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Trump’s re-election and the war on journalism
November 8, 2024
Donald Trump is poised to return to the White House, and press freedom groups are sounding the alarm about what his election means for the state of journalism. Courage joins these groups in standing up for truthtellers, for journalists’ right to publish, and for your right to know, regardless of which party is in power.
Drop charges against Indian Time journalist Isaac White
October 25, 2024
Courage has joined more than 20 national and local press freedom and civil liberties organizations calling on the DOJ to drop the charges brought against Indian Time reporter Isaac White.
Daniel Hale to receive the inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award
October 18, 2024
The first to receive the International Ellsberg Whistleblower Award will be Courage Foundation beneficiary Daniel Hale, former Air Force and NSA intelligence analyst who revealed the clandestine drone assassination program of the Obama administration.
Press freedom groups write to US embassy in Israel over detained US journalist Jeremy Loffredo
October 11, 2024
The Courage Foundation has signed on to the following letter alongside Defending Rights & Dissent and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to express our concern to the US Embassy in Jerusalem over the ongoing detention of U.S. journalist Jeremy Loffredo.
“Journalists must be activists for the truth” — Julian Assange testifies before the Council of Europe
October 10, 2024
Addressing the public for the first time since before his arrest in 2019, Julian Assange spoke today before the Legal and Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly about his prosecution, detention and imprisonment.
Assange to address Council of Europe human rights hearing
September 26, 2024
On Tuesday, October 1, Julian Assange will give testimony before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, ahead of a full plenary debate on this topic the following day. The hearing, which is open to the press, will be livestreamed.
Julian is free! Celebration events
September 9, 2024
To commemorate Julian’s freedom and the activist community around the world that worked tirelessly for many years to help secure his release, Assange Defense is hosting events to celebrate and reflect on this important victory in the biggest press freedom case of our lifetime.