Liveleak had once been forced to take down Fitna due to direct threats to its staff from those looking to suppress free speech. Having now upgraded its security features, the brave video hosting company has now decided to once again stand up for the freedom of expression.

On the 28th of March LiveLeak.com was left with no other choice but to remove the film “fitna” from our servers following serious threats to our staff and their families. Since that time we have worked constantly on upgrading all security measures thus offering better protection for our staff and families. With these measures in place we have decided to once more make this video live on our site. We will not be pressured into censoring material which is legal and within our rules. We apologise for the removal and the delay in getting it back, but when you run a website you don’t consider that some people would be insecure enough to threaten our lives simply because they do not like the content of a video we neither produced nor endorsed but merely hosted.

Bravo. Basically they bought more armor and went back into the fight.

The English version now has over 4.33 million view, with countless other independent sites and torrent providers now hosting it. Which brings us to an interesting point by Allah:

Like I said on Friday, their job here is done. If they’re reinstating it, it’s only because the principle means that much to them.