October 9, 2026
September 15, 2026
Defending Rights & Dissent Protest Appears in DHS AI Search for Minnesota 15 Defendant The Department of Homeland Security used Clearview AI facial recognition technology to search the internet for images of ‘Minnesota 15’ defendant Isaac Sant. In addition to
August 6, 2026
Breaking Down Trump’s Blueprint Against Dissent Defending Rights & Dissent is leading the charge against Trump’s crackdown on dissent, political advocacy, and free expression. Ever since Trump issued National Security Presidential Memo 7, his plan to further weaponize the FBI
July 1, 2026
June was Espionage Act History Month Defending Rights & Dissent has declared June to be Espionage Act History Month, to memorialize some of the most important milestones of one of the worst laws in the U.S. legal code. This year,
June 8, 2026
Suing the U.S. Gov’t Over Palestine Protest Crackdown Defending Rights & Dissent is suing the State Department, FBI, DOJ, & ICE under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the agencies to release documents related to the government’s crackdown on
May 14, 2026
Resisting Trump’s unconstitutional war The U.S./Israeli war on Iran began with a devastating war crime, the bombing of a girls’ elementary school, and it remains a major threat to global stability, as thousands have already been killed and the blockade
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 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
February 12, 2026
Good & Pretti Killed, Don Lemon Arrested Amid Minnesota Crackdown The ICE and Border Patrol crackdown on protesters against the Trump administration’s massive immigration raids turned deadly in Minnesota, where federal agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good and Alex
January 16, 2026
Trump’s Illegal Venezuela Invasion Our worst fears came to fruition when President Trump invaded Venezuela early this month, killing more than 80 civilians and service members and ousting President Nicolas Maduro in a regime-change operation that violated our Constitution and
December 12, 2025
UN Submission: Input on Terrorism Definitions On behalf of Defending Rights & Dissent, our Policy Director Chip Gibbons submitted a response to the United Nations’ call for input regarding how to define “terrorism”, “terrorist organizations” and “violent extremism.” Ben Saul,
November 5, 2025
Showcasing Gaza whistleblower in DC event Defending Rights & Dissent hosted U.S. Army veteran Anthony Aguilar, who worked as a contractor under the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Palestine, for a conversation about the war crimes he witnessed on the ground
October 6, 2025
Responding to Trump’s plan to ‘crush’ the ‘radical left’ The Trump administration is using the killing of Charlie Kirk to escalate government targeting of political dissent into a full-blown crackdown on its political adversaries, with White House officials blaming nonprofits
September 3, 2025
“Eyewitness to Gaza’s death traps” speaks with Defending Rights & Dissent One week after our panel event featuring policy experts on U.S. complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine, Defending Rights & Dissent continued to highlight American involvement in war crimes
August 8, 2025
Chip Gibbons joins Majority Report on Trump’s war on free speech Defending Rights & Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons appeared on Majority Report to discuss the widespread crackdown on free speech in support of Palestine, with particular focus on the arrest and