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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Kristinn.
Kristinn Hrafnsson
Kristinn Hrafnsson speaks in Brisbane, Australia in June 2011.
Born (1962-06-25) 25 June 1962 (age 62)[1]
Occupationinvestigative journalist
Known forspokesperson for WikiLeaks

Kristinn Hrafnsson (born 25 June 1962) is an Icelandic investigative journalist and spokesperson for the WikiLeaks organisation.[2][needs update]

He has worked at various newspapers in Iceland and hosted the television programme Kompás on the Icelandic channel Stöð 2, where he and his team often exposed criminal activity and corruption in high places. In February 2009, while investigating the connection between Iceland's Kaupthing Bank and Robert Tchenguiz and Vincent Tchenguiz, the programme was taken off air and Kristinn and his crew were sacked.[3]

Shortly thereafter, Kristinn was hired by RÚV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. In August 2009, he was working on a story about Kaupthing's loan book which had just been published on the WikiLeaks webpage, when the bank got a gag order issued by the Reykjavik sheriff's office, banning RÚV from reporting on the loan book, which could be publicly accessed online via WikiLeaks.[4] The prohibition order was withdrawn later.[5]

Kristinn was dismissed from RÚV (his contract was not renewed) in July 2010.[6] He has since worked as an independent journalist, collaborating with WikiLeaks and serving as the organisation's spokesman after founder Julian Assange withdrew from the limelight. He has called the December 2010 attacks on WikiLeaks by MasterCard, Visa, and others a "privatisation of censorship".[7] In 2012, in his capacity as WikiLeaks spokesman, he defended the organisation on the website of Swedish Television against what he described as a smear campaign by the Swedish tabloid Expressen.[8]

Kristinn has been named Icelandic journalist of the year three times, in 2004, 2007 and 2010 by Iceland’s National Union of Journalists.[9]

References

  1. ^ Louise Osborne (10 December 2010). "Wikileaks-Sprecher Kristinn Hrafnsson: 'Wir hatten einen Notfallplan'". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Andy Greenberg (7 December 2010). "Meet The New Public Face Of WikiLeaks: Kristinn Hrafnsson". Forbes. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ^ Victor-M Amela; Ima Sanchiz; Lluis Amiguet (17 June 2011). "'Vivimos asediados por la Administración de EE.UU.'". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Hafsteinn Gunnar Hauksson (1 August 2009). "Kaupþing fékk lögbann á umfjöllun RÚV". Vísir (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Jón Hákon Halldórsson (4 August 2009). "Lögbanni aflétt af fréttaflutningi RÚV". Vísir (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Kristinn Hrafnsson rekinn af Ríkisútvarpinu". Pressan (in Icelandic). Reykjavík. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "WikiLeaks Rep in Iceland Requests Government Support". Iceland Review. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  8. ^ "Wikileaks: Vi tänker inte smutskasta Sverige". Debatt (in Swedish). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "WikiLeaks spokesman wins Journalist of the Year in Iceland". The Times. Valletta, Malta. AFP. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2013.


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