The Information Rights Project
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Protecting the right to speak, know, and be heard.
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Welcome HOME Julian Assange 🦘 Julian is now a FREE man and was given a hero’s welcome in Canberra! This wouldn’t have been possible without the many millions of YOU advocating around the world. Thank you - we did it, together ✊ #Assange #JulianAssange #AssangeFree
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“Did Julian Assange’s hope for the future come true today?” 🕊️ 📺 From a Democracy Now! 2011 conversation with Assange & Slavoj Žižek. Still powerful. Still relevant. #JulianAssange #FreedomOfInformation #Future #TruthMatters #DemocracyNow
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🎙️ Greg Barns SC on why freedom of speech and a free press matter in Australia. From our Freedom For The Press event at The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne (14 Oct 2025). Full video on YouTube. https://t.co/3YJ4B6pgXU
#InformationRights #PressFreedom #RightToKnow #GregBarnsSC
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David McBride told the truth. Now he’s in jail. Whistleblowers defend democracy and our right to know. They should be protected, not punished. ✍️ Add your name: https://t.co/GuktCQzWTE
#FreeDavidMcBride #PardonDavidMcBride #PressFreedom #Whistleblowers #Justice #Truth
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Julian Assange is one of us, an Aussie who stood up to power and paid the price. Now that he is free, let’s thank him properly. ✍️ Add your name to make Julian Assange 🇦🇺Australian of the Year. https://t.co/Wgl0lRAXCx
#Assange #AustralianOfTheYear #Aussie
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Taken from a Frontline Club and New Statesman debate, Julian Assange explains why whistleblowers make the world a safer place. #PardonAssange #InformationRights #PressFreedom #Transparency #TruthMatters
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Our first event, Freedom for the Press, brought together powerful voices for transparency and the public’s right to know. 🎥 Recordings available soon. If the discussion inspired you, take the next step: 👉 https://t.co/Xx7u5TtZGz Thank you to Mary Kostakidis, Andrew Wilkie MP,
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We're honoured to join the first annual #IntegrityMediaAwards, celebrating the journalists who keep independent media strong. We’re proud to see Julian Assange recognised with the inaugural Courage in Journalism award. Gabriel Shipton accepted the award on his behalf. Julian’s
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Great to be at the @theinforights event on Freedom for the Press. Proud to be in the room alongside so many backers of a free media in Australia, including those supporting @MaryKostakidis in her battle with the Zionist Federation of Australia
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Times for tonight: Doors 6pm Starts 6:30pm Q&A 7:30pm
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Tonight at the Wheeler Centre. Join Tom Ballard, Andrew Wilkie MP, Greg Barns SC, and Melissa Fyfe for a vital discussion on secrecy laws, journalism, and your right to know. 🎟️ Get tickets: https://t.co/MF5dwkMdDH
#FreedomForThePress #Melbourne @wheelercentre
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📢Tomorrow night! Freedom of the press is the foundation of democracy. Join the fight for truth, transparency, and the public’s right to know. Hosted by Tom Ballard with Andrew Wilkie MP, Greg Barns SC, and Melissa Fyfe. #FreedomForThePress #PressFreedom #RightToKnow
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Freedom of the press is under threat in Australia. Secrecy laws and prosecutions of whistleblowers are silencing journalists. Join Tom Ballard, Andrew Wilkie MP, Greg Barns SC, and Melissa Fyfe for a vital discussion on the future of truth in Australia. 🎟️ Last chance to get
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📢BREAKING: Parts of the case against journalist Mary Kostakidis have been struck out — but the legal fight continues. This case could shape what Australians can say or share online. Free expression is on trial. Stand with Mary. Sign the petition now. 🔗
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** Breaking: Interlocutory Judgement in my case today (NB journalists this is affects you) ‘It is not logically impossible that a particular news reporter, even when acting as a news reporter, might engage in particular acts because of people’s race or ethnic or national origin.
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"Das Verhalten der britischen Regierung gegenüber Julian Assange ist eine Schande. Eine regelrechte Beleidigung der Idee der Menschenrechte." -- @johnpilger (1939 - 2023) Journalist, Dokumentarfilmer #PardonAssange
#JournalismIsNotACrime via @SomersetBean
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Gabriel Shipton speaks with Rafael Epstein on ABC Melbourne Mornings about whistleblowers and the upcoming Information Rights Project event on Tuesday, 14 October, at The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne. 🎟️ Get your tickets at https://t.co/aImAX9Qhn3
#ABCMelbourne #Melbourne
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Australian National Press Club has just cancelled Chris Hedges’ planned talk on the “Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists” a textbook case of censorship in action.  When institutions pull the plug on voices exposing war crimes and powerful interests, we all lose. This isn’t
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The Information Rights Project protects freedom of communication and access to information.
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🛑 Every four days, a journalist somewhere in the world is killed because of their work. 72 media workers have died so far in 2025, and 125 in 2024. Violence, intimidation, and censorship are rising in every region. We must defend journalism and protect the truth.
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Journalists are meant to hold the powerful to account, expose the truth, and ensure the public has access to the information that matters. Yet today, that freedom is being chipped away. This event is a fight for press freedom and every citizen’s right to know. Get your ticket
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