Press
Press
This section is a resource of people to go to for comment on the following topics:
- Official Representatives
- WikiLeaks
- Julian Assange
- Freedom of Press
- Sweden(for a more comprehensive list of people to go to for comment about Sweden please visit The dedicated page at SwedenVersusAssange.com)
- The WikiLeaks Roundtable
The commentators listed and their details listed are publically available
Official Representatives
Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
g.robertson@doughtystreet.co.uk
Helena Kennedy QC
Is a leading barrister and an expert in human rights law, civil
liberties and constitutional issues. She has adivsed extensively in
Julian Assange’s case.
info@helenakennedy.co.uk, +44 (0)20 7840 8540
John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
pilgereditor@gmail.com
Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, gavin@tcij.org
Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200
James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
jdcatlin@vicbar.com.au
WikiLeaks
John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
pilgereditor@gmail.com
Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
_+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, gavin@tcij.org
Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political
activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
ellsbergpress@gmail.com
Glenn Greenwald
Columnist/Blogger/Constitutional lawyer. Has a very strong understanding of WikiLeaks issues and Manning case.
+1 (646) 400-5600 (Salon New York office) ggreenwald@salon.com
Stefania Maurizi
Italian journalist at L’Espresso. Has worked with WikiLeaks on many releases and is a big free speech and transparency advocate.
Alan Dersowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, interested in press inquiries
related to litigation/Trials/Criminal Process and freedom of speech.
dersh@law.harvard.edu
Mwali Mati
Director of Mars Group Kenya, Ltd. a Leadership, Governance and
Accountability Organization that is dedicated to ending dictatorial
impunity and re-establishing democratic accountability in Kenya.
mmati@marsgroupkenya.org
Andy Müller-Maguhn
Concentrates on technological and social developments in the area of
electronic networks. He has been a member of the Chaos Computer Club
since the early eighties and serves on its board. The main part of this
work lies within the future-compatible structures and lifeforms and in
the attempt to support those developments through transparency
andy@ccc.de
Greg Mitchell
Writer for The Nation. Writes a lot on WikiLeaks and wrote the first book to be published on WikiLeaks
+1 212-209-5400, epic1934@aol.com
Tim Wu
Professor at Columbia Law School, chair of media reform organization
Free Press, and writes for Slate magazine. Wrote “Drop the case against
Assange” in Foreign Policy
www.timwu.org, go@timwu.org
Jemima Goldsmith
Political activist, campaigner and journalist. Believes it is the citizen’s right to be told the truth.
Ray McGovern
Retired CIA officer/Political activist. Can comment on attacks by the US administration against Assange and WikiLeaks
+1 (707) 629-3683, rmcgovern@slschool.org, vips@counterpunch.org
Rick Falkvinge
Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party, which has representation in the European parliament.
rick.falkvinge@piratpartiet.se
Evgeny Morozov
Author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom.
Morozov is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a
Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation. He is a contributing
editor to Foreign Policy and Boston Review and was formerly a Yahoo!
fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown
University and a fellow at George Soros’s Open Society Institute, where
he remains on the board of the Information Program
evgeny.morozov@gmail.com
Paul Alan Levy
Lawyer, Public Citizen Litigation Group. He acted in the Bank Julius
Baer case and is also a strong free speech laywer for Ralf Nader’s
Citizen.org
+1 (202) 588-1000, plevy@citizen.org
Ann Brick
Representative/American Civil Liberties Union. Believes in the
public’s right to know and spoke out in favour of WikiLeaks in the
Julius Baer case
+1 (415) 621-2493, abrick@aclunc.org
Julie Turner
Julie Turner is a lawyer who has been representing both plaintiffs
and defendants in intellectual property and commercial litigation
matters. She has litigated numerous patent, copyright, trademark and
trade secret cases. She can be contacted to discuss freedom of speech
and technology.
jturner@julieturnerlaw.com, +1 650-494-1530
Bianca Jagger
Is known for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human
rights, social justice and environmental protection.. She has said she
is "very concerned this case has been politicised"
Andrew Wilkie MP
A well-known campaigner for truth in politics. He has published a
best-selling book – Axis of Deceit – about the dishonesty behind the
Iraq war and undertaken numerous speaking engagements in Australia, the
UK, the US and New Zealand. He defended Julian Assange and said
"Whistleblowers like WikiLeaks need protection"
andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au, www.greenleft.org.au
Louise Connor
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Secretary of the Victoria
Branch of the union, the main body representing Australian journalists
and Julian’s journalist union, who has publicly campaigned for him
+61 1300 656 512
Michael Moore
Filmmaker. He believes WikiLeaks performs an important public service
+1 (310) 248-2000 (Ari Emanuel, Endeavor Agency), mike@michaelmoore.com
Oliver Spencer ARTICLE 19
Global Campaign for Free Expression
+44 (0)20 7324 2517, info@article19.org
Richard Renner
National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund. He can comment on whistleblowers
+1 (202) 342-1903, rr@whistleblowers.org
Clay Shirky
Writer/Consultant/Lecture
+1 (718) 928-6567, clay@shirky.com, info@shirky.com
International Freedom of Expression eXchange
+1 416 515 9622, ifex@ifex.org
Maximilian C. Forte
Associate Professor in Anthropology, Concordia University. Follows WikiLeaks and Assange issues closely
+1 (514) 848-2424 ext. 5567, mforte@alcor.concordia.ca, max.forte@openanthropology.org
Larry Flynt
American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications
(LFP). Free Speech Activist. He comments on freedom of speech issues. He
pledged $50k to defend Julian
+1 (212)-586-2711
Anthony Loewenstein
Political activist, freelance journalist, author and blogger based
in Sydney. He comments on how the Australian government should support
Australian citizens
+61 402 893 690, antloew@gmail.com
Brett Solomon
Spokesperson for Get up
+61 415 182 402, media@getup.org.au
Christian Christensen
Associate Professor, Uppsala Universitet/Author. Current research
includes studies on social media and conflict. He can comment on
WikiLeaks
+46 18-471 7113, christian.christensen@im.uu.se
Dave Winer
Visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.
Pioneered the development of weblogs; former contributing editor at
Wired Magazine and comments on WikiLeaks
+1 (212)-998-7980, scriptingnews1mail@gmail.com
Julian Assange
Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
g.robertson@doughtystreet.co.uk
Helena Kennedy QC
Is a leading barrister and an expert in human rights law, civil
liberties and constitutional issues. She has adivsed extensively in
Julian Assange’s case.
info@helenakennedy.co.uk, +44 (0)20 7840 8540
James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
jdcatlin@vicbar.com.au
Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200
John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
pilgereditor@gmail.com
Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, gavin@tcij.org
Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political
activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
ellsbergpress@gmail.com
Alan Dersowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, interested in press inquiries
related to litigation/Trials/Criminal Process and freedom of speech.
dersh@law.harvard.edu
Julian Burnside QC
Lawyer and defender of universal human rights under the law. While
specialising in commercial litigation, Mr Burnside has acted pro bono in
many human rights cases. He said that Assange and WikiLeaks had “done
nothing wrong” in publishing leaked documents. The Gillard government,
he said, had “betrayed one of our own citizens.”
burnside@vicbar.com.au
Mwali Mati
Director of Mars Group Kenya, Ltd. a Leadership, Governance and
Accountability Organization that is dedicated to ending dictatorial
impunity and re-establishing democratic accountability in Kenya.
mmati@marsgroupkenya.org
Andy Müller-Maguhn
Concentrates on technological and social developments in the area of
electronic networks. He has been a member of the Chaos Computer Club
since the early eighties and serves on its board. The main part of this
work lies within the future-compatible structures and lifeforms and in
the attempt to support those developments through transparency
andy@ccc.de
Tim Wu
Professor at Columbia Law School, chair of media reform organization
Free Press, and writes for Slate magazine. Wrote “Drop the case against
Assange” in Foreign Policy
www.timwu.org, go@timwu.org
John Jones
London lawyer specialising in the law of extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism.
enquiries@doughtystreet.co.uk, +44 (0) 20 7404 1313
Glenn Greenwald
Columnist/Blogger/Constitutional lawyer. Has a very strong understanding of WikiLeaks issues and Manning case.
+1 (646) 400-5600 (Salon New York office) ggreenwald@salon.com
Greg Mitchell
Writer for The Nation. Writes a lot on WikiLeaks and wrote the first book to be published on WikiLeaks
+1 212-209-5400, epic1934@aol.com
Jemima Goldsmith
Political activist, campaigner and journalist. Believes it is the citizen’s right to be told the truth.
Ray McGovern
Retired CIA officer/Political activist. Can comment on attacks by the US administration against Assange and WikiLeaks
+1 (707) 629-3683, rmcgovern@slschool.org, vips@counterpunch.org
Rick Falkvinge
Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party, which has representation in the European parliament.
rick.falkvinge@piratpartiet.se
Julie Turner
Julie Turner is a lawyer who has been representing both plaintiffs
and defendants in intellectual property and commercial litigation
matters. She has litigated numerous patent, copyright, trademark and
trade secret cases. She can be contacted to discuss freedom of speech
and technology.
jturner@julieturnerlaw.com, +1 650-494-1530
Bianca Jagger
Is known for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human
rights, social justice and environmental protection.. She has said she
is "very concerned this case has been politicised"
Andrew Wilkie MP
A well-known campaigner for truth in politics. He has published a
best-selling book – Axis of Deceit – about the dishonesty behind the
Iraq war and undertaken numerous speaking engagements in Australia, the
UK, the US and New Zealand. He defended Julian Assange and said
"Whistleblowers like WikiLeaks need protection"
andrew.wilkie.mp@aph.gov.au, www.greenleft.org.au
Louise Connor
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Secretary of the Victoria
Branch of the union, the main body representing Australian journalists
and Julian’s journalist union, who has publicly campaigned for him
+61 1300 656 512
Richard Renner
National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund. He can comment on whistleblowers
+1 (202) 342-1903, rr@whistleblowers.org
Maximilian C. Forte
Associate Professor in Anthropology, Concordia University. Follows WikiLeaks and Assange issues closely
+1 (514) 848-2424 ext. 5567, mforte@alcor.concordia.ca, max.forte@openanthropology.org
Anthony Loewenstein
Political activist, freelance journalist, author and blogger based
in Sydney. He comments on how the Australian government should support
Australian citizens
+61 402 893 690, antloew@gmail.com
Michael Moore
Filmmaker. He believes WikiLeaks performs an important public service
+1 (310) 248-2000 (Ari Emanuel, Endeavor Agency), mike@michaelmoore.com
Freedom of the Press
Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
g.robertson@doughtystreet.co.uk
Helena Kennedy QC
Is a leading barrister and an expert in human rights law, civil
liberties and constitutional issues. She has adivsed extensively in
Julian Assange’s case.
info@helenakennedy.co.uk, +44 (0)20 7840 8540
James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
jdcatlin@vicbar.com.au
Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200
John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
pilgereditor@gmail.com
Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, gavin@tcij.org
Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political
activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
ellsbergpress@gmail.com
Tim Wu
Professor at Columbia Law School, chair of media reform organization
Free Press, and writes for Slate magazine. Wrote “Drop the case against
Assange” in Foreign Policy
www.timwu.org, go@timwu.org
Glenn Greenwald
Columnist/Blogger/Constitutional lawyer. Has a very strong understanding of WikiLeaks issues and Manning case.
+1 (646) 400-5600 (Salon New York office) ggreenwald@salon.com
Louise Connor
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Secretary of the Victoria
Branch of the union, the main body representing Australian journalists
and Julian’s journalist union, who has publicly campaigned for him
+61 1300 656 512
Stefania Maurizi
Italian journalist at L’Espresso. Has worked with WikiLeaks on many releases and is a big free speech and transparency advocate.
Jemima Goldsmith
Political activist, campaigner and journalist. Believes it is the citizen’s right to be told the truth.
Ray McGovern
Retired CIA officer/Political activist. Can comment on attacks by the US administration against Assange and WikiLeaks
+1 (707) 629-3683, rmcgovern@slschool.org, vips@counterpunch.org
Rick Falkvinge
Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party, which has representation in the European parliament.
rick.falkvinge@piratpartiet.se
Bianca Jagger
Is known for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human
rights, social justice and environmental protection.. She has said she
is "very concerned this case has been politicised"
Andrew Wilkie MP
A well-known campaigner for truth in politics. He has published a
best-selling book – Axis of Deceit – about the dishonesty behind the
Iraq war and undertaken numerous speaking engagements in Australia, the
UK, the US and New Zealand. He defended Julian Assange and said
"Whistleblowers like WikiLeaks need protection"
Michael Moore
Filmmaker. He believes WikiLeaks performs an important public service
+1 (310) 248-2000 (Ari Emanuel, Endeavor Agency), mike@michaelmoore.com
Evgeny Morozov
Author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom.
Morozov is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a
Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation. He is a contributing
editor to Foreign Policy and Boston Review and was formerly a Yahoo!
fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown
University and a fellow at George Soros’s Open Society Institute, where
he remains on the board of the Information Program
evgeny.morozov@gmail.com
Oliver Spencer ARTICLE 19
Global Campaign for Free Expression
+44 (0)20 7324 2517, info@article19.org
Larry Flynt
American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications
(LFP). Free Speech Activist. He comments on freedom of speech issues. He
pledged $50k to defend Julian
+1 (212)-586-2711
Mwali Mati
Director of Mars Group Kenya, Ltd. a Leadership, Governance and
Accountability Organization that is dedicated to ending dictatorial
impunity and re-establishing democratic accountability in Kenya.
mmati@marsgroupkenya.org
Andy Müller-Maguhn
Concentrates on technological and social developments in the area of
electronic networks. He has been a member of the Chaos Computer Club
since the early eighties and serves on its board. The main part of this
work lies within the future-compatible structures and lifeforms and in
the attempt to support those developments through transparency
andy@ccc.de
Greg Mitchell
Writer for The Nation. Writes a lot on WikiLeaks and wrote the first book to be published on WikiLeaks
+1 212-209-5400, epic1934@aol.com
Richard Renner
National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund. He can comment on whistleblowers
+1 (202) 342-1903, rr@whistleblowers.org
Anthony Loewenstein
Political activist, freelance journalist, author and blogger based
in Sydney. He comments on how the Australian government should support
Australian citizens
+61 402 893 690, antloew@gmail.com
Paul Alan Levy
Lawyer, Public Citizen Litigation Group. He acted in the Bank Julius
Baer case and is also a strong free speech laywer for Ralf Nader’s
Citizen.org
+1 (202) 588-1000, plevy@citizen.org
Ann Brick
Representative/American Civil Liberties Union. Believes in the
public’s right to know and spoke out in favour of WikiLeaks in the
Julius Baer case
+1 (415) 621-2493, abrick@aclunc.org
Clay Shirky
Writer/Consultant/Lecture
+1 (718) 928-6567, clay@shirky.com, info@shirky.com
International Freedom of Expression eXchange
+1 416 515 9622, ifex@ifex.org
Naomi Wolf
Feminist, rape crisis specialist, US author and political
consultant. Has expressed the strong view that the Assange case is an
abuse of process and that injustice for men does not bring justice for
women.
+44 20 7911 8069/ +44 20 7911 8068 (Time Warner Books)
Jay Rosen
Professor of Journalism/Author of PressThink and journalism
comentator. (Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute/New York University)
+1 (212) 998-7980, jr3@nyu.edu
Brett Solomon
Spokesperson for Get up
+61 415 182 402, media@getup.org.au
Sweden
Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
g.robertson@doughtystreet.co.uk
Helena Kennedy QC
Is a leading barrister and an expert in human rights law, civil
liberties and constitutional issues. She has adivsed extensively in
Julian Assange’s case.
info@helenakennedy.co.uk, +44 (0)20 7840 8540
James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
jdcatlin@vicbar.com.au
Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200
John Jones
London lawyer specialising in the law of extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism.
enquiries@doughtystreet.co.uk, +44 (0) 20 7404 1313
Professor Andrew Ashworth
Professor of English Law at University of Oxford. He is an expert on
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and European Human Rights Law.
andrew.ashworth@all-souls.ox.ac.uk
Per E. Samuelson
Swedish Lawyer. He has been critical of the justice system and the
rule of law in Sweden. He believes there is an abuse of process in the
Assange case,
+46 40-30 80 90
John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
pilgereditor@gmail.com
Naomi Wolf
Feminist, rape crisis specialist, US author and political
consultant. Has expressed the strong view that the Assange case is an
abuse of process and that injustice for men does not bring justice for
women.
+44 20 7911 8069/ +44 20 7911 8068 (Time Warner Books)
Bianca Jagger
Is known for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human
rights, social justice and environmental protection.. She has said she
is "very concerned this case has been politicised"
Christian Christensen
Associate Professor, Uppsala Universitet/Author. Current research
includes studies on social media and conflict. He can comment on
WikiLeaks
+46 18-471 7113, christian.christensen@im.uu.se
Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, gavin@tcij.org
Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political
activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
ellsbergpress@gmail.com
Michael Moore
Filmmaker. He believes WikiLeaks performs an important public service
+1 (310) 248-2000 (Ari Emanuel, Endeavor Agency), mike@michaelmoore.com
Glenn Greenwald
Columnist/Blogger/Constitutional lawyer. Has a very strong understanding of WikiLeaks issues and Manning case.
+1 (646) 400-5600 (Salon New York office) ggreenwald@salon.com
Jemima Goldsmith
Political activist, campaigner and journalist. Believes it is the citizen’s right to be told the truth.
Larry Flynt
American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications
(LFP). Free Speech Activist. He comments on freedom of speech issues. He
pledged $50k to defend Julian
+1 (212)-586-2711
Greg Mitchell
Writer for The Nation. Writes a lot on WikiLeaks and wrote the first book to be published on WikiLeaks
+1 212-209-5400, epic1934@aol.com
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