today but says he has wired money to the court in advance

Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/12/10

#cablegate: Media figures come to defence of Assange after arrest on sex charges

Journalist John Pilger yesterday offered bail surety for the WikiLeaks founder and Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith has pledged support

Posted by Laura Oliver on 08/12/10

#cablegate: Al-Jazeera an 'instrument of Qatari influence', according to leak

Broadcaster denies any outside influence on editorial policy, which it says is 'guided by the principles of the free press'

Posted by Laura Oliver on 06/12/10

#cablegate: Interview with WikiLeaks' Assange crashes Guardian website

Live chat with founder puts strain on news site

Posted by Laura Oliver on 03/12/10

#cablegate: How and why the world's media chose to publish the WikiLeaks embassy cables

WikiLeaks has once again partnered with media outlets around the world to gain maximum exposure for its latest leak. We look at the methods and motivations of those involved

Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/11/10

#cablegate: NYT cut out by WikiLeaks, forced to obtain cables from the Guardian

Guardian investigations editor reveals that his newspaper had to provide the Times with a copy of the emabassy cables after it failed to obtain one from WikiLeaks

Posted by Joel Gunter on 29/11/10

#cablegate: Newspapers playing a vital role in giving context to leak, says Rusbridger

Speaking on the Today programme this morning, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said that affiliate newspapers are essential to provide redactions and contest to WikiLeaks material

Posted by Laura Oliver on 29/11/10

#cablegate: Latest WikiLeaks release plunges US diplomats into damage limitation

Whistleblowing site publishes first batch of 250,000 secret diplomatic cables in another coordinated effort with media outlets around the world

Posted by Joel Gunter on 29/11/10

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#media140 - El Pais writer Joseba Elola 'witnessing history' with WikiLeaks

Elola spoke about the journey from arranging to meet with Julian Assange at the Media140 conference in Barcelona

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 14 April 2011

AP: WikiLeaks looking to enlist up to 60 more media partners

Julian Assange says he wants to reach beyond traditional media organisations to speed up the release of US embassy cables

Posted by Joel Gunter on 26 January 2011

Guardian forced to print embarrassing correction over WikiLeaks cable

An article in Comment if free heavily criticised WikiLeaks for publishing a US embassy cable that was put in the public domain by the Guardian

Posted by Joel Gunter on 13 January 2011

Guardian: Republicans seek congressional inquiry into WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks appears in a list of priorities for investigation by the House of Representatives' oversight committee in a partly political move aimed at the attorney general, Eric Holder

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 4 January 2011

Norwegian newspaper claims to have access to full trove of WikiLeaks cables

Views and News from Norway (VNN) claims that Aftenposten has possession of all the documents, despite WikiLeaks' strategy of drip-feeding them on its own website and through select media partners

Posted by Joel Gunter on 22 December 2010

Independent: Vaughan Smith - 'Why I'm sheltering Julian Assange'

Smith ponders the disservice to Julian Assange from the media 'with their stockings stuffed by WikiLeaks'

Posted by Laura Oliver on 15 December 2010

#cablegate: Judge permits tweeting from court in Assange bail hearing

Follow the court proceedings via our Storify

Posted by Laura Oliver on 14 December 2010

#cablegate: Newspaper editors on their part in the WikiLeaks cables release

Editors of Der Spiegel, New York times, Le Monde and El Pais write about reaction to Wikileaks stories in their titles

Posted by Laura Oliver on 10 December 2010

BBC: Pakistani newspapers publish fake embassy cables

English-language Express Tribune newspaper published a front-page retraction after being duped

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 10 December 2010

Guardian: WikiLeaks insider to publish memoirs in January

Daniel Domscheit-Berg tell-all book, Inside Wikileaks: My Time at the World's Most Dangerous Website is to be published by Econ Verlag

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 9 December 2010

Video: How the Guardian has protected #cablegate sources

The Guardian's database secures sensitive information, such as Wikileaks and protects and sources

Posted by Laura Oliver on 9 December 2010

Video: I would have published leaks, says Harry Evans

Evan was critical of WikiLeaks though, which he said had not done a responsible job of redaction

Posted by Joel Gunter on 8 December 2010

#cablegate: Is WikiLeaks a whistleblower?

News organisations put an end to the term 'whistleblower' to describe Wikileaks which displays leaked information

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 8 December 2010

Emily Bell: 'WikiLeaks has woken up journalism'

Bell writes how WikiLeaks and cablegate is forcing journalists and news organisations to assess their stance on the leaks

Posted by Laura Oliver on 8 December 2010

Comment: Joe Lieberman, the New York Times and the idea of 'bad citizenship'

Lieberman makes very clear his desire to see the organisation's founder Julian Assange extradited to the US and indicted by any means possible

Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010

#cablegate: WikiLeaks essential to a strong media, Assange argues in new op-ed

The Australian has published an op-ed piece by Julian Assange which quotes a young Rupert Murdoch saying: 'In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win.'

Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010

#cablegate: WikiLeaks appeals for support amid sustained cyber attacks

More than a week after WikiLeaks began publishing secret US diplomatic cables but the organisation continues to occupy the headlines amid mounting cyber attacks

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 7 December 2010

Comment is Free: Al-Jazeera is not Qatar's 'poodle'

Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mark Seddon responds to US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks that suggested the Arabic arm of the broadcaster has been used as a 'tool of foreign policy' by the Qatari government

Posted by Laura Oliver on 7 December 2010

Wired.com: 'Why WikiLeaks is good for America'

Wired.com editor-in-chief Evan Hansen writes in support of Wikileaks on the Threat Level blog despite being criticised by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Posted by Joel Gunter on 7 December 2010

Guardian.co.uk: 'Why we were right to publish the WikiLeaks embassy cables'

Readers' editor Chris Elliott weighs in on the newspaper's decision to partner WikiLeaks

Posted by Laura Oliver on 6 December 2010

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