Category: Journalism
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Author and journalist Ali Abunimah arrested in Switzarland
Palestinian-American author and journalist Ali Abunimah was arrested by Swiss police in Zurich on January 25, where he was to hold a speaking tour. Co-founder and executive director of The Electronic Intifada, an independent not-for-profit media organization, Abunimah was flying to Switzerland to deliver a lecture at an event organized by the Palestine Committee of
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Multnomah County drops charge against Alissa Azar
Trespass charges against journalist Alissa Azar have been dropped by the Multnomah County District Attorney. As we wrote yesterday, the charges were an affront to the First Amendment and capped more than a year of harassment by Oregon authorities on Azar’s right to cover pro-Palestine protests in Portland. Thanks to those who took action writing
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Tell the County DA: Drop charges against Alissa Azar!
Sign a letter today urging Multnomah County District Attorney to drop trespass charges against an independent reporter
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Senate fails to pass PRESS Act
The Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying Act would protect journalists against government surveillance and the forced disclosure of their confidential sources
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Trump’s re-election and the war on journalism
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.
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“Journalists must be activists for the truth” — Julian Assange testifies before the Council of Europe
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.
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Assange to address Council of Europe human rights hearing
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.
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Press freedom groups call on Biden DOJ to drop Assange charges
“We urge you to drop the appeal of the decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court to reject the Trump administration’s extradition request. We also urge you to dismiss the underlying indictment.”
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Defend Media Freedom: Julian Assange on #HumanRightsDay
Today, International Human Rights Day, the Courage Foundation partnered with a coalition of European press freedom groups to publish an advertisement in The Times to spread awareness about and condemn Julian Assange’s persecution and prosecution.
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World Press Freedom Day: The Prosecution of Julian Assange
Video: On World Press Freedom Day, two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and the UK Bureau Director for Reporters without Borders discuss the Trump administration’s indictment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and its unprecedented charges of Espionage for the publication of truthful information in the public interest.