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2010 veröffentlicht WikiLeaks das größte Leak der US-Militärgeschichte - das "Afghan War Diary" mitsamt Beweisen für Kriegsverbrechen und Folter. Kurz danach verdächtigt Schweden Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange der Vergewaltigung; die USA ermitteln verdeckt. Nach jahrelangem Botschaftsasyl überstellt ihn Ecuador 2019 der britischen Polizei. Die USA verlangen sofort seine Auslieferung wegen Spionage und Hacking und drohen mit 175 Jahren Haft. Für Nils Melzer, UN-Sonderberichterstatter für Folter, ist klar.

Cypherpunks are activists who advocate the widespread use of strong cryptography (writing in code) as a route to progressive change. Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of and visionary behind WikiLeaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since its inception in the 1980s. Now, Assange brings together a small group of cutting-edge thinkers and activists from the front line of the battle for cyber-space to discuss whether electronic communications will emancipate or enslave us.

Wer sind die Guten? Was geht Deutschland die Ukraine an? Und wie kommt es, dass ein gescheitertes Abkommen mit der EU zu einer der gefährlichsten Krisen geführt hat, die Europa in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten erlebte? Alles Putins Schuld? Oder ist die Wahrheit hinter diesem Konflikt, der nun den Frieden eines ganzen Kontinents bedroht, doch komplexer? Und welche Rolle spielen eigentlich die Medien? Sind sie noch unabhängige Berichterstatter oder längst selbst zur Partei geworden?

Am 11. April 2019 wurde der Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange aus der ecuadorianischen Botschaft, wo er Asyl gefunden hatte, in ein britisches Hochsicherheitsgefängnis verschleppt. Jetzt werden britische Gerichte über einen Auslieferungsantrag der USA entscheiden, die Assange eine Verschwörung mit Chelsea Manning zum Einbruch in Pentagon-Computer vorwerfen. Falls er ausgeliefert wird, könnten ihm weitere Anklagen nach dem "Spionage Act" und die Todesstrafe drohen. Und das nicht weil er kriminelle Taten begangen hat, sondern weil er solche enthüllt hat - im Irak, in Afganistan und anderswo.

In June 2011, Julian Assange received an unusual visitor: the chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, arrived from America at Ellingham Hall, the country residence in Norfolk, England where Assange was living under house arrest. For several hours the besieged leader of the world’s most famous insurgent publishing organization and the billionaire head of the world’s largest information empire locked horns.

In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture. In the aftermath, Julian Assange, the founder and spokesman of Wikileaks, found himself at the center of a media storm, accused of hacking and later sexual assault. He spent the next seven years in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fearful that he would be extradited to Sweden to face the accusations of assault and then sent to US.

Julian Assange: The Man Behind WikiLeaks Few individuals in modern times have been as controversial and polarizing as Julian Assange. As the founder and public face of WikiLeaks, the organization that published secret and classified government documents, Assange introduced the world to a new era of radical transparency through technology. To his supporters, Assange is a courageous whistleblower and defender of free speech. To his critics, he is a reckless cyberterrorist with little regard for the consequences of his actions. Regardless of one's personal views, Assange's story is an ...

Updates, analysis and interviews on the story of Julian Assange, who is currently incarcerated at HMP Belmarsh.

It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet messiah or a cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? The debate would echo around the globe as US politicians called for his assassination.

It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organisation WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power. Working closely with WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange and his organization for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy.