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October 19-25, 2024
Press freedom groups urge DOJ to drop all charges against Indian Time reporter; Outrage over Israel’s threats against six Al Jazeera journalists; Sanders leads call for DOJ to investigate Israeli attack on journalists; 65 House Democrats send letter to Biden urging unimpeded media access to Gaza, 19 press freedom and human rights organizations support it;…
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Drop charges against Indian Time journalist Isaac White
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.
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Daniel Hale to receive the inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award
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.
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October 12-18, 2024
Daniel Hale to receive inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award; UK police raid home & seize devices of journalist Asa Winstanley; Rep. Jim McGovern leads letter urging Israel to allow independent press access; Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina dies in in Russian captivity; Press freedom groups write to US embassy in Israel over detained US journalist Jeremy Loffredo;…
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Press freedom groups write to US embassy in Israel over detained US journalist Jeremy Loffredo
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.
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October 5-11, 2024
Israel detains US journalist reporting on damage to its military bases; Israel targets Palestinian journalists killing one and wounding three; A crackdown on US photo and video journalists; Gaza journalist Hassan Hamad killed by artillery fire after threats from Israeli officer; Israel responsible for record journalist death toll, says CPJ; RSF: Israeli forces have methodically…
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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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September 29-October 4, 2024
Julian Assange testifies before Council of Europe, CoE Parliamentary Assembly recognises Assange as a ‘political prisoner’; Palestinian journalist killed by Israel in her home in Gaza; UN Security Council urged to not turn a blind eye to Israel’s attacks on press freedom; IFJ demands governments stop interfering in the work of journalists; Mohammed R. Mhawish…
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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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September 22-28, 2024
Assange to testify before the Council of Europe; Press freedom groups denounce Israel’s raid and closure of Al Jazeera bureau in Ramallah; The Pact for the Future fails to address the issues related to journalism and the global information crisis, says RSF