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Thomas Drake running for UN Privacy Rapporteur

May 8, 2015

Courage fully supports Drake's candidacy, as he has already become a leading global expert on the threats surveillance poses to privacy and human rights Read more..

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says Edward Snowden should not face prosecution

July 16, 2014

"Those who disclose human rights violations should be protected: we need them," says Navi Pillay, the UN's top human rights official, as she issues new report on surveillance and privacy Read more..

Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison

“I am here because I stole something that was never mine to take — precious human life. For that I was compensated and given a medal. I couldn’t keep living in a world in which people pretended that things weren’t happening that were. Please, your honor, forgive me for taking papers instead of taking human lives.”

Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing

The Courage Foundation’s daily coverage of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing in London

Isolated, Surveilled, Expelled: How Ecuador Betrayed Julian Assange

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno gradually ratcheted up restrictions, surveillance, and threats on Julian Assange over the course of his presidential term to build a pretext for ultimately revoking asylum and inviting British police into Ecuador’s embassy.

Write to your MP: Protect Julian Assange

If you're in the UK, your role in helping Julian Assange is crucial. Write to your MP to let them know that you oppose onward extradition and that Assange's legal rights must be protected