Economic Blockade of Wikileaks Ruled Unlawful

I have no time for Assange or any other despotic, fascist ego type and I couldn't give a fuck how 'gifted' or 'intelligent' others say he is. The issue is INJUSTICE and it seems that justice has finally been served; the clearly uncorrupted Icelandic Supreme Court ruled that the economic blockade of donations to WikiLeaks is unlawful.

It was clear from the start that the economic blockade was politically motivated, however, what has suffered more than WikiLeaks is the integrity of the LAW.

A nation that has legalised TORTURE, extra-judicial killing and indefinite detention without trial or charge on SUSPICION, probably thinks very little of an economic blockade instigated by the BANKS against WikiLeaks. It is very heartening to see that some nations have not politicised or corrupted their judiciary as Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia did and the Hague and USA is DOING today.

What is not very encouraging is the length of time it took to reach that verdict when it was OBVIOUS the blockade was illegal and politically motivated.

Story from Golightly Media follows:

Icelandic High Court Orders Visa To Resume Payments ToWikiLeaks

by Elizabeth C.

IN A VICTORY FOR WIKILEAKS, Iceland’s Supreme Court has upheld alower court ruling that the Visa contractor illegally haltedpayments to Julian Assange’s independent news organization.

The court ruled that Valitor must resume processing payments onbehalf of WikiLeaks within 15 days or else face a fine of $6,830per day, according to WikiLeaks.

Wikileaks hails the court victory as an “important milestone” inits battle against the West’s economic blockade. In December 2010,the organization’s economic lifeline was cut after it released atrove of diplomatic cables providing an unprecedented glimpse intoU.S.’s diplomatic relationships around the world.

The U.S. Justice Department launched a criminal investigation ofthe records dump, which reportedly included a secret grand juryand indictment of Assange.

“This is a victory for free speech,” Assange said in a statementabout the ruling. “This is a victory against the rise of economiccensorship to crack down against journalists and publishers”

One month after the groundbreaking whistleblowing organizationreleased the diplomaticcables, Visa, Western Union, Paypal and MasterCard abruptlystopped accepting donations to WikiLeaks. The economic blockadewas assailed by Assange as “business McCarthyism.” But theblockade succeeded in drying up donations to the organizationwhich has been praised by freespeech activists,journalists and civil libertarians. Amnesty International UK awarded theorganization its 2009 New Media Award for “exposingextrajudicial assassinations in Kenya.”

WikiLeaks continues to challenge the economic boycott in ongoingor planned legal actions “against the international card companiesand financial services companies – VISA and MasterCard, Western Union, PayPal and Bank of America, and other payment facilitators that…form[ed] a concerted, and equally unlawful economic blockade against the organisation.”

In the absense of these payment services, Pentagon whistleblowerDaniel Elsberg, actor John Cusack and Electronic FrontierFoundation founder John Perry Barlow created the Freedom of thePress Foundation to enableanonymous, tax-deductable donations to Wikileaks and othernewsgathering outlets.