Australian TV presenter and online journalist Julian Assange (pictured) - a striking example of an individual who is not indifferent to the fate of humanity.He was one of the first brave souls who have made available to the people information about top-secret materials has told in detail about the spy scandal and war crimes of the great powers of the world, he published the numerous cases of corruption in the higher layers of government.For this he was persecuted, announced an international arrest warrant, has repeatedly been accused, arrested and tried.
Who is he - Julian Assange?As a simple journalist from Australia, he became the most powerful man in the international media?What are the goals it pursues?To whom working Julian Assange?Where is it located?On this and many other topics in the article.
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In spite of all the persecution and threats by the security services and other secret agencies of the world, Julian Assange continues to implement what is likely besides him, no one else can not do.The man - an example of boundless courage and confidence.Only a person with a keen sense of justice and a lack of fear is capable of what he did Julian Assange.Biography of the journalist suggests that the sense of duty to humanity for it has always been paramount.
childhood and early years
Julian Assange, whose biography is full of struggle for the truth, was born in the north-eastern Australia in Townsville on July 3 1971.Julian's parents - John and Christine Shipton Hawkins - met at a popular demonstration against the war in Vietnam.Childhood boys passed without a father, as they parted with his mother before he was born.First meeting with the pope was Julian when he was twenty-five.
In 1972, when his son barely a year old, Kristin Hawkins married Richard Assange, who served as director of a traveling theater.Since then, they have lived in constant moving.In 1979, the mother of Julian Assange broke up with and began a relationship with musician Leif Hamilton.Soon Julian appeared brother.As it turned out, her choice - a member of the sect "The Family", where it is accepted to give newborns its leader Enna Hamilton-Byrne.Fearing for the fact that she had taken away her son, the mother threw herself on the run.So five years younger Julian went wandering around the world.
Dangerous hobby
When Juliana was 16, he met with the programming.Together with like-minded friends, he created an organization of hackers, which he called «Worms Against Nuclear Killers».Members of the organization governed by a code: to share information without damaging the system.
In 1991, Juliana, together with his colleagues was arrested for breaking into a central repository of data telecommunications company in Canada «Nortel Networks».To deny their actions Assange did not and paid the company a small fine - the damage was insignificant.
When a young hacker entered the University of Melbourne for higher education, he discovered that all the processes in an institution controlled by the military, and therefore did not continue their studies.
After a while Julian Assange was accused of kidnapping five hundred thousand dollars from the account of "Citibank", but in the course of checking suspicions were not confirmed.
«WikiLeaks»
Julian Assange in 2006, became the founder of the so-called "factory of truth" - a site called WikiLeaks.The place where the main server will be based resource has been selected, Sweden, the most loyal of countries in relation to journalists.The first material, which appeared on the "Wikileaks" for dealing with the Islamic Court of Somalia with respect to the execution of government officials.
Later resource Assange began to appear, and other sensitive information: on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the secret documents of the Pentagon.Besides documentary materials, were published a video shooting of civilians, which resulted in an international scandal.
In October 2010, has been posted to the site over four documents relating to the war in Iraq.
In 2012, "WikiLeaks" were material evidence of the real state of affairs in Syria.The US government has accused of leaking information Private Army Bradley Manning.There is speculation that at the time when Manning worked as an analyst in Iraq, he brought a CD with music in the office and wrote on his archive of documents increased secrecy, which included footage of fire journalists.This disc he subsequently handed Assange for publication on "Wikileaks".It is not known whether this was in fact, because the team never resource reveals informants, worrying about their safety.Track source is practically impossible, since the information, before you get to the page in the "WikiLeaks" are duplicated at the same time on all servers in the resource.
Julian Assange.Biography.Persecution
administration of US President Barack Obama harshly criticized the owners of "Wikileaks" for the publication of the Syrian secret materials.In order their security team Assange published on the website references to classified documents a total of four gigabytes, protecting them with a password.WikiLeaks announced that they will remove the protection, and the information will become known throughout the world, if one of the key figures of the organization will suffer.
With the growing popularity of the resource "Wikileaks" and the growing interest in the personality of the founder of the secret services.In August 2010, in Sweden Assange was accused of sexual harassment, but the day after the publication on "Wikileaks" "Afghan dossier" charges were dropped.
In September of the same year the Swedish authorities again accused Assange in the failed rape.In November, the court ruled the arrest of Julian, but his lawyer appealed against this decision.The defendant moved to London, and in December the Interpol warrant was issued for his arrest, and Assange was put on the international wanted list.
December 7 Julian turned himself to the police station and was arrested.The reason for his arrest was the order, which is issued by Swedish prosecutors.Assange's lawyer explained the request for the extradition of his client's political motives.
week later, December 14, Assange was released from custody after bail size of 240 thousand pounds.Before the trial, which was scheduled for February 6, 2011, Julian Assange was in London under house arrest of the country.
court decision
Eventually London court decides on extradition of Julian in Sweden, despite the fact that Assange's lawyers tried several times to appeal this decision, because no formal charges brought against it so was not.The Swedish authorities argue that Julian Assange just want to interrogate and find out all the circumstances of the case.But the founder of "Wikileaks" fears that the Swedish authorities will be given its US.
In December 2010, it was announced that all bank accounts and accounts in international payment systems Assange frozen accounts of all employees "Wikileaks" social networking "Facebook" and "Twitter" blocked.In September 2012, the United States declared Julian Assange an enemy of the country.
political asylum in Ecuador
Foreign Minister of Ecuador in 2010 offered Assange political asylum.In August 2012, he took advantage of the offer and took refuge in the Embassy in London.The police is considered a violation of the agreements and reported that Assange arrested as soon as he leaves the embassy.
a half year Julian Assange is at the Embassy of Ecuador in London.There he lived in a small room in which there is a bed, bookcase, makeshift shower, a round table, a computer, a lamp with UV radiation, and the treadmill.Assange compares his dwelling in the embassy with a stay at the space station.Julian fills the shortage of sunlight by using an ultraviolet lamp and receiving vitamin D. Foods him bring the embassy staff and friends.
Julian Assange today feels good to be working seventeen hours a day, has been on the treadmill, speaks to his supporters, hosts.But the British government has a lot of money flew 20 months of careful surveillance of Assange - the taxpayers of his stay at the Embassy of Ecuador has a cost of eight million dollars.We can assume that Assange voluntarily will not come to Sweden.And if he will be in the embassy as long as the statute of limitations expires claim (2022), for the UK it could cost more than sixty million dollars.
Public reaction to the arrest of Julian Assange
Community members Anonymous, calling themselves "enemies of the enemies" WikiLeaks ", said on Twitter that take the responsibility for cyber attacks all those who in some way contributed to the arrest of Julian Assange. AmongInternet resources were subjected to cyber attacks, turned out to be: the Interpol website, the website of the Swedish Government, the United States, Australia and France, the platform Amazon.com, on servers that worked for a while "Wikileaks" and was subsequently evicted, payment system PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, the site of the Swedish prosecutor's office and other resources and the accounts of participating or contributing to the arrest of Assange.
Autobiography Julian Assange
According to the author, writing a book was a necessary measure due to the financial difficulties of his team. It was necessary to compensate for the huge costs of serviceslawyers in the struggle for justice. It is expected that such a literary work will cost dearly, and he was right.He managed to sell the rights to publish the book for a million pounds.
Autobiography, to the astonishment of Julian, was very dramatic.When Julian Assange read the draft version of the book, I decided to cancel its publication - too much of it was personal.The author went against the rules and said that he wished to terminate the contract with the publishing house, despite the fact that he had already been paid out rather big advance that he also had to spend.The book is already expected in 38 countries.Therefore, the management of the publishing house went on a desperate step - to pay back in the same coin.Julian Assange's autobiography was published without his consent.
film "The Fifth Estate»
recently rolled out a film about the founder of Wikileaks, which was created by Entertainment Weekly.Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg, after meeting with the script of films called it outright lie-budget.According to them, these pictures are removed by order of the corrupt structures with a purpose and contain incorrect, misleading and dangerous information.The "fifth power" Assange saw anti-Iranian propaganda.The film begins with a scene evidence to show that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.Then the action moved to Cairo, where an Iranian nuclear scientist reported CIA agent that the bomb tests will be carried out after six months.But US intelligence has long confirmed the absence of nuclear weapons in Iran, as noted by Julian Assange.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the main role in the film.Besides him, the picture involved such actors as Anthony Mackie, Daniel Brühl, Alicia Vikander, Laura Linney.As the basis for the film were used investigative reporter Luke Harding and David Lee and autobiographical story hacker who worked for WikiLeaks, Daniel Domshtayn Berg.Director of the film was the famous Bill Condon.
Life
Infamous hacker Julian Assange was married at 16 to a girl Theresa, who bore him a son Daniel in 1989.For fourteen years, Julian himself to raise a child.Now he rarely sees his son, but he does not take offense at his father, and in all its support.Shortly before his arrest Julian officially divorced Teresa.
