Preliminary transparency report for the project "Moral courage/Julian Assange"
With the arrest of Julian Assange on April 11, 2019 from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the Wau Holland Foundation («WHS») board of directors decided to collect donations towards the legal defense against the U.S. extradition request. Read more
Charitable status regained for 2020
In a letter dated 26.6.2024, the Hamburg-Nord tax office withdrew their decision to revoke the Wau-Holland Foundation's charitable status for 2020. The foundation is allowed to issue donation receipts again. Read more
On the release of Julian Assange
The Wau Holland Foundation welcomes with joy and relief the fact that journalist and publicist Julian Assange can finally leave for Australia after five years in Belmarsh maximum security prison. Read more
Non-profit status for 2020 withdrawn by the tax office
In a letter dated February 26, 2024, the Hamburg-Nord tax office revoked the non-profit status of the Wau-Holland-Stiftung (WHS) for 2020; the WHS will appeal this decision. Until this matter has been resolved, the foundation may no longer issue receipts for incoming donations. Read more
Support for the Katzenpost project
The Wau Holland Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Katzenpost project in September 2023 and is now supporting the project in the further development and deployment of the Katzenpost mix network. Read more
Events on freedom of the press and WikiLeaks
The Wau-Holland-Foundation - in cooperation with the Linke Medienakademie e.V. organizes a series of events on the topics of freedom of the press, repression in journalism and whistleblowing. Read more
Australian parliamentarians call for the release of Julian Assange
In a full-page ad commissioned by the Wau Holland Foundation in the September 19th, 2023 edition of the *Washington Post*, 64 parliamentarians from Australia call for an end to the prosecution and planned extradition of Julian Assange to the United States. Read more
Wau Holland Foundation supports the defense of Ola Bini
Wau Holland Foundation formally lists Ola Bini in it´ s project area 07 for his Moral Courage Read more