Author Archives: wiseupwales

Shooting the messengers to protect the powerful: Child abuse, corruption, war crimes, whistleblowers and WikiLeaks – a Welsh perspective

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Dedicated to Alison Taylor, who kept blowing the whistle in north Wales until people had no choice but to listen, and to whistleblowers everywhere. Waterhouse not fit for purpose In the wake of the outing of the late Jimmy Savile … Continue reading

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Random acts of solidarity: Free Bradley Manning and Julian Assange!

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‘Free Assange’ balloons in Parliament Square Photo taken from arbolioto blog. Hope you don’t mind. Great visual action with Big Ben as the backdrop! ‘Free Manning’, ‘Free Assange’ messages at Wrexham Peace Day events Solidarity banners were displayed on the … Continue reading

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Solidarity in Cardiff with Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and Palestine

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by John Harris We shared a stall on Queen Street in Cardiff on Saturday 15th September with Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign (also here for those on facebook). Several people were interested in the Support Bradley campaign in Wales. A few … Continue reading

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Solidarity for Bradley Manning and Julian Assange at Embassy Vigil from Activist and Writer Aidan Ricketts

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On Thursday 6th September a small group were present at the embassy vigil showing support for Bradley Manning while multiple events were taking place across the US and the rest of the world. As things were winding down, Australian activist, … Continue reading

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3 September: Julian Assange / Ecuador Embassy update

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Since 16th August a committed group of activists from Occupy, Anonymous and other individuals have been maintaining a continual presence opposite the Ecuadorian embassy, enhancing and invigorating the existing daily vigil undertaken by people from the WISE Up network and … Continue reading

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Bradley Manning’s Aug 28-30 pretrial hearing at Fort Meade: Solidarity and reports from court

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by Genny Bove Courtroom illustrations by Clark Stoeckley of WikiLeaks Mobile Information Collection Unit Bradley Manning has been back in court at Fort Meade this week for another in the series of court martial pretrial hearings. This one was an … Continue reading

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Bradley Manning Seeds of Truth project blooms in Wales

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Genny Bove Plant Seeds of Truth for Bradley Manning Back in May, I reported on CODEPINK Kansas’ collaborative art project Plant Seeds of Truth that invited people to sow sunflower seeds, to take photos when the plants were tiny and … Continue reading

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Sat 25 Aug: Free Manning! Stand for Assange! Two Vigils

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Veterans for Peace UK have called a vigil for Bradley Manning on Saturday 25 August at the US Embassy in London that will then continue to join the ongoing vigil for Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy. See the VfP … Continue reading

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Julian Assange addresses his supporters from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London

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Sunday 19 August 2012 Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for Julian’s first public appearance since taking refuge there and seeking asylum in Ecuador exactly two months ago. Ecuador announced its decision to … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS: Asylum has been granted by Ecuador to Julian Assange

Strong statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño Aroca, granting Julian Assange asylum in Ecuador as per his request. CALL OUT Vigil at the Ecuadorian Embassy Thursday 16 August from midday Where? 3 Hans … Continue reading

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