Julian Assange: Australian government urged to intervene
(The Guardian Sweden)

Filmmaker James Ricketson, who was jailed in Cambodian on spying charges, says Assange is being used as `an example´ in attack on mediaThe Australian film-maker who spent 15-months in a Cambodian jail on spying charges says he fears Julian Assange is being used as an `example` to other journalists as part of what he described as `a fundamental attack on the fourth estate`.James Ricketson spent more than a year inside the overcrowded Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh on spying charges before his release last September after a public outcry and lobbying by the Australian government. Related: New US charges against Julian Assange could spell decades behind bars Related: Family of James Ricketson `hesitant` about film-maker returning to Cambodia Continue reading...