Taking a stand in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz are whistleblowers Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden.Activists and members of Germany’s Green party unveiled the life-size bronze statues on Friday.All are considered heroes on the political left for leaking US intelligence documents.The man behind the work Italian sculptor Davide Dormino explains that he wanted to “represent three contemporary heroes who have lost their freedom for the truth.” He says that they act as a reminder of “how important it is to know the truth and have the courage to know the truth.”Entitled Anything to Say the sculpture encourages supporters to stand up for freedom of speech and information.Wikileaks founder Julian Assange faces extradition to Sweden to face investigation into accusations of rape and sexual assault, but fears he will be extradited to the US to face questions over his role in leaking secret US documents. He has taken asylum in Ecuador’s London Embassy. US soldier Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning) was convicted in 2013 on charges relating to the Espionage Act for leaking US intelligence and military documents to Wikileaks. She is currently serving a 35 year prison sentence. Edward Snowden is currently evading extradition to the US by taking asylum in Russia. He released classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to journalists revealing the scale of the US government’s global surveillance capabilities.Their statues will have fewer restrictions on their movements with a scheduled world tour.
Quote from: Karjala takaisin on May 02, 2015, 09:01:11 AMI don't think Snowden is a traitor. We need more whistleblowers so we can eventually defeat the illuminati.Kill yourself.
I don't think Snowden is a traitor. We need more whistleblowers so we can eventually defeat the illuminati.
Fucking traitors.
Quote from: Not Comms Officer on May 02, 2015, 06:26:32 PMQuote from: challengerX on May 02, 2015, 09:04:14 AMQuote from: Karjala takaisin on May 02, 2015, 09:01:11 AMI don't think Snowden is a traitor. We need more whistleblowers so we can eventually defeat the illuminati.Kill yourself.>defending surveillance stateNo, shitstain, I'm making fun of him for acting like the illuminati are real.
Quote from: challengerX on May 02, 2015, 09:04:14 AMQuote from: Karjala takaisin on May 02, 2015, 09:01:11 AMI don't think Snowden is a traitor. We need more whistleblowers so we can eventually defeat the illuminati.Kill yourself.>defending surveillance state
Snowden is a goddamn hero.
Quote from: King pesto on May 02, 2015, 11:39:54 AMSnowden is a goddamn hero.Lol. Releasing information about the collection of metadata I can get behind, at least then there's a degree of transparency with the NSA and the FISA court. But when you start taking asylum in Russia, don't read half the shit you put out and then let it fall into the hands of terrorists and talk about cyber warfare with China then you're a treasonous scumbag.
Meta ilu but stop shilling out for surveillance states