Birgitta Jonsdottir, Democracy and Freedom of Information

Believing that lack of free information was the main cause of the corruption behind Iceland’s 2008 crisis, Birgitta Jónsdóttir convinced her colleagues in the Althingi, the oldest parliament in the world, to pass unanimously a law calling for complete freedom of information in Iceland. She also worked closely with Julian Assange to produce the video “Collateral Murder”.