The ongoing detention of Chelsea Manning is inhumane and punitive, and she should be released immediately.

Here’s what numerous civil liberties and digital rights groups had to say about the implications of Assange’s charge and arrest.

The Trump administration's indictment of Assange may criminalize many common journalistic practices. 

Citizen Lab Senior Researcher John Scott-Railton on the abuses of NSO Group’s hacking software and the threats it poses to journalists

The founder of of spyware vendor NSO Group appeared to defend targeting journalists, activists, and human rights defenders with its malicious software Pegasus in an interview days ago with CBS.

The Citizen Participation Act — which protests journalists and news organizations from meritless legal action in Texas — is in serious danger.

FOIA is a deeply broken law that remains a critical tool for journalists, activists, and community residents who seek to illuminate government activities.

Chelsea Manning is standing up for press freedom by refusing to comply with the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. 

'It's either the case that the Attorney General of California is ... suggesting he can [prosecute] just to intimidate those journalists—or that he doesn't know what California law says. I don't find either option very comforting.'

Reporters obtained a list of police convictions through a public records request. California’s Attorney General, claiming its mere possession is a misdemeanor crime, is threatening them with legal action.