Julian Assange, hero or criminal ?

Who is Julian Assange? Born on 3rd July 1971 in Townsville, Queensland, is an Australian publisher, journalist, software developer and most importantly, internet activist. He is the editor in chief of the well known Wikileaks, which serves as a website for worldwide news leak.

Assange and his Wikileaks team has published various scandalous materials such as the extrajudical killing in Kenya, Iraq war documents, Afghan war documents. There is also the infamous Baghdad Airstrike video, full version included below :




So, Assange, hero or criminal ? He has reached out to the world, explaining why WikiLeaks is essential :

The response to Assange's actions has been mixed, some claim the act of revealing the secrets to the world is merely "freedom of speech", while some say it is a pathetic excuse (source) and call Assange "someone who purposely solicits and then publishes stolen secrets is no more a journalist than the street thug who pushes stolen goods in a legitimate and valued entrepreneur".

At the end of the day, WikiLeaks still has truly brought to us a brand new insight into what us humans are capable of, and to think of Assange as a hero or zero, it is entirely up to you.