For the last 104 years, EL UNIVERSAL has promoted plurality
Freedom of speech in Mexico
The federal government ignores, attacks, and discredits those who oppose its project
A prosecutor dropped a rape investigation against Julian Assange, ending the case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding in London’s Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition
The President said that thanks to social media, now everyone is free to express their views
Australian-born Assange came to prominence when WikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010, angering Washington which said he had put lives at risk
“In addition to physical ailments, Mr. Assange showed all symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture, including extreme stress, chronic anxiety, and intense psychological trauma”
Mexico needs unity
There is worry but also a genuine interest to build a healthy scenario to debate about national issues
Assange made international headlines in early 2010 when WikiLeaks published a classified U.S. military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters in Baghdad that killed a dozen people
A historic episode in the struggle for freedom of information in the digital era has taken place with the detention in London of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition to the United States
It has been 14 years since the journalist was detained for the publication of her book, where she exposed the existence of a pederasty network that involved businessmen and officials