Tag: Snowden
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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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Press Release: Courage letters being delivered to governments call for the safe protection of Edward Snowden
Letters are being distributed by three elected representatives – Senator Ron Wyden in the US, Hans Christian Ströbele MP in Germany and Caroline Lucas MP in the UK – that they were hand-delivered to on Friday
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Press Release: Americans, Brits and Germans want their governments to protect Edward Snowden
As Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum expires in Russia and he applies for a renewal, Courage delivers letters to German, UK and US governments on behalf of his supporters calling for his protection
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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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Video: Sarah Harrison gives Global Media Forum keynote address
Courage’s Sarah Harrison discusses WikiLeaks’ publishing, Snowden’s revelations and how to use transparency to hold the powerful to account
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Video: Sarah Harrison discusses Courage on Democracy Now!
Courage’s Acting Director Sarah Harrison tells Democracy Now! why the Courage Foundation is needed to defend Edward Snowden and Snowdens-to-come, and why she decided to escort the NSA whistleblower from Hong Kong to Moscow.
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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
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Edward Snowden speaks to the Council of Europe on improving the protection of whistleblowers
Full transcript of Edward Snowden’s second appearance at the Council of Europe, discussing the need for new mechanisms that ensure the protection of truthtellers on an international level
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Privacy and whistleblower groups mark one year of NSA revelations
To mark the one-year anniversary of NSA revelations, several privacy and whistleblower groups have taken a look back at what we’ve learned since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on mass surveillance