Visa and PayPal are still blocking payments, but this seems like reasonably big
news. What matters isn't just whether or not Wikileaks supporters can donate to Wikileaks, but the precedent such a blockade creates: can the US compel financial service providers to deny service when the recipient is a pro-transparency entity they don't like? (thanks, Micah Lee)
Mastercard drops financial blockade of Wikileaks
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Citing coronavirus risk, Julian Assange's lawyers to apply for bail
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U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning in hospital recovering from suicide attempt
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