Tag: wikileaks
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Courage supports #StopTradeSecrets
Europe’s Trade Secrets Directive is bad news for whistleblowers. The campaign against it starts today – visit the website at stoptradesecrets.eu and sign the petition
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Obama reportedly criminalises “support” for “cyber-enabled activities”
Julian Assange and Sarah Harrison taking part in reddit AMA 6 April 2015 at 7pm EST / 11pm GMT
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Sarah Harrison and Grace North at the 31st Chaos Communication Congress
Courage’s Acting Director and the manager of FreeJeremy.net discuss “ethics, operational security and public protections of sources,” in addition to the need for expanding our understanding of the term “whistleblower”
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Press release: Top musicians, actors and Nobel laureates show support for Edward Snowden, publishers and whistleblowers
An international coalition of more than fifty actors, musicians and intellectuals announce their support for Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks, whistleblowers and publishers
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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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German precedent upholds online civil disobedience
The case is a model for how to recognise the political nature of internet activism, which has no precedent in the United States, thanks to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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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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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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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”