WikiLeaks wins Amnesty International 2009 Media Award

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That's right folks and damn rights too they should.

check it out:

June 2, 2009

WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange has won the Amnesty 2009 New Media Award for work exposing hundreds of recent extrajudicial assassinations in Kenya. The award was presented last night at a ceremony in London.

Four people associated with investigating the killings have themselves been murdered, including noted human rights lawyers Oscar Kingara and John Paul Oulo, who were assassinated driving to an afternoon meeting at the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights in March.

an interesting read nontheless.

Here's the link

WikiLeaks wins Amnesty International 2009 Media Award - Wikileaks