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Disinformation – a deliberate passing on false information in order to cause confusion or completely mislead the recipient is not a novel concept, it is an efficient weapon of war. However, false news or alternative facts as a concept are not a product of the modern era, but an occurrence in existence since the conception of impartment of information. [1]
A noteworthy example of wrong allegations and disinformation is indeed the case of Lundin Energy in Sudan – a Swedish oil and mining company, formerly known as Lundin Petroleum and Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, as well as a member of the board of Lundin from the year 2000 to 2006. Lundin’s Chairman and former CEO have been under investigation by the Swedish Prosecutor for 11 years for alleged complicity in war crimes. A decision whether to charge has been deferred many times but another suspicion sheet has recently been issued. A final decision seems to be on the horizon.
In an in-depth interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano, Nils Melzer discusses his investigation on the WikiLeaks founder, which has made him speak out as a whistleblower and raise an alarm on this case and its implications: âWe have already created a parallel world of secret services that controls everythingâ.
He deals with torture victims on a daily basis, so he is not easily shocked by abuses. And yet, he says, he is âspeechlessâ when it comes to the case of Julian Assange. The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has just published a book in German: âDer Fall Julian Assangeâ, which reconstructs his investigation based on exclusive documents. He tells Il Fatto Quotidiano what he has discovered and what he thinks is likely to happen.
Prosecutors in Sweden have charged a 47-year-old man for allegedly spying for Russia in a high-tech industry.
The suspect, who has not been identified, is accused of selling sensitive information to a Russian diplomat for several years.
The information is reported to have concerned the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo, and the heavy goods vehicle giant Scania, which belongs to a branch of the German Volkswagen group.
Prosecutors say that the man illegally transferred material from his work computer to his private computer using USB memory sticks.
He is also alleged to have taken photographs of his work computer screen in an effort to hide his activities from IT systems.