Press

This section is a resource of people to go to for comment on the following topics:

Official Representatives
WikiLeaks
Julian Assange
Freedom of Press
Sweden(for a more comprehensive list of people to go to for comment about Sweden please visit The dedicated page at SwedenVersusAssange.com)
The WikiLeaks Roundtable

The commentators listed and their details listed are publically available

Official Representatives

Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
[email protected]

Helena Kennedy QC
Is a leading barrister and an expert in human rights law, civil liberties and constitutional issues. She has adivsed extensively in Julian Assange’s case.
[email protected], +44 (0)20 7840 8540

John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
[email protected]

Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, [email protected]

Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200

James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
[email protected]

WikiLeaks

John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
[email protected]

Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange _+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, [email protected]

Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
[email protected]

Glenn Greenwald
Columnist/Blogger/Constitutional lawyer. Has a very strong understanding of WikiLeaks issues and Manning case.
+1 (646) 400-5600 (Salon New York office) [email protected]

Stefania Maurizi
Italian journalist at L’Espresso. Has worked with WikiLeaks on many releases and is a big free speech and transparency advocate.

Alan Dersowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, interested in press inquiries related to litigation/Trials/Criminal Process and freedom of speech.
[email protected]

Mwali Mati
Director of Mars Group Kenya, Ltd. a Leadership, Governance and Accountability Organization that is dedicated to ending dictatorial impunity and re-establishing democratic accountability in Kenya.
[email protected]

Andy Müller-Maguhn
Concentrates on technological and social developments in the area of electronic networks. He has been a member of the Chaos Computer Club since the early eighties and serves on its board. The main part of this work lies within the future-compatible structures and lifeforms and in the attempt to support those developments through transparency
[email protected]

Greg Mitchell
Writer for The Nation. Writes a lot on WikiLeaks and wrote the first book to be published on WikiLeaks
+1 212-209-5400, [email protected]

Tim Wu
Professor at Columbia Law School, chair of media reform organization Free Press, and writes for Slate magazine. Wrote “Drop the case against Assange” in Foreign Policy
www.timwu.org, [email protected]

Jemima Goldsmith
Political activist, campaigner and journalist. Believes it is the citizen’s right to be told the truth.
[email protected]

Ray McGovern
Retired CIA officer/Political activist. Can comment on attacks by the US administration against Assange and WikiLeaks
+1 (707) 629-3683, [email protected], [email protected]

Rick Falkvinge
Rick Falkvinge is the founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party, which has representation in the European parliament.
[email protected]

Evgeny Morozov
Author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom. Morozov is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University and a Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation. He is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy and Boston Review and was formerly a Yahoo! fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and a fellow at George Soros’s Open Society Institute, where he remains on the board of the Information Program
[email protected]

Paul Alan Levy
Lawyer, Public Citizen Litigation Group. He acted in the Bank Julius Baer case and is also a strong free speech laywer for Ralf Nader’s Citizen.org
+1 (202) 588-1000, [email protected]

Ann Brick
Representative/American Civil Liberties Union. Believes in the public’s right to know and spoke out in favour of WikiLeaks in the Julius Baer case
+1 (415) 621-2493, [email protected]

Julie Turner
Julie Turner is a lawyer who has been representing both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property and commercial litigation matters. She has litigated numerous patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret cases. She can be contacted to discuss freedom of speech and technology.
[email protected], +1 650-494-1530

Bianca Jagger
Is known for her dedicated commitment and campaigning for human rights, social justice and environmental protection.. She has said she is "very concerned this case has been politicised"

Andrew Wilkie MP
A well-known campaigner for truth in politics. He has published a best-selling book – Axis of Deceit – about the dishonesty behind the Iraq war and undertaken numerous speaking engagements in Australia, the UK, the US and New Zealand. He defended Julian Assange and said "Whistleblowers like WikiLeaks need protection"
[email protected], www.greenleft.org.au

Louise Connor
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Secretary of the Victoria Branch of the union, the main body representing Australian journalists and Julian’s journalist union, who has publicly campaigned for him
+61 1300 656 512

Michael Moore
Filmmaker. He believes WikiLeaks performs an important public service
+1 (310) 248-2000 (Ari Emanuel, Endeavor Agency), [email protected]

Oliver Spencer ARTICLE 19
Global Campaign for Free Expression
+44 (0)20 7324 2517, [email protected]

Richard Renner
National Whistleblower Legal Defense & Education Fund. He can comment on whistleblowers
+1 (202) 342-1903, [email protected]

Clay Shirky
Writer/Consultant/Lecture
+1 (718) 928-6567, [email protected], [email protected]

International Freedom of Expression eXchange
+1 416 515 9622, [email protected]

Maximilian C. Forte
Associate Professor in Anthropology, Concordia University. Follows WikiLeaks and Assange issues closely
+1 (514) 848-2424 ext. 5567, [email protected], [email protected]

Larry Flynt
American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP). Free Speech Activist. He comments on freedom of speech issues. He pledged $50k to defend Julian
+1 (212)-586-2711

Anthony Loewenstein
Political activist, freelance journalist, author and blogger based in Sydney. He comments on how the Australian government should support Australian citizens
+61 402 893 690, [email protected]

Brett Solomon
Spokesperson for Get up
+61 415 182 402, [email protected]

Christian Christensen
Associate Professor, Uppsala Universitet/Author. Current research includes studies on social media and conflict. He can comment on WikiLeaks
+46 18-471 7113, [email protected]

Dave Winer
Visiting scholar at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Pioneered the development of weblogs; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine and comments on WikiLeaks
+1 (212)-998-7980, [email protected]

Julian Assange

Geoffrey Robertson QC
An Australian-born human rights barrister, academic, author and broadcaster. Has acted for Julian Assange.
[email protected]

James D. Catlin
He is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar, specialising in commercial litigation.
[email protected]

Robert Stary
An Australian criminal defence lawyer and is a vocal critic of the legislation and speaks out regularly against the issue
+61 (03) 8622 8200

John Pilger
Journalist/Writer/Documentary/Filmmaker. Has called the case a ’political stunt’. He has also helped raise bail for Assange.
[email protected]

Gavin MacFadyen
Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Supporter of WikiLeaks and personal friend of Julian Assange
+44 (0) 20 7040 8526, [email protected]

Daniel Ellsberg
The famous Pentagon Papers leaker/Retired military analyst/Political activist). He is a friend and support of both Julian and WikiLeaks
[email protected]

Alan Dersowitz
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, interested in press inquiries related to litigation/Trials/Criminal Process and freedom of speech.
[email protected]

Julian Burnside QC
Lawyer and defender of universal human rights under the law. While specialising in commercial litigation, Mr Burnside has acted pro bono in many human rights cases. He said that Assange and WikiLeaks had “done nothing wrong” in publishing leaked documents. The Gillard government, he said, had “betrayed one of our own citizens.”
[email protected]

John Jones
London lawyer specialising in the law of extradition, war crimes and counter-terrorism.
[email protected], +44 (0) 20 7404 1313