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April 2, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at April 2, 2026
Defending Rights & Dissent joined a media and press freedom coalition on a new amicus brief led by The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund, whose statement we’re crossposting below. By constitutional design, the press is antagonistic to the government. As the
April 1, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at April 1, 2026
Sign up here to receive future Gaza First Amendment Alerts directly in your inbox. Leqaa Kordia Finally Released from Detention On March 17, New Jersey resident Leqaa Kordia was released from immigration detention after more than a full year in confinement in
April 1, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at April 1, 2026
We’ve had an especially busy March! We organized a panel event with a sitting Congressmember, saw a detainee and a journalist we campaigned for walk free, and we participated in an historic conference on groundbreaking journalism in Berlin. We’re proud
March 23, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 23, 2026
Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons was in Berlin last week to address an international symposium on the impact and importance of WikiLeaks’ revelations. Gibbons joined Stella Assange, WikiLeaks’ Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, and others
March 17, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 17, 2026
New Jersey resident Leqaa Kordia has finally been released from immigration detention after more than a full year in confinement in Texas. She can now return home as she continues to fight the government’s deportation case against her. Leqaa was
March 13, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 13, 2026
Responding to Trump’s illegal war on Iran Just weeks after kidnapping the president of Venezuela, Trump embarked on a new regime-change operation in flagrant violation of U.S. and international law when he began bombing Iran this month in coordination with
March 11, 2026
Published by Nathan Fuller at March 11, 2026
Twenty-one immigrant rights, free expression, and civil liberties groups have co-signed a new letter, organized by Defending Rights & Dissent, to the Department of Homeland Security calling for the immediate release of detained pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia. Amnesty International, the
March 10, 2026
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at March 10, 2026
Sixteen veterans of the U.S. armed forces and former members of the U.S. intelligence community, including retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff; former NSA officer and whistleblower Thomas Drake; and former USMC Captain and State Department
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