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CITIZENFOUR wins Oscar for Best Documentary

February 22, 2015

Laura Poitras' film depicts Edward Snowden's whistleblowing, courage, and escape to asylum, but it also demonstrates the dangerous gap in protections for whistleblowers Read more..

Citizenfour: why we need truthtellers, and why they need us

November 17, 2014

Laura Poitras' acclaimed documentary shows the human cost of whistleblowing without obscuring Edward Snowden's message, and viewers come away realising how sorely needed whistleblower protections truly are Read more..

Citizenfour’s Escape to Freedom in Russia

November 3, 2014

Courage Advisory Board member Ray McGovern recounts his experience meeting Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, other fellow whistleblowers, and seeing the acclaimed documentary Citizenfour Read more..

Julian Assange’s Extradition Hearing

The Courage Foundation’s daily coverage of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing in London

Isolated, Surveilled, Expelled: How Ecuador Betrayed Julian Assange

Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno gradually ratcheted up restrictions, surveillance, and threats on Julian Assange over the course of his presidential term to build a pretext for ultimately revoking asylum and inviting British police into Ecuador’s embassy.

Write to your MP: Protect Julian Assange

If you're in the UK, your role in helping Julian Assange is crucial. Write to your MP to let them know that you oppose onward extradition and that Assange's legal rights must be protected

Julian Assange charged under Espionage Act in unprecedented attack on First Amendment

Today federal prosecutors unsealed a new, 18-count superseding indictment charging Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, the first use of the 1917 law against a publisher.