Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) is a regional centre set up by IMS in cooperation with Arab and Danish partners to nurture investigative reporting in the Arab region. ARIJ supports Arab journaists in acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out investigative reporting and ensuring the important role of media as society's watchdog. 

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ARIJ 3rd Annual Conference hosts Q&A with WikiLeaks-founder Julian Assange

01.12.2010 Share on facebook

Julian Assange, founder of the revolutionary whistleblower website WikiLeaks addressed a group of journalists from countries including Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Mauritania, Sweden and Denmark via open-circuit video link hours before the expected release of some 250,000 documents by his organization

 

On the third and final day of its regional conference on investigative journalism, ARIJ on Sunday hosted a Q-and-A session with Julian Assange. Now listed amongst the most-wanted persons by Interpol, Assange had declined to come to Amman but agreed to speak via video link , and during the session, he denied disclosing his location.

A team of Arab reporters present at the ARIJ regional conference, produced a short video account of the video-meeting, now available on the website of CNN - please follow the link by clicking here.

Also, the video session was transcribed and posted on the ARIJ homepage - please click here to read the full account.

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