Julian Assange has, in the decade-plus since he founded Wikileaks, become one of the most controversial figures in the global press freedom debate, with the Wikileaks project becoming an unfolding case study of the tensions between governmental national security and defence operations, freedom of information, and whistleblower protections. 

The QCCL is a co-sponsor of this opportunity to hear from Julian’s father, Mr John Shipton and his former bodyguard, Ciaron O’Reilly, about the implications of Julian’s case on global press freedom and whistleblower protections.