“The vicious intimidation campaign against WikiLeaks is a dangerous attack on freedom of expression and the press. Top U.S. politicians have branded WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, and urged corporations to shut it down. Commentators have even suggested assassinating its staff.
“Whatever we think of WikiLeaks, legal experts say it has likely broken no laws, and the group works with leading newspapers (NYT, Guardian, Spiegel) to carefully vet what it publishes - so far less than 1% of the cables leaked to it.
“We urgently need a massive public outcry to defend our basic democratic freedoms.
“Sign the petition to stop the crackdown –
Let’s reach 1 million voices this week!”
AT http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=850535438&v=7730
PETITION
To the U.S. and other governments and corporations involved in the crackdown on WikiLeaks:
We call on you to stop the crackdown on WikiLeaks and its partners immediately. We urge you to respect democratic principles and laws of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. If WikiLeaks and the journalists it works with have violated any laws, they should be pursued in the courts with due process.
They should not be subjected to an extra-judicial campaign of intimidation.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=850535438&v=7730Notes
“Avaaz—meaning ‘voice’ in several European, Middle Eastern and Asian languages—launched in 2007 with a simple democratic mission: organize citizens of all nations to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want.… The Avaaz community campaigns in 14 languages, served by a core team on four continents and thousands of volunteers. We take action — signing petitions, funding media campaigns and direct actions, emailing, calling and lobbying governments, and organizing ‘offline’ protests and events — to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform the decisions that affect us all.”
AVAAZ. Org THE WORLD IN ACTION, http://www.avaaz.org/en/about.php
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