Exhibit 12 to Submission of Julian Assange

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Julian A ssange loses PCC com plaintagainst New Statesm anPosted on 24 January 2012 11:29Review of unauthorised biography contained no breach of thecode, regulator finds.Eii!i Julian A ....geH a p p i e r t im e s : J u l ia n A s s a n g e p h o t o g ra p h e d f o r th e N e w S t a t e s m a n i n A p r il 2 0 1 0

Transparency campaigner Jul ian Assange has lost a complaint to the PressCompla ints Commiss ion over a boo k rev iew in theNew S t a tes m an .In a piece he adl ined "Every Stone Unturned" a review of the "unauthorisedautobiography" of Assange publ ished by Canongate, James Bal l wrote:

[Andrew] OHagans writing is at its best covering Assangesearly l i fe: a nomadic e xistence in rural Austral ia, replete withfloppy disks hidden in beehives and nightly forays throughsecure servers. Yet even here, the str ident note famil iar fromAssanges publ ic pronouncem ents often vanishes, replaced withthe ma nnerisms of a Brit ish aesthete. "It occurred to me on thesteps of the court that I had travel led a very long w ay to seesuch snow," he m uses after being granted bail on sexual assaultcharges in December . The language and tone are w hol lyuncharacteristic.

Assange bel ieved that the reference here to "charges" was in breach o f thePCC code. "1 have not been charged with any offence a nd this statementtherefore represents a significant and misleading inaccuracy. The facts arenot hard to establ ish -- a m atter of basic fact-checking -- and a correctionshould be pr inted with due prom inence." He added that the art iclecontributed to a "hosti le me dia cl imate" and "a reduction in my a bi l i ty to raiserevenue for Wikileaks through loss of reputation".The PCC disagreed, rul ing:

It was not in dispute that the complainant had not been fo rmallycharged by Swe dish authorities. As such, a claim that Swedishprosecutors had formally indicted the comp lainant with offenceswould clear ly raise a breach of Clause 1 ( i) of the Editors Code.However, the art icles under complaint had not made suc h aclaim: rather they had al luded to "charges" m ore general ly. Inthe view of the Com mission, this conveyed to readers,accurately, that the complainant was be ing accused by Sw edishprosecuting authorit ies of having com mitted the offences (andthat prosecutors were seeking his extradition with a view to hispotentially being tr ied for those offences).

The PCC wrote to the editor of the NS, Ja son Cow ley, to inform him that thecomp laint "raised no breach o f the Code of Practice and did not requirefurther investigation. That is why we have not contacted you."In the interests of transparency and freedom of information, the NewStatesman has uploaded the PCC judgement (here) and covering letter(here).Tags: Julian AssanqeGet the fu l l maqaz ine for lus t 1 a we ek wi th a t r ia l subscr ip t ion. PLUS receive af ree waterstones voucher fo r 5

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10 com m ents from readersElizabeth24 January 2012 at 11:59

Words dont mean what they mean when toadies sit in judgement on their :friends? Whod have thunk it?lan Hislop was quite right to stay awa y from the PCC.

Gary Lord24 January 2012 at 12:05Assange is rightly aggrieved at former WikiLeaks staffer James Ball, who hassince launched a career at The Guardian by a ttacking Assange andWikiLeaks relentlessly. This is part of a concerted attack by the UKEstablishment. I have detailed much of it here:http://iaraparil la.blo.qspot.com/2011/11 /.quardians-vendetta-aqainst-iul ian.html

Thomas Devine24 January 2012 at 14:09Assange wanted to control what was said about him. He rejectedtransparency for himself. Hed delight in jamming all diplomacy shut(quiettalk requires privacy), but he finds himself too sacred to be exposed to publicview. Some transparency.

susi224 January 2012 at 20:18Individuals are already transparent enough to the g overnment! Its timepeople demand more transparency of an (elected) government and no longerconfuse the right to privacy of an individual vs a governments obligation totranspareny+its voters!

susi224 January 2012 at 20:37The PCC judgeme nt almost sounds like an invitation for (further)inaccurances! Lets point out that even the general public know the differencebtw allegations (as usually made in tabloid newspapers on a weekly basis) :and charges which come with the obligation of the prosecutor to hand over :evidence to the defendent. Now just why the SW pros.is avoiding that step :until JA is in SW pretrial confinement is sth that only the pros. can butWONT answer (espe cially since they refuse to explain why a n interrogationabroad -a routine action by BOTH Swedish and other European pros.-al leg.isnt possible in this case!

susi224 January 2012 at 20:46"As such, a claim that Swedish prosecutors had formally indicted thecomplainant with offences would clearly raise a breach of Clause 1 (i) of the :Editors Code"Interesting because the "general public" would normally and RIGHTLY so-view charges as a form al indictment because thats EXACTLY what they are!

Apostrophe25 January 2012 at 00:13This is disgraceful. Ball was incorrect in stating that Assange had beencharged - a blatant untruth. And, more to the point, the very idea that he hadbeen charged is enough to convince the public, who unfortunately rely onpeople like Ball to tell them the truth, of Assanges suppos ed guilt. Anyonewith half a brain can see that this PCC ruling is little more than an attemp t by :

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the establishment to protect its vile, white noise quislings. What more did one :really expect? Vindication for Assange? Not in the British media. No way.

Elizabeth25 January 2012 at 00:28It is interesting to see who sits on the PCC and play 6 Degrees of JoeLieberman et al.

Tony25 January 2012 at 04:09The PCCs analysis is rubbish. It is precisely the specifically unusual nature :of JAs case which requ ires careful language... Oh wha ts the point replayingto fake left publications such as the g uardian and the old statesman. As they :say everyone is a socialist before the age of 30 and you have got old andestabl ishment l ike Woodward and Joe K l ien in the US.

Bo b25 January 2012 at 16:50Wonder what dear old J.Pilger thinks of this treatment of h is (relatively)younghero? Or is he hiding behind one of the Assa nge-friendly commentatorsabove? Will he withdraw all future collaboration with the S taggers?

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