Whistle blowing and press freedom. Human Roghts, Free Speech are what is at stake.
Quote from one of the speakers:
"Insidious breeches of human rights as we have seen in the case of Julian Assange. These breeches range form absolutely bizarre things such as the prosecuting country considering whether to murder the defendant, in this case, that is the US hatching plans, the CIA hatching plans to murder Julian, and serious breeches of what we call attorney/client privilege..."
Breeches are pants.