Mark Stephens (solicitor) be released, noting that anonymity orders had become "deeply ingrained" in court cases in the UK. After the ruling Stephens commented, "No court henceforth should grant an anonymity order in a significant case unless it is satisfied that the litigant, if identified, would be in serious danger of physical attack." Towards the end of 2010, Stephens was invited by the Jamaican Government to review that country's libel laws and appear before a Parliamentary Select Committee. Shortly after his return Stephens began to defend the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, against extradition to Sweden, where allegations had been made against Assange.
The Nantucket Project Project, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange appeared in the form of a hologram. While Assange was physically located at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been given asylum, a virtual representation of Assange appeared onstage with American film director Eugene Jarecki. Jarecki wrote in "The Guardian" before the event, "it crosses my mind I may be abetting a crime or violating international extradition laws. But I reassure myself that, in this regard, the worldwide web remains a kind of wild wild west, and the virtual escape of a person is not (yet?) a crime." The Nantucket Project The Nantucket