The hacktivists plan physical and virtual protests for June 6

May 31, 2012 10:39 GMT  ·  By

Anonymous hacktivists have made public their intentions of showing their support for Bradley Manning and Julian Assange, two of the key actors behind WikiLeaks.

“We would like to offer our solidarity and support to PFC Bradley Manning and Julian Assange. Bradley Manning is the US Army soldier that bravely leaked the truth of the terrible corruption of the US and other world governments. Julian Assange is the couragious journalist that published them, choosing truth over personal safety,” they stated.

They claim that they’ve been following the pre-trial hearings and what they’re seeing is a “laughable excuse of a trial and an embarrassing example of the American judicial process.”

The online activists refuse to tolerate injustice and censorship and as a result they call all their supporters to join a protest planned for June 6.

“On the 6th of June support them any way you can. Whether its freeing information from websites, shutting down websites, physically protesting at Fort Meade or spreading awareness via blogs, twitter or facebook. DO NOT BE SILENT,” Anonymous explains.

The hacktivists list some of the information leaked from diplomatic cables and Iraqi war logs, including the unrecorded deaths of 15,000 Iraqis and bomb attacks the US launched on Yemen.

They also highlight the fact that Manning has spent 737 days in prison without a trial and Assange has been detained for 540 days without being charged.

The hackers provide their supporters with the necessary tools and techniques required to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks and breach websites.

One last thing that’s worth mentioning about Operation Manning, Operation Assange and Operation Circus is the fact that the campaigns are supported by Havittaja, the Brazilian hacker who has been known to target government sites worldwide, and UGNazi, the controversial hacktivist group that recently took down the systems of WHMCS and the MyBB.

Since the statement was published, the UK Supreme Court decided that Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden, a decision that could add fuel to the fire.