WikiLeaks.de owner raided over ‘censorship lists’
March 25, 2009 – 10:23 amAccording to a post on the WikiLeaks twitter page, police have raided the home of the WikiLeaks.de domain owner over ‘censorship lists’. Details are limited and as such I do not know the origin of the lists which are alleged to be the reason for the raid.
Update: WikiLeaks has uploaded a scan of the police raid documents. A Lenovo laptop and a mobile (external) Hitachi harddisk were seized (Thanks to one of my readers for the translation).
Update 2: WikiLeaks has issued a press release. They write:
According to the search protocol the reason for the search is “distribution of pornographic material” and “discovery of evidence”. Police claim the raid was initiated due to Mr. Reppe’s position as the Wikileaks.de domain owner.
Police did not want to give any further information to Mr. Reppe and no contact was made with Wikileaks before the search. It is therefore not totally clear why the search was made, however Wikileaks, in its role as a defender of press freedoms, has published censorship lists for Australia, Thailand, Denmark and other countries that include links to pornographic sites.
5 Responses to “WikiLeaks.de owner raided over ‘censorship lists’”
i think Kevin Rudd is really Chinese, (that hair is obviously dyed). We’ve been annexed, and now we’re being brought into line, just like Tibet.
By Sheila on Mar 25, 2009
interesting, there is a blank entry that is just “http://”
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By alphamone on Mar 25, 2009
I wonder if Conroy is getting any ideas?
By Sean the Blogonaut on Mar 25, 2009
@ Sean: I hope not!
By Sam D on Mar 26, 2009