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We defend truthtellers. We create support networks for whistleblowers and journalists and other sources who help expose truthful information in the public interest. We fight for Snowden, Manning, Daniel Hale, and more. We helped free Julian Assange.

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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
More than 140 global press freedom organisations call on world leaders, governments, and international institutions to act immediately to ensure journalists from outside Gaza are given immediate, independent access to the territory. cpj.org/2025/06/cpj-...
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CPJ and global media leaders call for urgent, unrestricted access to Gaza for journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, June 9, 2025—One hundred sixty global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments, and international institutions on Monday to act immediately to ens...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
@rsf.org condemns wave of violence against journalists covering Los Angeles protests "At least 27 attacks on journalists covering protests in Los Angeles took place between June 6 and June 8." rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...
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USA: RSF condemns wave of violence against journalists covering Los Angeles protests
At least 27 attacks on journalists covering protests in Los Angeles took place between June 6 and June 8. The assaults have been carried out by both law enforcement and protesters. Violence against jo...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 21/05/2025
Columbia needs to cease its investigations into student journalists, expunge their records and respect students' free press rights. Read the letter from @freedom.press and other press freedom and free speech organizations: splc.org/2025/05/coal...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Journalist Ahmed Anwar Al-Helu was killed in an Israeli air strike on the northwestern part of Khan Yunis. Al-Helu’s death comes hours after an anchor for Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, Hassan Samour, was killed along with 11 members of his family. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250516-217...
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217 journalists killed in Gaza after Israel targets another in Khan Yunis – Middle East Monitor
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"An Israeli drone strike killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Islayeh while he was receiving treatment in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis", reports @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
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Israeli strike kills Palestinian journalist receiving treatment in Gaza hospital
Prominent reporter Hassan Islayeh is directly targeted after months of incitement against him in Israeli media
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Attacks on journalists and press freedom this week couragefound.org/press-freedo...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Two Palestinian journalists, Yahya Subaih and Nour El-Din Abdo, have been killed in separate attacks on Gaza city and eastern Gaza. At least 129 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since the beginning of Israel's assault on Gaza. www.ifj.org/media-centre...
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Palestine: At least 159 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza / IFJ
[UPDATED 08.05.2025] At least 129 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are missing during the war in Gaza. The International Federation of J...
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RSF @rsf.org · 02/05/2025
🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, a red line has been crossed. For the first time in the history of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, the conditions for practising journalism are bad in half of the world’s countries. #WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
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RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom
Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press...
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RSF @rsf.org · 02/05/2025
#USA: Trump is celebrating #WorldPressFreedomDay by trying to cut funding for public media, while the White House is using taxpayer money to publish a propaganda site mimicking a news outlet. It’s Trump’s latest escalation of his war on the press. rsf.org/en/usa-trump...
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USA: Trump cuts public media, uses taxpayer funds for propaganda instead
President Donald Trump marked World Press Freedom Day 2025 by announcing his intention to drastically cut funding for public media in the United States. Meanwhile, the same week, his administration la...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Last week in press freedom couragefound.org/press-freedo...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Free speech crackdown in the UK: Emails show UK authorities discussing legal cases with the Israeli Embassy in London as the UK counterterrorism unit was arresting activists and journalists for criticizing Israel's genocide in Gaza www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP2A...
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Did the Israeli Embassy Order My Arrest?
YouTube video by Richard Medhurst
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Over 1,000 intellectuals, writers and activists have signed a letter against the crackdown on Palestine solidarity in France, including the targeting of union organizer Anasse Kazib for his tweets is support of Palestine, reports @mondoweiss.net mondoweiss.net/2025/04/the-...
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The case against Anasse Kazib is just the French government’s latest act of repression against Palestine solidarity
More than 1,000 activists, intellectuals, and writers have signed a letter against the crackdown on Palestine solidarity in France, including the targeting of union organizer Anasse Kazib.
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
On #WorldPressFreedomDay, CPJ’s call to protect the press is more urgent than ever. Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel. 🔗 cpj.org?p=451429
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 25/04/2025
NEW: AG Pam Bondi has revoked media protections instituted by former AG Merrick Garland, according to a memo seen by NBC News. More to come.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Artist and photojournalist, Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was the protagonist of a documentary due to premiere in Cannes, killed along with 10 members of her family www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Israeli forces bombed a tent sheltering reporters in Khan Younis, setting it on fire and killing two while others were trapped in the flames. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
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Israel bombs media tent in Gaza, killing journalist and burning others
Israel attacks journalist tent near Khan Younis hospital without prior warning
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Last week in press freedom -- check back every Friday for the latest attacks on journalists, journalism, and your right to know couragefound.org/press-freedo...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
CPJ condemns killing of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces @pressfreedom.bsky.social has called on Israel to stop making unsubstantiated allegations to justify its killing and mistreatment of members of the press cpj.org/2025/03/cpj-...
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CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war - Committee to Protect Journalists
Beirut, March 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s killing in Gaza of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces and calls for an ...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Last Week in Press Freedom -- check back at the end of each week for a round-up of the latest news in attacks on journalists, journalism, and your right to know couragefound.org/this-week-in...
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025
NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed two media workers, Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat and Palestine Today's Mohammad Mansour. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
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Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat killed in Israeli attack on Gaza
Mohammad Mansour, who worked for Palestine Today, has also been killed in a separate Israeli attack.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Julian Assange is the first publisher to be charged under the US Espionage Act | @peninternational.bsky.social www.pen-international.org/cases/julian...
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Julian ASSANGE — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange was released from detention on 24 June 2024. Assange returned to his home country of Australia following a plea deal with US prosecutors, after spendin...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
At least nine people, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
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‘Horrific massacre’: Israel kills nine Palestinians despite ceasefire
The attack targets a relief team in the north of the enclave that was accompanied by journalists and photographers.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Free Mahmoud Khalil immediately! Khalil's arrest is a massive attack on the First Amendment and freedom of speech.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"There is a well-established pattern of Israeli forces targeting Palestinian journalists. We must break this cycle of impunity by transparently investigating Israel’s crimes." mondoweiss.net/2025/03/the-...
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The global community must do more to demand justice for Palestinian journalists in Gaza and beyond
There is a well-established pattern of Israeli forces targeting Palestinian journalists. We must break this cycle of impunity by transparently investigating Israel’s crimes.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Stop attacks on media freedom in the West Bank @article19.bsky.social condemns Israel’s escalating press freedom violations in the West Bank. Palestinian journalists continue to face increasing restrictions, arbitrary detentions, and physical attacks. www.article19.org/resources/is...
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Israel: Stop attacks on journalists and media freedom in the West Bank - ARTICLE 19
Israel authorities must stop the assault on journalists and the media in Palestine's West Bank, and protect vital reporting.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. The UK didn't respond. | Report by @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists and Activists
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Burying The Assange Secrets: The CIA won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four Americans who claimed they had their privacy rights violated when they visited Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy | @kgosztola.bsky.social thedissenter.org/burying-the-...
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Burying The CIA's Assange Secrets
The CIA won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four Americans who claimed they had their privacy rights violated when they visited Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Last week in press freedom: Read more about the case of Portland reporter Alissa Azar, Israel's standing in the global press freedom index, threats to journalists' right to source protection in France and more couragefound.org/press-freedo...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Swiss police in Zurich arrested Palestinian American author and journalist @aliabunimah.bsky.social to block him from delivering a lecture at an event organized by the Palestine Committee of Zurich | @kgosztola.bsky.social thedissenter.org/swiss-police...
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Swiss Police Detain Palestinian American Journalist
In an act of repression, Zurich police detained Palestinian American journalist and author Ali Abunimah to block him from delivering a lecture
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
In the final days of the Biden presidency, 18 press freedom and civil liberties organizations have cosigned a letter urging President Biden to pardon Julian Assange before he leaves office. assangedefense.org/press-releas...
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Free press groups call on Biden to pardon Assange - Assange Defense
January 16, 2025 — In the final days of the Biden presidency, 18 press freedom and civil liberties organizations have cosigned a letter urging President Biden to pardon Julian Assange […]
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This Week in Press Freedom continues into the new year -- check back each week for the latest news about attacks on journalists and journalism. Here's our first news roundup of 2025 for the week of January 4-10 couragefound.org/press-freedo...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
We close a successful year with the new website. We've redesigned couragefound.org to give you a fuller and more detailed picture of our work. Explore the site and learn more about the main couragefound.org/issues we focus on and our latest couragefound.org/campaigns.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"On 14 and 15 December, the Israeli army murdered three media professionals in northern Gaza and the central Gaza Strip. (...) @rsf-inter.bsky.social condemns the killings of these journalists as a continuation of the war crimes committed by Israel." rsf.org/en/rsf-conde...
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RSF condemns the Israeli army's mass assault on journalists in northern and central Gaza
On 14 and 15 December, the Israeli army murdered three media professionals in  northern Gaza and the central Gaza Strip. Some of the few remaining reporters in the northern region, subjected to a grou...
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 16/12/2024
REPORT: Journalist arrests or detainments surged in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests: pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/journal...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
"The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly denounces the killings of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the past week and calls for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its attacks against the media." cpj.org/2024/12/isra...
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Israeli forces kill at least 4 Gaza journalists in the past week - Committee to Protect Journalists
Beirut, December 16, 2024 – The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly denounces the killings of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza during the past week and calls for the international community ...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Ahmed al-Louh is the third journalist killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
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Palestinian journalist, Gaza Civil Defence workers killed in Israeli strike
Ahmed al-Louh is the third journalist killed in Gaza in the last 24 hours.
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Defending Rights & Dissent @rightsdissent.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
In Espionage Act cases, the government maintains compulsive secrecy. It's clear the documents in Asif Rahman's case concerned Israeli plans to attack Iran, but in proceedings, the gov't refuses to name either country. From Policy Dir. @chipgibbons.bsky.social: thedissenter.org/in-unprecede...
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Judge Keeps Accused CIA Leaker In Jail
Chip Gibbons reports on the US government's appeal, which led a judge to overturn a prior decision and keep CIA employee Asif Rahman in jail
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
A federal judge orders Asif William Rahman to stay in jail ahead of trial, reversing magistrate judge’s decision last week to grant pretrial release. theintercept.com/2024/12/11/c...
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Judge Reverses Decision to Release Alleged CIA Leaker Ahead of Trial
A judge reversed pretrial release for Asif Rahman, the CIA analyst accused of leaking intelligence about Israel’s plans to attack Iran.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Gaza stands out as the most dangerous region in the world for journalists: A third of the journalists killed this year were slain by the Israeli armed forces. @rsf-inter.bsky.social's 2024 Round-up reveals an alarming intensification of attacks on journalists rsf.org/en/rsf-s-202...
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RSF’s 2024 Round-up: journalism suffers exorbitant human cost due to conflicts and repressive regimes
The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2024 Round-up reveals an alarming intensification of attacks on journalists — especially in conflict zones, where over half of the news professionals who lost their...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In the first preview of its 2024 annual report on journalists & media workers killed in the line of duty, International Federation of Journalists has called 2024 a “particularly deadly” year for journalists. At least 104 were killed worldwide, over half of them in Gaza. www.ifj.org//media-centr...
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104 journalists killed this year, according to the IFJ / IFJ
According to the annual report of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), 2024 was another particularly deadly year for journalists and media professionals. As of 10 December 2024, 104 jour...
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 09/12/2024
🚨 @washingtonpost.com reports that a spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer said the majority leader supports the PRESS Act and hopes to pass it as soon as this week. "Senators should make passing the PRESS Act a top priority before the session ends."
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Opinion | The Senate has a shrinking window to protect press freedom
Senators should make passing the Press Act a top priority before the session ends.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
12 Senators, led by Brian Schatz and including Bernie Sanders, Tim Kaine, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker & others, write to US Sec. Antony Blinken: "The United States must make clear to Israel that targeting media organizations and members of the press is unacceptable."
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
By granting a pardon to Julian Assange, President Biden can not only correct a grave injustice but also send a powerful message that defending democracy and press freedom remains at the core of his presidency. Add your name to the open letter today. www.action.assangecampaign.org.au
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The Assange Campaign | Send the open letter | Pardon Julian Assange
The Assange Campaign | Can you add your name to the open letter to President Biden, urging him to protect press freedom and First Amendment rights by pardoning Julian Assange?
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
On Dec 15 Australian whistleblower David McBride will celebrate his birthday behind bars, followed by a Christmas without his loved ones. Edging closer to the appeal, David needs your help to raise the funds for his freedom. Please donate: chuffed.org/project/davi...
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Help free David McBride from prison - David vs Goliath
On 14 May 2024, the ACT Supreme Court jailed David McBride for trying to expose the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership. David is not giving up. David McBri...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Trump advisers renew push for pardon of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump advisers renew push for pardon of Edward Snowden
Advocates for clemency for Snowden, including several of Trump’s Cabinet picks, are hopeful the president-elect is now closer to pardoning the former NSA contractor.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Palestinian journalist Mamdouh Kaneetah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, taking the overall death toll since October last year to 191 www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241201-ano...
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Another journalist killed in Israeli attack on Gaza, death toll soars to 191
Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll since October last year to 191, local authorities said on Saturday,...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Human Rights Watch: US Arms Used in Israeli Strike on Journalists www.hrw.org/news/2024/11...
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Lebanon: US Arms Used in Israeli Strike on Journalists
An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 25, 2024, that killed three journalists and injured four others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watc...
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Israeli forces fired on two locations in southern Lebanon just hours after a much-vaunted ceasefire agreement began; in the southern town of Khiam they opened fire on two journalists, both of whom were wounded and have been hospitalized for their injuries. truthout.org/articles/isr...
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Israel Fired on Journalists in Lebanon Just Hours After Ceasefire Began
Israel’s attack on the journalists marks the first violation of the ceasefire, a press group said.
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Courage Foundation @couragefound.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Democrat Jim McGovern and Republican Thomas Massie have coauthored a new letter to U.S. President Biden, urging him to pardon Assange before leaving office in January, to “remove the precedent” set by Assange’s plea deal under the Espionage Act assangedefense.org/press-releas...
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