Sunday (19 June) marked four years since anti-secrecy crusader Julian Assange moved into Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces rape accusations.
On this day, 2,000 people gathered in Bozar, the Brussels palace of fine arts, for an evening’s discussion on the importance of whistleblowers, transparency and democracy. Dubbed 'First they came for Assange’, a play on the title of a poem by Martin Niemoeller, the title suggested a parallel between Assange’s...
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