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Why the world needs more whistleblowers
Courage advisory board member Sana Saleem explains why truthtellers are vital, as part of our collaboration with the EFF’s Necessary and Appropriate Principles week of action
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Courage joins ‘Necessary and Appropriate Principles’ week
The EFF-led week of action deals with secrecy, transparency, public oversight and combating surveillance; Courage advisory board member Sana Saleem contributes
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Press release: Jeremy Hammond announced as second Courage beneficiary
The imprisoned hacktivist becomes Courage’s second beneficiary, after Edward Snowden
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Yochai Benkler argues for Edward Snowden’s immunity
Article for the Atlantic explains how granting Snowden immunity would pave the way toward a culture of accountability that welcomes whistleblowing
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Obama: “If you blow the whistle, you should be thanked”
President Obama says whistleblowers should be “protected”, “thanked”, and “certainly shouldn’t be punished” – while punishing more whistleblowers than any other president in American history
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Yochai Benkler outlines public accountability defence for whistleblowers
In a new paper, Benkler details both the value and inevitability of national security disclosures, and he proposes a whistleblower defence that could have helped protect Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
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British MPs say “whistleblowing is crucial” but fail to protect intelligence whistleblowers
A UK parliamentary committee says whistleblowers are a “crucial source of intelligence to help government identify wrongdoing” but fails to mention one significant category altogether – intelligence whistleblowers
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Press release: Courage welcomes Russia’s continued protection of Edward Snowden
Courage Acting Director Sarah Harrison says: “Although the US government has lost this round, let us not forget the stakes – last year whistleblower Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in a US military prison and the Grand Jury against both WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden continues”
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New reports shed light on surveillance’s chilling effects
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union publish a report detailing the damage that US surveillance causes to American democracy, the latest in a string of similar reports
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US government claims to be investigating new whistleblower while leaking to AP
The US government says a new leaker gave information to the Intercept, but government officials disclosed that same information to the AP to spoil a scoop