Difference between revisions of "2008-02-18 Whistle-blower site taken offline"

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{{data.pair|Text|&ldquo;[[Wikileaks]].org, as it is known, was [https://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction cut off from the internet] following a California court ruling, the site says. .. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities. .. Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.&rdquo;}}<noinclude>
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<let name=data index=Title>Whistle-blower site taken offline</let>
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<p>'''A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.'''</p>
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<p>[[WikiLeaks]].org, as it is known, was [https://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction cut off from the internet] following a California court ruling, the site says.</p>
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<p>The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities. .. Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.</p>
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<p>The case was brought by lawyers working for the Swiss banking group [[Julius Baer]]. It concerned several documents posted on the site which allegedly reveal that the bank was involved with [[money laundering]] and [[tax evasion]].</p>
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<let name=data index=TextShort>&ldquo;[[WikiLeaks]].org, as it is known, was [https://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction cut off from the internet] following a California court ruling, the site says. .. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after "several hundred" documents were posted about its offshore activities. .. Other versions of the pages, hosted in countries such as Belgium and India, can still be accessed.&rdquo;</let>
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