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Drop charges against Indian Time journalist Isaac White

Courage has joined more than 20 national and local press freedom and civil liberties organizations calling on the DOJ to drop the charges brought against Indian Time reporter Isaac White.

Daniel Hale to receive the inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award

The first to receive the International Ellsberg Whistleblower Award will be Courage Foundation beneficiary Daniel Hale, former Air Force and NSA intelligence analyst who revealed the clandestine drone assassination program of the Obama administration.

Press freedom groups write to US embassy in Israel over detained US journalist Jeremy Loffredo

The Courage Foundation has signed on to the following letter alongside Defending Rights & Dissent and the Freedom of the Press Foundation to express our concern to the US Embassy in Jerusalem over the ongoing detention of U.S. journalist Jeremy Loffredo.

“Journalists must be activists for the truth” — Julian Assange testifies before the Council of Europe

Addressing the public for the first time since before his arrest in 2019, Julian Assange spoke today before the Legal and Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly about his prosecution, detention and imprisonment.

Assange to address Council of Europe human rights hearing

On Tuesday, October 1, Julian Assange will give testimony before the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, ahead of a full plenary debate on this topic the following day. The hearing, which is open to the press, will be livestreamed.

Julian is free! Celebration events

To commemorate Julian’s freedom and the activist community around the world that worked tirelessly for many years to help secure his release, Assange Defense is hosting events to celebrate and reflect on this important victory in the biggest press freedom case of our lifetime.

News roundup: 100+ journalists call for US arms embargo on Israel

A roundup of news coverage of the letter we sent to US State Sec. Antony Blinken, urging an immediate US arms embargo on Israel, in solidarity with journalists under attack in Palestine. Plus, a new op-ed from our executive director