Courage Foundation
 Courage Foundation       | |
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| Motto | The world needs truthtellers. They need Courage. |
| Formation | 9 August 2013 |
| Interests | whistleblowers |
| A trust for fundraising the legal defence of individuals such as whistleblowers and journalists. | |
The Courage Foundation is a trust for fundraising the legal defence of individuals such as whistleblowers and journalists. It is possibly infiltrated by the powers-that-be via Pussy Riot members, a "punk band"[1] that has received extensive help from Western governments.
Individuals supported are:
- Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower
- Jeremy Hammond, Stratfor hacker
- Matt DeHart[2]
- Emin Huseynov
- Chelsea Manning
- Barrett Brown
- Lauri Love
- Justin Liverman
The trust advisers include Pentagon Papers military analyst Daniel Ellsberg, former NSA executive Thomas Drake, former MI5 British intelligence officer and whistleblower Annie Machon, historic member of the Chaos Computer Club Andy Müller-Maguhn, Guatemala human rights lawyer Renata Avila and Pussy Riot.[1]
The Courage trustees are Renata Avila, Susan Benn, John Pilger, and Dame Vivienne Westwood.[3] The Courage acting director is WikiLeaks' member Sarah Harrison.
