2011 Voltaire Award Awarded to Julian Assange & WikiLeaks (Australian Civil Liberties Organization)

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Source: Liberty Victoria

2011 Voltaire Award Awarded to Julian Assange & WikiLeaks (Australian Civil Liberties Organization)

Liberty Victoria is very pleased to announce the recipients of our  2011 Voltaire Award are Wikileaks and Julian Assange. The Voltaire award dinner will be held on Saturday 6 August 2011.

Liberty President Spencer Zifcak said Liberty was proud to be continuing the Voltaire Award tradition. 'Free speech is a fundamental civil liberty. In standing for openness and accountability in government, Wikileaks has made a signal contribution to its advancement nationally and internationally.

No one can doubt the sincerity and courage of the Wikileak's organisation and Julian Assange in the face of powerful legal intimidation by many Western governments including our own.'

Read more: http://libertyvictoria.org/node/171

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Saving us from believing absurdities that cause atrocities ,He knows what Voltaire meant.

Congratulations Julian !!

[Matilda]

2. I admit I'd never heard of Liberty Victoria until now,

but I'm pleased Assange got this award, in part because I don't think Julia Gillard should have been so quick to condemn an Australian citizen who has not been found guilty of any crime, and this is a slap on the wrist for her.

And while I don't think everything published by Wikileaks is necessary for us to know, there is much that is relevant to current world affairs, and I'm glad that somebody has told us.

[KoKo]

3. Kick for Julian....and for those giving him these awards...

and he deserves them.

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[OnyxCollie]

5. K&R. nt

[grahamhgreen]

6. Thanks Julian for exposing the pattern and practice Of criminal behavior rampant in

our society!

[gateley]

7. Congratulations! Well deserved! Keep on keepin' on! nt

[earcandle]

8. Rock and Roll is here to stay! These guys stand up for we, the people, now broken...

Census

[Tanelorn]

9. I used to be a member .

Too far away for the meetings and the talks. 
These organisations need to be nurtured and encouraged.

[EFerrari]

10. You're so right.

They really do need to be appreciated and supported.

[pam4water]

11. K&R n/t

[xchrom]

12. Congratulating mr. Assange. Nt

[Kaleko]

13. Courage in the face of tremendous blowback from all sides...

"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others."

- Winston Churchill