Tag: free press
-
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
-
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
-
Australia’s new law would criminalise Snowden reporting
Australia introduces a legislative proposal that evokes the US’s Espionage Act, stokes unfounded fears and criminalises journalism in line with a crackdown on whistleblowing