Wikileaks exposes Vic court's gag order <\/p>\n
Wikileaks has exposed a secretive suppression order issued by a Victorian court that relates to an international political corruption case. <\/p>\n
The whistleblower website on Wednesday published the full text of the Victorian Supreme Court order made on June 19, with the information shared widely on social networking sites. <\/p>\n
Australian media organisations cannot legally publish the contents of the order, which was made to prevent damage to the country's international relations. <\/p>\n
Social media users may also land themselves in legal hot water if they share the suppression order and any information detailed in it. <\/p>\n
Anyone who tweets a link to the report, posts it on Facebook, or shares it in anyway online could be in breach, legal experts warn. <\/p>\n
Wikileaks claims the gag order effectively blacks out the largest high-level corruption case in Australia and the region. <\/p>\n
The anti-secrecy group's founder, Julian Assange, called it the worst suppression order in \"living memory\". <\/p>\n
\"The Australian government is not just gagging the Australian press it is blindfolding the Australian public,\" he said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\"It is in the public interest for the press to be able to report on this case.\" <\/p>\n
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