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Former whistleblowers: open letter to intelligence employees after Snowden

11 Dec 2013:
Thomas Drake, Daniel Ellsberg, Katharine Gun, Peter Kofod, Ray McGovern, Jesselyn Radack, Coleen Rowley: Blowing the whistle on powerful factions isn't easy, but it's the last avenue for truth, balanced debate and democracy
International bill of digital rights: call from 500 writers around the world

10 Dec 2013:
In a petition to the United Nations, a group of authors agree that democratic rights must apply in virtual as in real space
Data seizures a 'gross intrusion' into privacy, civil liberties groups say

2 Dec 2013: Groups join Australian Greens’ call for an inquiry into intelligence gathering and surveillance protections
The war on democracy

28 Nov 2013:
Nafeez Ahmed: How corporations and spy agencies use "security" to defend profiteering and crush activism
How did we let the NSA spying get this bad?

20 Nov 2013:
Patrick Toomey & Brett Max Kaufman: A secret court's backwards logic opened the floodgates for the NSA to gather metadata. We're still feeling the repercussions
The Island – review

14 Nov 2013:
The bickering Robben Island inmates in Athol Fugard's play remind us of freedoms at stake now, writes Andrew Dickson
Why Australia should celebrate Guy Fawkes night

5 Nov 2013: Mark Fletcher: I'm a young conservative who is generally in favour of greater state powers, but I'm nonetheless worried about the erosion of our civil liberties. Celebrating Guy Fawkes night would be timely
'Only 17% of the population feel their governments listens to them'

Guardian Professional, 31 Oct 2013:
Paul Maassen: Civil society can campaign for better laws but it must work in partnership with government to bring about change
On leaving the Guardian

31 Oct 2013:
Glenn Greenwald: Reporting the NSA story hasn't been easy, but it's always been fulfilling. It's what journalism at its crux is about, and we must protect that
Citizens of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your data

31 Oct 2013:
Carne Ross: NSA reform by US Congress overlooks the fact that the internet transcends national control. We the people must make the rules
What poppies, Prince George and the NSA tell us about freedom

30 Oct 2013:
Martin Kettle: While Edward Snowden revealed an over-mighty state, there are other symptoms. In Britain, democracy has some way to go
Finally, the review of the NSA's powers we should have had already

30 Oct 2013:
Jeff Jarvis: So, the Obama administration cares more about Angela Merkel's privacy than US citizens'. Never mind – if the NSA is reined in
South American leaders should help Hondurans fighting for democracy

29 Oct 2013:
Mark Weisbrot: November's presidential vote is a key test of whether Honduras can return to democracy after the US-supported 2009 coup
As Europe erupts over US spying, NSA chief says government must stop media

25 Oct 2013:
Glenn Greenwald: With General Alexander calling for NSA reporting to be halted, US and UK credibility as guardians of press freedom is crushed
It's my business how I end my life: the former judge who flouts the law

24 Oct 2013: As Gough Whitlam's attorney general, he was Australia's first law officer. Today he and his wife keep his and hers jars of the banned drug Nembutal for the day they decide they want to die