By Nagesh Narayana: Subscribe to Nagesh's RSS feed
July 26, 2010 2:04 PM EDT
Whether justifiable or not, war has always taken toll of innocents. The Wikileaks documents on the Afghan war show it irrespective of opposition from many governments involved in the war since 2001.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has proved that there is little to compromise in terms of big business or big government when it comes to freedom of speech and information.
The global trotter who who came to prominence with his video recording in 2007 of a US helicopter attack in Iraq that killed more than 10 civilians and two Reuters journalists, never stopped in his journey that took him to all corners of the globe.
Born in Australia to parents were in the forefront opposing the Vietnam War, Julian Assange, grew up to withstand oppression in every form. He refined the way one should look at wars from the days his parents protested.
Taking cue from Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, he found Wikileaks.org in 2007 to provide uncensored evidence to any issue that can be accessed by every one. In a sense, he has revolutionized the way journalism should bridge the gap. The data he posted on Sunday, though raw, is enough to make people judge the real issue.
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Moving over from government-aided reporting on wars, he showed the world how original peek into secret documents give a better picture of any government's involvement in a war and the message is clear: "No war is sacrosanct." Innocent civilians get killed in every war, even if the number varies.
"When governments stop torturing and killing people, and when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then perhaps it will be time to ask if free-speech activists are accountable," he says and truly broke the censored and uncensored reporting with his postings on his website.
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