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Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Today at RightsCon: @JesselynRadack, @stevenrenderos, & @ChipGibbons89 discuss the over-policing of protests in the U.S.: the impact on the freedoms of speech and press
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Thank you to our panelists:
@McClellanKM , Deputy Director, (WHISPeR) @xposefacts
@jdspielberger , Senior Policy Counsel, Project on Government Oversight, @POGOwatchdog
@MarkSZaidEsq , Esq.,Founding Legal Partner, Whistleblower Aid
#TransatlanticLeadershipNetwork
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
As more and more reporters are working independently, funders in the journalism space need to consider alternate models of legal protection for press freedom.
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
At @xposefacts, we've been warning on this for a LONG time. My colleagues @JesselynRadack & @McClellanKM are the only pro bono attys dedicated to defending sources in these cases. As @KPaoletta points out, sources have the most to lose & least protection. cjr.org/covering_the_electio…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
“This law would effectively protect those who serve the public interest by blowing the whistle on government wrongdoing. And it would help protect all Americans, who deserve nothing less than the full truth about the officials they elect and the government they fund.” nytimes.com/2024/10/14/opini…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
The inaugural Ellsberg Whistleblower Award goes to our client #DanielHale. It was @DanielEllsberg’s dying wish that Hale be the first recipient.🏆
#CourageIsContagious
#Whistleblowers
#FreePress ellsberg-award.org/get-infor…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Great piece on #DanielHale & “CMU creep” — using secret, extra-restrictive prisons to punish prisoners for their dissent . . . not their dangerousness. thenation.com/article/societ…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Please help this brave #whistleblower who was fired for exposing child migrants being exploited for labor.
#JoshuaCallington
gofund.me/6ca07c4d
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
We owe #Assange a debt of gratitude. Despite being in dire straits himself, Julian & @wikileaks advocated for #whistleblowers @Thomas_Drake1, @xychelsea , #JeffSterling, @JohnKiriakou, @Snowden, @reazlepuff, @god_is_a_cop & many more. ✊
assangecountdowntofreedom.co…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
It’s powerful to hear #Assange’s own voice in the actual plea, and his cogent articulation of how the #FirstAmendment & #EspionageAct are in contradiction.
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
We did it. 14 years of legal battles and we are finally taking him home to Australia to be reunited with @Stella_Assange and his kids - and giving him his life back.
So many thank yous to make - and will come.
Can’t wait to touch down in 🇦🇺
Julian Assange is Free - The Press is Not.
whisper.exposefacts.org/whis…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Elated #Assange is free. But we’ve seen such “victories” before. Whistleblowers @Thomas_Drake1 & @DanielEllsberg both saw their #EspionageAct prosecutions collapse while failing to stanch the longer-term 1st Am. threats at their core.
#AmendEA
#PassReporterShieldLaw
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Assange added in Saipan court, " I believe the First Amendment and the Espionage Act are in contradiction with each other but I accept that it would be difficult to win such a case given all these circumstances."
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Judge asked Assange what Assange did to constitute crime charged: "Working as a journalist I encouraged my source to provide information that was said to be classified in order to publish that information. I believe that the First Amendment protected that activity… "
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
So much love for @suigenerisjen who has fought this fight relentlessly and from the very beginning.
Definitely the person you want in your corner. ❤️
What a triumph for @suigenerisjen @DoughtyStIntl who until yesterday had guys in her replies telling her he’ll never be free.
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
Small reminder that a “non-state hostile intel service” & its head don’t get sweetheart plea deals. ALWAYS fight govt efforts to censor, blockade, bankrupt, smear, kidnap & imprison media figures.
#AssangeFreed
theguardian.com/media/live/2…
Kathleen McClellan retweeted
FINALLY!!! JULIN ASSANGE IS FREE!!
Congratulations and thank you to the tireless activists around the world who have been fighting for so many years for this day to come. You should be proud.
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE
Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stanstead airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.
This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible.
After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.
WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles,and for the people's right to know.
As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.
Julian's freedom is our freedom.
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