Bravo, Julian Assange!
We have learnt from various media outlets that WikiLeaks founder 39-year-old world-famous Australian hacker, Julian Assange has been awarded with the Sydney Peace Foundation's gold medal. The organization, affiliated with the University of Sydney, said the prize was awarded for his 'exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights.' It is a prestigious honor which has previously been won by Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.
It may be mentioned that some American politicians said WikiLeaks should be defined as an international terrorist organization. However, the foundation's director Professor Stuart Rees said, “We think the struggle for peace with justice inevitably involves conflict, inevitably involves controversy." "We think that Julian Assange and WikiLeaks have brought about what we think is a watershed in journalism and in freedom of information and potentially in politics."
We also hope like Julian that this award will make explicit the link between peace and justice.
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