Author: Florian Reynaud

Julian Assange leaving the courthouse in Saipan, Mariana Islands, on June 26, 2024. KIM HONG-JI / REUTERS In a surprising turn of events, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been released after pleading guilty to obtaining and disclosing classified government documents in a US court in Saipan. This resolution comes after 12 years, with Assange serving 62 months in prison, already completed. The close of this legal battle also marks the end of a rape case against Assange in Sweden in 2019, allowing him to return home to Australia. Although supporters are celebrating his release, the guilty plea under…

Diane Rwigara, a resilient Rwandan opposition figure, has announced her candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on July 15. Despite facing obstacles in the past, including false accusations and a year in prison, Rwigara remains undeterred in her quest for change in Rwanda. Her family has also been targeted, with her sister’s phone number appearing on a list of potential Pegasus spyware targets. Diane Rwigara during her trial in Kigali, December 6, 2018. The judges cleared her of all charges. “Rwanda Classified,” a journalistic investigation, sheds light on the repressive mechanisms of the Kagame regime. Despite international scrutiny, Kagame is…

François-Xavier Bellamy, MEP and leading Republican candidate for the European elections, on March 12, 2024, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Bellamy is one of seven French parliamentarians targeted by the APT31 spying operation. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP François-Xavier Bellamy, MEP and a key candidate for the French party Les Républicains (LR) in the European elections, revealed being a victim of a Chinese espionage operation amidst a visit by the Chinese president to France. He plans to file a complaint against the intrusion. This comes after various lawmakers linked to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) claimed similar espionage attempts.…