Vaughan Smith
Henry Vaughan Lockhart Smith (born July 22, 1963 ) is an English journalist . He served as an officer in the British Army in Northern Ireland , Cyprus and Germany . In the 1990s he worked as an independent cameraman and crisis reporter in Iraq , Afghanistan , Bosnia , Chechnya and Kosovo, among others . Smith posed as an officer in the British Army during the 1991 Gulf War in order to be able to make uncensored reports. Smith was shot twice but survived with minor injuries. When he was filming Serbian military actions in Prekaz in April 1998 , a bullet got stuck in his mobile phone .
Smith founded the Frontline Club in London in 2003 to support independent journalism. From late 2010 to 2012, Smith hosted Julian Assange , the founder of WikiLeaks , first in his Frontline Club and then in his country estate. He put 20,000 pounds sterling a portion of the deposit that Assange had deposited to leave the detention.
Web links
- Vaughan Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Smith reports how he posed as a British officer in the 1991 Gulf War.
- The Times: Vaughan Smith on Julian Assange
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norman, Joshua. " Just Where Is WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's" Mansion Arrest "? CBS News, December 16, 2010
- ↑ Welt Online on June 20, 2012: Assange amazes friends and opponents by fleeing to the embassy. Retrieved June 21, 2012 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Vaughan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Henry Vaughan Lockhart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1963 |