Wikileaks celebrates 5th anniversaryOctober 5, 2011 - 18:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Wikileaks, the politically complicated organization that says it "opens governments" by posting secret documents online, celebrated its 5th birthday yesterday. A lightning rod for criticism since beginning to post a huge trove of US State Department files one year ago next month, the organization has also won numerous awards around the world for exposing the wrong-doing of other governments and powerful corporations. Wikileaks has faced extensive criticism for its security practices, its alleged recklessness and for having an adverse impact on international diplomacy. Wikileaks leader Julian Assange marked 300 days under house arrest facing extradition from the UK for alleged sexual assault. Alleged leaker of the State Department documents Bradley Maaning has been held even longer. Neither has faced trial. The organization, though, exposes undeniable evidence of wrongdoings by parties in power with every set of documents it releases. That those wrongdoings receive so little attention relative to the controversial little organization itself may be attributable to the same servile, traumatized indifference to goodness and fairness that is likely at the root of the exposed abuses of power themselves, ReadWrite Web reported. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |