Julian Assange's backers lose £200,000 bail money:
Julian Assange's high profile backers, including socialite Jemima Khan, are understood to have lost the £200,000 they posted for his bail as he remains holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Ref. Source 9
Julian Assange makes UN appearance
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was beamed live by satellite from within the Ecuadorean embassy in London to Wednesday's United Nations forum, when he called on the United States government to end its pursuit of his whistleblower website. Ref. Source 3
WikiLeaks releases hacked US detention files
The WikiLeaks website overnight began publishing what it says are more than 100 United States Defense Department files detailing military detention policies in camps in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay in the years after the September 11 attacks on US targets. Ref. Source 1
Assange to run for Australian Senate, start Wikileaks party :
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he intends to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in next year's federal election and will announce the formation of a WikiLeaks party. He made the announcement from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Ref. Source 5
US prosecutors go all-out against Manning, claim bin Laden benefitted from WikiLeaks:
US prosecutors are set to call a Navy SEAL - possibly one who participated in the killing of Osama bin Laden - to testify against alleged whistleblower Bradley Manning to prove he 'aided the enemy,' a crime punishable by death in the US. Ref. Source 2
Bradley Manning Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize: Icelandic MP:
Video and transcript: Bradley Manning's statements during his guilty plea prove that he is hero who truly deserves the Nobel Peace prize, Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir told RT, stressing that the mainstream media cannot afford to ignore his case. Ref. Source 1