Pirate Party strikes deal with Wikileaks

Wikileaks has found a new ally in its quest to expose corruption among the powers that be.

The Swedish Pirate Party has agreed to host several new servers for the whistle-blowing website, aiding its quest to stay online in the face of hostility from governments worldwide.

The Wikileaks site has exposed many top secret files in the past, including some that revealed that the US government was plotting to bring the site down.

More recently, the site was condemned by US authorities for putting 75,000 leaked documents about the Afghanistan war online. The Thai government has also used emergency powers this week to block the site.

The site struggled under the strain of the demand to see the Afghan War files so is boosting its server capacity with the help of the Swedish Pirate Party, which has a representative in the European parliament.

"We welcome the help provided by the Pirate Party. Our organisations share many values and I am looking forward to future ways we can help each other improve the world," said Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks.

"Western democracies are not always as free as one might think, and freedom of the press needs constant vigilance," Assange continued.

The Swedish Pirate Party campaigns against copyright laws and in favour of increased privacy for citizens of both Sweden and Europe as a whole.

"We don't just talk. We act. Using our own resources and time, we help change the world rather than pass the buck, commission reports, and avoid responsibility like other politicians," said Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party.