Wikileaks suspends publications

The whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks today announced it was suspending its publishing operations and will “aggressively” launch a new fundraising drive.

The website, behind the publication of hundreds of thousands of controversial secret US files and diplomatic cables, announced it was running on cash reserves after “an arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade” by the Bank of America, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Western Union.