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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..

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

Julian Assange charged under Espionage Act in unprecedented attack on First Amendment

Today federal prosecutors unsealed a new, 18-count superseding indictment charging Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, the first use of the 1917 law against a publisher.