Matt DeHart is a former U.S. Air National Guard intelligence analyst who was prosecuted for allegedly running a data server which hosted files destined for WikiLeaks and allegedly dealing with the FBI investigating the CIA’s potential role in the anthrax attacks of 2001. DeHart was tortured during interrogation at the U.S.-Canada border and ultimately arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. He was finally released from prison in 2019.
Matt is in a transitional program with a scheduled release date to Leann and Paulās home on October 3rd, 2019. In some ways the hardest part of his ordeal is yet to come.
BOP’s response fails to explain the lack of due process; now that Matt has exhausted all administrative avenues for redress, he will challenge the arbitrary decision in court
NSA whistleblower and Courage Advisory Board member on what it’s like to endure the brunt of the US national security state, and why we should support Matt DeHart
The 30-year-old former US National Guard drone team member and alleged WikiLeaks courier was deported to the US less than 24 hours ago after asylum claim declined by Canada
Emin Huseynov is a human rights defender who fled persecution from Azerbaijan when authorities raided the offices of his organization in 2014. Huseynov fled to Switzerland in 2015.
Leading Azerbaijani press freedom campaigner Emin Huseynov travels to Bern after being sheltered at the Swiss Embassy in Baku since August last year. Donate to his defence fund at Courage’s official support site
Whistleblowers at PriceWaterhouseCooper exposed widespread tax-evasion fraud in reporting that later became known as LuxLeaks. Antoine Deltour and RaphaĆ«l Halet were imprisoned for blowing the whistle on PWC, though a court later overturned Deltourās conviction.
Deltour, who came forward in 2014 as a LuxLeaks source, faces charges of robbery, laundering and fraudulent access, and a journalist is on trial as an accomplice
Chelsea Manning is a U.S. Army whistleblower, who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified military documents to WikiLeaks in 2010, exposing war crimes, previously uncounted civilian casualties, and the true nature of modern warfare. A former intelligence analyst who was stationed in Baghdad during the Iraq War, Manning is the source behind the infamous “Collateral Murder” video, the Iraq War Logs, the Afghan War Diary, and the State Department cables. Though acquitted of the most serious charge, the nearly unprecedented ‘aiding the enemy’ count carrying a potential death sentence, Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013 under the Espionage Act, serving 7 years (many in solitary confinement, inflicting psychological torture) before her sentence was commuted by President Obama in 2017.
Manning was re-arrested in 2019 and imprisoned for another year when she refused to testify before a grand jury investigating indicted WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
“We feel that Assange, Manning and Snowden have to be recognized for their ‘unprecedented contributions to the pursuit of peace and their immense personal sacrifices to promote peace for all’. With the unveiling of US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq and the global surveillance program of the US secret services, the three have ‘exposed the architecture of war and strengthened the architecture of peace.'”
“As scholars and citizens concerned with the protection ofĀ whistleblowersĀ and a free press, with the ability to hold government to account for such abuses we call for the immediate release of JulianĀ AssangeĀ and Chelsea Manning from prison.”
ACCA affirms Manningās conviction and sentence, rejecting arguments of First Amendment protection and an overbroad Espionage Act, but the legal case doesnāt end here
Courage can help you host a party to raise funds for Chelsea Manning’s vital legal appeal; TransCyberian’s first party in Berlin on 16 June will feature live music and crypto workshops, with proceeds going to Chelsea’s fund
Chelsea Manning turns 29 today, as a White House petition calling on President Obama to grant her time served has reached 100,000 signers, forcing the White House to respond
Manning, who has already spent six years in prison, asks Obama to cut her sentence to time served; Obama could reverse course on whistleblowers before a Trump administration takes the reins
Manning: “I am feeling hurt. I am feeling lonely. I am embarrassed by the decision. I donāt know how to explain it. I am touched by your warm messages of love and support. This comforts me in my time of need.”
While UK prosecutors tell Lauri Love he has nothing to fear, Chelsea Manning, already tortured, is threatened with new charges and potentially indefinite solitary confinement in response to her attempt to take her own life
Chelsea Manningās attorneys Chase Strangio, Vincent Ward and Nancy Hollander released a joint statement today updating the public on Chelsea’s health status and the Army’s unauthorised release of her private medical information
The Courage Foundation will focus on European fundraising and campaign support for the WikiLeaks whistleblower, as her legal defence team files its appeal to the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals
The whistleblower is being penalised for possessing magazines like Vanity Fair, the Senate Torture Report and āexpiredā toothpaste; Update: Chelsea tweets, āI was found guilty of all 4 charges @ todayās board; I am receiving 21 days of restrictions on recreationāno gym, library or outdoors.ā
The Courage Foundation will focus on European fundraising and campaign support for the WikiLeaks whistleblower, as her legal defence team files its appeal to the US Army Court of Criminal Appeals
Jeremy Hammond is an anarchist hacker who was arrested and imprisoned for sending thousands of emails from intelligence firm Stratfor to WikiLeaks, who then published the files exposing widespread corruption and illegality in 2012.
Arrested in 2012 and sentenced in 2013 to 10 years in prison, Hammond was finally in November 2020. While in prison he was held in civil contempt for refusing to testify to a grand jury against indicted WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in 2019.
The Daily Dot reports on confidential records showing Jeremy Hammond on a federal terrorist watchlist, further revealing the government’s equation of truthtelling with terrorism
Lauri Love is a Finnish-British dual citizen who successfully defeated a U.S. extradition request in 2018, when he was indicted for allegedly defacing the Justice Department’s website in protest of the DOJ’s persecution of Aaron Swartz. Love’s use of the Forum Bar helped create a precedent that could help others facing similar extradition requests.
The High Court has prevented the US from appealing Lauri Love’s extradition decision, so the 5 February 2018 ruling stands in full; Lauri Love: “The era of the US Department of Justice as world police is over.”
Barrett explains the conditions he endured in US prisons and why Lauri would be at even greater risk, while Rev. Love and others discuss problems with the US-UK Extradition Treaty and the disparity in how the two countries treat computer crimes
Lauri Love can appeal the ruling at a higher court, speaks outside of the courtroom after the ruling; Sarah Harrison condemns the decision; Lauri’s legal counsel vow appeal
At 2pm on Friday 16 September, District Judge Nina Tempia will hand down her ruling on whether Lauri Love should be protected from extradition to the United States, where he faces a potential 99-year prison sentence
Courage and US-based activist organisation Roots Action are collaborating to raise funds for British computer scientist Lauri Love as he awaits an extradition ruling on 16 September 2016
In the second day of Love’s hearing, the court heard testimony from Lauri himself, the CEO of Hacker House, representatives from Jeremy Hammond’s and Barrett Brown’s support networks, and Lauri’s US lawyer, Tor Ekeland; final oral arguments to be held in the coming weeks
While day one of Lauri Love’s extradition hearing focused on his mental health and potential for poor treatment in a US prison, today’s hearing will turn toward Lauri’s current work at Hacker House, harnessing cybersecurity talents for social good
A comprehensive Storify of today’s extradition hearing in London, where the court heard testimony regarding Lauri Love’s Asperger Syndrome and depression, and how he would fare if imprisoned in the United States; tomorrow we’ll hear about how digital activists are treated in US prisons
Two-day hearing expected to be first major test of the post-McKinnon forum bar; Gary McKinnon’s mother says, “We burned our witches, donāt crucify our geeks.”
Sarah Harrison: “By making a stand for his own privacy Lauri Love has prevented a further erosion of rights for everyone in the UK, at a time when the ability to store and convey information securely is at risk all over the world.”
Decision in Love’s property case will have serious implications for journalists, advocates, activists, whistleblowers, members of the legal profession and other groups who handle sensitive communications or other data
Julian Assange says “Lauri Love is fighting this case for the rights of all UK residents against excessive and abusive policing. Because the UK is a laboratory for these kinds of repressive policies, the case will also have wide-reaching repercussions internationally.”
On 12 April at 2pm, Lauri Love will appear at Westminster Magistrate’s Court challenging an attempt by the UK’s NCA to compel him to hand over his encryption keys
2pm, London, West Magistrate’s Court; Richie Tynan of Privacy International: āThis is the first time we have heard of a UK agency using two different legal mechanisms to compel the decryption of data”
Latest posts about the LuxLeaks scandal and whistleblowers at PriceWaterhouseCooper who exposed widespread tax-evasion fraud. Antoine Deltour and RaphaĆ«l Halet were imprisoned for blowing the whistle, though a court later overturned Deltour’s conviction.
Latest posts about NSA whistleblower Reality Winner, who in 2017 was sentenced to 5 years in prison for exposing an internal assessment of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
