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Colors Infinity Brings New Seasons

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Colors Infinity Brings New Seasons

Colors Infinity is all set to premiere the latest seasons of 2 of the most critically acclaimed TV shows of recent times. After the gripping season finale, the channel is all set to showcase Season 3 of Better Call Saul along with the latest Season of Fargo, adding to the library of Instant Premieres.
The 2nd season of Better Call Saul allowed fans into a new world of complexity by deepening one of the shows pivotal relationships. Colors Infinity lawyers up this Apr to showcase Season 3, as it kicks off with Jimmy & Kim dealing with Chuck & the fallout of their Mesa Verde scheme. The all new season is set to premiere within 12 hours of its US premiere.

Keshet Asia establishes office In India

Keshet Asia, the Hong Kong – based subsidiary of Keshet International (KI), has expanded its footprint in India with 2 major hires & establishing an office in Mumbai.
Arpit Agarwal will lead the Indian operation on the ground as director, India & SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) reporting to Gary Pudney, head of Asia. Mihir Karlekar joins Arpit Agarwal as the senior sales manager, India & SAARC.
Together, they will seek to increase the volume of KI’s scripted & non – scripted formats being adapted for the Indian audiences, and uncover local IP for international distribution. They will also co -develop with Indian creators and begin to lay the foundations for an eventual local production business.

Arre Appoints Viacom18’s Jaideep Singh As Director

Entertainment business veteran & former Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions head, Jaideep Singh has been roped in by Arré as a director on its management team. Jaideep Singh will guide the platform’s monetisation drive / strategy, launch Arré’s music vertical & contribute his experience towards expanding other content verticals as well. He will be working closely with founders B. Saikumar, Ajay Chacko & Ray C as Arré expands its content footprint as India’s fastest growing original content brand on digital. Arré has built a distinct voice by its unique take on culture & society using stories, doodles & audio besides video. It is one of the country’s fastest growing digital brands on social media besides being widely distributed across a range of domestic & international platforms like SonyLIV, YuppTV, Vodafone Play, Ola Prime Play, TF1 Xtra (OTT Network in France) et al. in addition to its own website & apps on IOS & Android.

Fox Asia Appoints Mike Rich as EVP

Fox Networks Group (FNG) Asia has named media the industry veteran Mike Rich as the executive vice president, advertising sales & content partnerships for Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The company also announced that Simeon Dawes, who has been keen to focus full – time on his other business interest, will leave the group by the end of Apr, 2017. In this enhanced role, Mike Rich will lead teams across the region to identify new revenue streams for FNG Asia and its content partners, and to further strengthen FNG’s position as a leader in advertising innovation. He will report to Fox Network Groups Asia president Zubin Gandevia.
Rich has more than 25 years of media & marketing experience in agency & client roles, and he brings to FNG Asia a keen understanding of the content & media industry across the US, Europe & Asia. He most recently served as Global President of Publicis Media’s Content Ventures division. Prior to that, he was CEO of GroupM Asia’s content business. Rich has also consulted for a multitude of major rights owners.

Zindagi All Set To Introduce Season 2

After the successful 1st ever season of Kuzey Guney, the channel is all set to introduce Kuzey Guney – Season 2 by popular demand. The 1st ever season of the Turkish show aired on Zindagi, the Premium Hindi Entertainment Channel has resonated well and won the hearts of the audiences. Kuzey Guney – the story of 2 radically opposite brothers had a huge fan following and was admired by fans for its engaging story. The previous season of the show ended with Ferhat plotting against Kuzey and later, killing his best friend Ali. The death game played by Ferhat affects Kuzey, Cemre & Zeynep so much that they are still reeling from its consequence. Shattered & broken by the incident, Kuzey sets out on a mission to seek revenge for the death of his friend. To safeguard his loved ones, he moves away from them.

Shakti Bags 5 Awards

Colors celebrated the 5th Colors Golden Petal Awards in a star – studded event. As the entire Colors family came together to toast the best performers, the power was put in the hands of the viewers to select their all – round favorites. The show on a transgender’s struggle for her identity, Shakti…..Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii bagged 5 awards at the 5th Colors Golden Petal Awards. Viewers will get a chance to witness the magnificence of the 5th Colors Golden Petal Awards on Colors Channel on 29th Apr. 2017.

Subhash Chandra Hails GST

Essel Group chairman & Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Subhash Chandra has welcomed the GST Bill while addressing the Upper House of the Parliament for the 1st time ever. Dr. Subhash Chandra is an independent RS member from Haryana. ZEE, as a brand today, has achieved a global recognition, reaching over a billion viewers in 171 countries. A compilation of his tweets on GST:Today, I gave my maiden speech in Rajya Sabha and participated in the GST Bill debate. I congratulate the Government, Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji & FM Shri @arunjaitley ji for bringing this historic GST bill. Since independence we’ve been hearing from almost everyone that we need to work for welfare of common man & uplift the poor class, he said.

DD Ad Budget Crosses Rs 33 million

Doordarshan has released an additional Rs 216,000 for advertising & publicity taking the total revised estimate to Rs 33.796 million, just as the financial year 2016 -2017 coming to a close. In an order of 30th Mar, 2017, DD Directorate General approved the release of Rs 38.8 million for 71 units against a total demand of over Rs 57.6 million. Intially allocated Rs 47.58 million for the year for advertising & publicity, the field unit had surrendered a sum of Rs 14 million earlier. However, the additional sum was given to meet exigency expenses. The amount was given against the non – plan & Internal & Extra – budgetary Resources of Prasar Bharati. Earlier, stressing that revenue generation is not the main objective of Prasar Bharati, the Parliament was told that the pubcaster is generating its revenue through Internal Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR) to meet its operating expenses.

DD Agriculture Programmes Get Additional Budget

Just before the financial year 2016 – 2017 came to a close, the Central Production Centre of Doordarshan has been allocated an additional sum of Rs 1.9 million in a modified budget for production of agriculture programmes. The CPC, which produces programmes for DD Kisan apart from DD National, had given a budget of Rs 5.2 million at the beginning of the year. Thus, the total budget for 2016 – 2017 has risen to Rs 7.1 million. The directive was given by the Directorate General of DD after a letter was received in this connection on 28th Mar, 2017. The additional allocation has been given under Broadcasting Mode under the scheme “Mass Media Support to Agriculture Extension” assisted by other Ministries.
Earlier, in Dec, 2016, Doordarshan News & 30 regional news units (RNU) were allocated an additional Rs 100.8 million for the current year, taking the total allocation to about Rs 474 million for expenses that include payment to stringers & to the news agencies — United News of India & Press Trust of India.

&TV Ropes In Suniel Shetty

Known for its distinctive reality formats like The Voice India, So You Think You Can Dance, India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun & Killer Karaoke, &TV is all set out to launch a one – of – its – kind reality series – India’s Asli Champion…..Hai Dum!!! Produced by Colosceum Media Pvt Ltd, the show is slated to premiere soon on &TV. The show is the ultimate test of physical & mental endurance where contestants from different walks of life will compete for the glorious title of being India’s Asli Champion. The channel has roped in India’s iconic action hero Suniel Shetty to take on the mantle as a host for the series!!! India’s Asli Champion….. Hai Dum!!! will see contestants performing tasks designed to judge not just their physical fitness but also their grit & determination.

PDP leader Abdul Gani Dar shot dead by militants in Kashmir

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Abdul Gani Dar

Srinagar: Militants today shot dead the PDP district president for Pulwama, Abdul Gani Dar, in the south Kashmir district, police said.

Gani was shot at by the militants in Pinglena area of Pulwama district, 31 kms from here, this afternoon, a police official said.

Dar, an advocate by profession, was referred to SMHS Hospital here but succumbed to injuries.

The PDP leader was shot at three times from a close range with an AK assault rifle, he said, adding two bullets hit him in the chest and one in the shoulder.

No militants outfit has claimed responsibility for the killing so far.

This is second political killing in south Kashmir in a week.

On April 17, militants had shot dead a former public prosecutor affiliated with opposition National Conference in Shopian district.

Before joining PDP on November 1, 2014, Abdul Gani Dar had been associated with Congress party in various capacities.

(PTI)

Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill 24 CRPF personnel in encounter

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Raipur: As many as 24 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have been killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday.

Earlier, it had been reported that seven CRPF personnel had been injured in an encounter with the rebels. Six of them are said to have been airlifted by helicopter to a medical facility for emergency treatment.

Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh cut short his New Delhi visit and rushed to Raipur. He has called an emergency meeting.

The encounter took place around 12:25 pm between the Burkapal-Chintagufa area of the worst Maoist violence-affected district in south Bastar area of the state.

“The Naxals fired at a patrolling party of the CRPF near Burkapal village leaving six personnel injured,” Special Director General (anti-Naxal operations) of Chhattisgarh Police, D M Awasthi told PTI.

The jawans are from the 74th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), including an Inspector-rank officer.

Reinforcement parties from the nearest CRPF camp were also rushed in, the officer added.

Twelve personnel of the CRPF were killed in the same district early this year in a deadly Naxal ambush.

(Agencies)

Gangster Chhota Rajan held guilty in fake passport case

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Chhota Rajan

New Delhi: A court here on Monday convicted underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and others in a fake passport case.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Virender Kumar Goyal held Rajan guilty of possessing a fake passport

The court on June 8 last year framed charges against Chhota Rajan and then passport officers Jayashree Dattatray Rahate, Deepak Natvarlal Shah and Lalitha Lakshmanan under sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with criminal conspiracy, cheating, cheating by impersonation and forgery of documents.

The CBI in its chargesheet alleged that Chhota Rajan got issued a fake passport from Bengaluru in 1998-99 in connivance with Rahate, Shah and Lakshmanan in the name of Mohan Kumar.

Rajan is involved in over 85 cases, ranging from murder to extortion, smuggling and drug trafficking.

He has cases pending against him in Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and with the CBI.

The don, held by the Indonesian police on October 25, 2015, was deported to India on November 6, 2015.

(Agencies)

Now, cows to get Aadhar-like unique identification numbers

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New Delhi: Amid a raging debate over cow vigilantism, the Central government has now proposed to give Aadhar-like unique identification number to cows in India.

The Centre has made this proposal to the Supreme Court, news agency reported on Monday.

In its report to Supreme court, the Central government said, “Each cow and its progeny across India should get a Unique Identification Number for tracking.”

The central government also recommended special care for cattle beyond age of milking, while stressing on launching of a scheme for distressed farmers.

In its report, the Centre also highlighted the issue of cow protection and smuggling of cattle across India-Bangladesh border.

Centre made this proposal on the basis of recommendations made by a committee headed by the Joint Secretary, Home Ministry.

The report also stated that each district should have a shelter home of capacity of at least 500 abandoned animals, which will help reduce smuggling of cattle across the country.

According to a previous report published in media, the animal husbandry department had assigned technicians to affix a tag with a 12-digit unique identification number inside the ear of cows.

As per the report, nearly one lakh technicians have been armed with 50,000 tablets. Their mission is to affix a polyurethane tag on the ears of the cattle with a tag applicator.

The yellow-colored tag is fixed in the centre of the ear lobe.

Continuing with PM Narendra Modi’s digital drive, the centre intends to reach out to almost 88 million cows and buffaloes this year.

These tags cost Rs 8 apiece and are light weighted.

Once the tag is fixed, the technician will use a tablet to update the number in an online database and also provide the cattle owner with an `animal health card’ recording the UID number, owner’s details, status of periodic deworming and vaccinations of the animal as well as breeding details.This will help track the cattle along with all relevant details.

The move will help in tagging and tracking cattle so that they are vaccinated on time and scientific intervention is made available for better breeding and increasing milk production, doubling income of dairy farmers in the process by 2022.

The Centre has set aside Rs 148 crore for procuring the tags, tag applicators, tablets and health cards, officials said.

It has also fixed targets for individual states to be completed within 2017.

(Agencies)

Former BJP MP Vedanti claims he and not Advani asked terrorists to pull down Babri mosque

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Ram Vilas Vedanti

Faizabad/New Delhi: Ram Vilas Vedanti, a former BJP MP and an accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, today claimed it was he and not the BJP patriarch L K Advani who incited the frenzied karsevaks to pull down the disputed shrine.

“I demolished and got demolished the disputed structure, the ruin that stood there. The accusations against L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia are wrong,” he said.

Vedanti’s remarks came two days after the Supreme Court resurrected the conspiracy charge against Advani, Joshi and union minister Uma Bharti in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Vedanti said, in fact, Advani, Joshi and Scindia even took the microphone from him and tried to persuade the karsevaks to come down from atop the structure and leave. They even made the plea in English, he later told a TV news channel.

Vedanti said he, Mahant Avaidyanath, also a former BJP MP, and VHP leader Ashok Singhal exhorted the karsevaks to raze the disputed structrue. Both Avaidyanath and Singhal are now dead.

He told India Today TV channel he was prepared to be “hanged” for the cause of Ram temple.

When asked was his claim an effort by him to “derail” the trial against BJP veterans, Vedanti said,” I have spoken about this earlier too.”

(PTI)

Oil ministry mulls home delivery of petrol, diesel

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New Delhi: Petrol and diesel may soon be home delivered as the oil ministry mulls options of door-to- door delivery on pre-booking to cut long queues at petrol pumps.

As many as 3.5 crore people currently visit 59,595 petrol pumps in the country for buying auto fuel. Often, long queues are witnessed at petrol pumps during peak hours, leading to congestion on roads.

Annually, Rs 2,500 crore of fuel is bought at petrol pumps and now a part of it being talked of being home delivered. “Options being explored where petro products may be door delivered to consumers on pre-booking,” the ministry said in a series of tweets.

Home delivery of fuel is being mulled as the world’s third biggest oil consumer experiments with daily price revision of petrol and diesel at select towns beginning May 1.

In another tweet, the ministry said home delivery of fuel “would help consumers avoid spending excessive time and long queues at fuel stations.” “About 3.5 cr people come to fuel stations every day; Rs 2500 cr worth of transactions every year,” it said in another tweet.

India consumed 23.8 million tons of petrol and 76 million tons of diesel in 2016-17 fiscal. This was higher than 21.8 million tons of petrol and 74.6 million tons of diesel consumed in the previous 2015-16 financial year.

The ministry also stated that a parliamentary consultative committee met in Srinagar today to discuss ‘digital modes of payment’ at fuel outlets. State-owned oil marketing companies IOC, BPCL and HPCL give “0.75 per cent discount on fuel purchase via cashless mode,” it said.

“About 40,000 ROs are with POS (machine), more than 86 per cent of ROs with digital infrastructure today.” ROs are retail outlet or petrol pumps. “Daily cashless transactions increased from Rs 150 crore per day to Rs 400 crore per day,” the ministry added.

(PTI)

Mallya laundered money to companies in UK: Enforcement Directorate

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New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in possession of documents which claim that the beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya laundered money from banks in India to ‘British companies’ situated in the UK.

As per a report published in the Times of India, ED has shared the documents with the UK government.

Additionally, CBI has already shared information about Mallya being wanted in India with regard to cases of cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The media report further states that Mallya laundered most of the money before he fled to London on March 2 last year.

The report states that substantial portion of the money was shifted to to shell companies and bank accounts in the UK, Cayman Islands, Mauritius and some other countries.

The 61-year-old liquor baron, wanted in India for defaulting on bank loans, was arrested after he appeared at a central London police station on Monday morning.

Mallya was released on conditional bail a few hours later after providing a bail bond of 650,000 pounds and giving an assurance to the court that he will abide by all conditions associated with extradition proceedings, such as the surrender of his passport and a ban on him possessing any travel document.

The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will now argue the case on behalf of the Indian authorities.

Last month, setting in motion the process of extradition of Mallya, the British government had certified India’s request and sent it to a district judge for further action.

The extradition process from the UK involves a number of steps including a decision by the judge whether to issue a warrant of arrest.

In case of a warrant, the person is arrested and brought before the court for preliminary hearing followed by an extradition hearing before a final decision is taken by the secretary of state.

The wanted person has a right to appeal in the higher courts against any decision all the way up to Britain’s Supreme Court.

Under the 2003 Act, the British secretary of state may only consider four issues when deciding whether to order a person’s extradition.

They are whether the person is at risk of the death penalty; whether special arrangements are in place; whether the person concerned has previously been extradited from another country to the UK and the consent of that country to his onward extradition is required;?and whether the person has previously been transferred to the UK by the International Criminal Court.

(Agencies)

IPL-10: Buttler, Rana power Mumbai to 8-wkt win over Punjab

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Indore: Mumbai Indians rode on destructive half centuries from Englishman Jos Buttler and young Nitish Rana to thrash Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by eight wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 encounter at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.

Buttler’s 37-ball 77, laced with seven fours and five huge sixes and Rana’s unbeaten 31-ball 54, comprising seven mammoth punches over the rope, outshone South African star Hashim Amla’s maiden T20 century for Kings XI, as the visitors overhauled the massive target of 199, with more than four overs to spare.

Chasing a mammoth 199, the opening duo of Parthiv Patel (37) and Buttler dealt mostly in boundaries to raise Mumbai’s highest first wicket stand of all IPL seasons of 81 runs, as the Punjab bowlers had little to counter the left-right pair.

Buttler started the onslaught from the very first over dispatching medium pacer Sandeep Sharma for a six before lofting him for another in his next over as Mumbai raced to 50 in just four overs.

Medium pacer Mohit Sharma was at the receiving end in his very first over, when Buttler milked him for three consecutive boundaries after Parthiv got one off the first ball.

The diminutive Patel was not too far behind and joined the party by cracking Ishant Sharma for a four and then a huge six off the legs before welcoming Marcus Stoinis with another huge six over deep midwicket.

Stonis, however got the better of the southpaw off a slower ball when Parthiv, who faced 18 balls and struck four boundaries and two sixes, failed to time it properly and ended in the hands of Glenn Maxwell at mid off.

Such was the carnage from the Mumbai duo that there were only five dots in the powerplay, including the wicket ball of Parthiv and more importantly included 14 boundaries.

Buttler, who had faced 23 balls by now, got to his fifty with a single to the right of long-on as Rana took the onus of getting the big shots.

The fall of the Gujarat wicketkeeper-batsman did not deter the visitors from scoring freely and No.3 Nitish Rana continued his great run with the willow to get his fourth half century of the season off 29 balls.

Rana started by launching Stoinis for a maximum before taking the likes of Ishant, Axar Patel and Swapnil Singh to the cleaners to take Mumbai to 123/1 midway into their innings.

Rana dominated the 85-run second wicket stand with Buttler, who was undone by Mohit’s slower delivery with Mumbai within sniffing distance of victory.

Thereafter, Hardik Pandya struck a four and a six in his 4-ball 15 before Rana pulled Mohit over the long leg boundary for a six to seal the deal in the visitors’ favour.

Kings XI bowlers could only blame themselves for letting the opportunity slip as none of the them had an economy rate of less than 10 runs an over.

Earlier, the hosts were off to a steady start with Amla (104 not out) and Shaun Marsh (26) putting on 46 runs before Maxwell took just one over from pacer Mitchell McClenaghan, milking 28 runs, to change the complexion of their innings.

McClenaghan’s over, the 15th of the innings, was incidentally the second-most expensive over of this IPL season.

Amla, on the other hand, took full advantage of the life he got on 3, when he was dropped off a difficult chance by Rana, to first get to a superb half century in just 34 balls.

Punjab needed their captain Glenn Maxwell to step up the gas and the Australian wasted no time to settle down. He started off with two consecutive boundaries off medium pacer Jasprit Bumrah before smoking McClenaghan for two back to back sixes and then two fours to finish off the over.

Amla meted out special treatment to Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, dispatching him for two consecutive sixes twice in two overs to help himself reach the three-figure mark and the team to a mammoth score.

(IANS)

Julian Assange’s arrest a ‘priority’: Jeff Sessions

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions remarks come amid reports that his office is preparing charges against Julian Assange.

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by Al Jazeera

The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a US “priority”, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said, as media reports indicated his office was preparing charges against the leaker.

“We are going to step up our effort and already are stepping up our efforts on all leaks,” Sessions said at a news conference on Thursday in response to a reporter’s question about a US priority to arrest Assange.

The justice department chief said a rash of leaks of sensitive secrets appeared unprecedented.

“This is a matter that’s gone beyond anything I’m aware of. We have professionals that have been in the security business of the United States for many years that are shocked by the number of leaks and some of them are quite serious,” he said.

“Whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail.”

Prosecutors in recent weeks have been drafting a memo that looks at charges against Assange and members of WikiLeaks that possibly include conspiracy, theft of government property and violations of the Espionage Act, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed US officials familiar with the matter.

Several other media outlets cited unnamed officials as saying US authorities were preparing charges against Assange.

Prosecutors had struggled to determine whether the First Amendment protected Assange from prosecution but had now found a way to move forward, officials told CNN.

The justice department declined to comment on the reports.

Assange, 45, has been holed up at the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012 trying to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces a rape allegation that he denies.

He fears Sweden would extradite him to the United States to face trial for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents that first gained attention in 2010.

Assange’s case returned to the spotlight after WikiLeaks was accused of meddling in the US election last year by releasing a damaging trove of hacked emails from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic Party.

US officials say the emails were hacked with the aid of the Russian government in its bid to influence the US election.

Critics say their release late in the race helped to tip the November 8 election to Republican Donald Trump.

Trump and his administration have put heat on WikiLeaks after it embarrassed the Central Intelligence Agency last month by releasing a large number of files and computer code from the spy agency’s top-secret hacking operations.

The documents showed how the CIA exploits vulnerabilities in popular computer and networking hardware and software to gather intelligence.

Supporters of WikiLeaks say it is practising the constitutional right of freedom of speech and the press.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo last week branded WikiLeaks a “hostile intelligence service,” saying it threatens democratic nations and joins hands with dictators.

Pompeo focused on the anti-secrecy group and other leakers of classified information like Edward Snowden as one of the key threats facing the United States.

“WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence … And it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States, while seeking support from anti-democratic countries and organisations,” said Pompeo.

“It is time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is – a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia.”

In response to Thursday’s report WikiLeaks reposted on Twitter an opinion piece written by Assange and published in the Washington Post earlier this month.

“WikiLeaks’ sole interest is expressing constitutionally protected truths, which I remain convinced is the cornerstone of the United States’ remarkable liberty, success and greatness,” Assange wrote.

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