Tag: advisory board
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Citizenfour’s Escape to Freedom in Russia
Courage Advisory Board member Ray McGovern recounts his experience meeting Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, other fellow whistleblowers, and seeing the acclaimed documentary Citizenfour
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Journalist Chris Hedges joins Courage Advisory Board
The Pulitzer Prize-winning former war correspondent has written in support of Courage beneficiaries Edward Snowden and Jeremy Hammond
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Courage welcomes Slavoj Žižek to our Advisory Board
The renowned philosopher and cultural critic has spoken out for Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and the need for a whistleblower-protection organisation
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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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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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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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How journalists should work with whistleblowers
MI5 whistleblower and Courage Advisory Board member Annie Machon took part in a panel at the International Journalism Festival in Turin, discussing the process of working with sensitive documents and a high-risk source in the face of government persecution as well as Courage’s role in protecting whistleblowers
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Courage: showing solidarity with whistleblowers and defending our right to know
In an interview with US lawyer and Courage Advisory Board member Kevin Zeese, Sarah Harrison talks about Courage, why the organisation was started and how it is working to protect whistleblowers