The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act today. The provision was passed in 2008 – over the strong objections of privacy and civil liberties advocates. Section 702 expanded warrantless surveillance,

Defending Rights & Dissent joined representatives of civil society organizations from 21 North, South, and Central American countries in Bogota, Colombia, in November at the Intercontinental Summit on the Closing of Civic Space in the Americas, sponsored by Amnesty International.

In the last 3 months, the U.S. has conducted more than 20 strikes in the Caribbean  and Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing dozens of civilians in small boats without bringing charges or a shred of due process. The military has also

The following was submitted by Chip Gibbons on behalf of Defending Rights & Dissent to Mr. Ben Saul, Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, in response to the UN’s call for input on definitions of “terrorism”, “terrorist organisation” and

Dick Cheney, former U.S. Vice President under George W. Bush, Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, Secretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush, and U.S. Representative from Wyoming, has died at age 84.  Widely considered one of the most powerful

In this live webinar co-hosted by Freedom of the Press Foundation and Defending Rights & Dissent, we examined what it means for press freedom when journalists are punished for bearing witness. We heard directly from all three U.S. journalists who

Defending Rights & Dissent is honored to announce that Todd Wolfson is the newest addition to its Board of Directors. Wolfson is president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a national vice president of the American Federation of

A coalition of press freedom groups, led by Defending Rights & Dissent and including PEN America and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, have written a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio to express concern over Israel’s “illegal abduction,

Defending Rights & Dissent has written a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling on the State Department to advocate for and secure the release of U.S. citizens currently detained in Israel after the Israeli naval authorities illegally intercepted