The case of Julian Assange constitutes one of the greatest dangers for investigative journalism and press freedom in the world. Assange was the creator of a portal called Wikileaks through which thousands of classified documents were made public in 2010.

Journalists need access to documents like the ones Assange provided us. Closing the path of whistleblowers is the best way to protect high-ranking criminals. The extradition of Assange and his almost certain sentence in the United States (the sentence could be 175 years) is a threat to all serious journalism.