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Wikileaks in Iceland court victory over payments blockade
Source: BBC
Wikileaks has won a victory in Iceland's Supreme Court against a financial blockade on payments to the whistle-blowing site.
The court upheld a district court's ruling that MasterCard's local partner, Valitor, illegally ended its contract with Wikileaks.
Several US financial firms stopped processing payments to Wikileaks after it published US diplomatic cables.
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Wikileaks is taking similar legal action in other countries, including Denmark, over the payments ban, and has complained to the European Union that it constitutes anti-competitive behaviour.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22294108
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