Transparency report for the project "Julian Assange" (as of: Nov. 26th, 2024)
The Wau Holland Foundation has prepared a further transparency report for the “Julian Assange” project in the “Moral Courage” project area, which lists the donations received and the use of funds up to November 26, 2024. This report replaces the preliminary transparency report from July 2024; a final report can only be prepared once all transactions have been recorded in the standards of the fiscal book-keeping and submitted to the tax office. Read more
The Constitutionality of Judicial Secrecy
A journalist is challenging the constitutionality of Section 353d on the basis that it is a threat to press freedom in Germany, as well as a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Read more
The 2024 Ellsberg Whistleblower Award
The award will be presented to individuals and organizations worldwide whose efforts have helped disclose information that significantly enhances free public or scientific debate, strengthening the public’s right to know and thus democracy. Read more
Resolution of the Council of Europe about the Assange case
Julian Assange addresses the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). It is his first public appearance since his release in June. He expressed his gratitude to all those who have supported him during the past fourteen years of his struggle. Read more
CIRCUIT-CONTROL Festival
As part of Project Area 5: Alpha-BIT-isation [1], the Wau Holland Foundation supported the CIRCUIT-CONTROL Festival [2], focused on the creative use of the soldering iron, from September 9-14th at Roter Baum e.V. in Dresden-Pieschen. Read more
The Publication of the Unredacted Manning Leaks
More than a decade after the fact, accusations of "data dumping" are still casually thrown at Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and their alleged source whistleblower Chelsea Manning. Yet it has long been clear that this is not an accurate reflection of how the material - particularly the U.S. diplomatic cable set - was handled by WikiLeaks and its international media partners. Based on publicly available articles and documents, we offer a two-page summary of what occurred during 2010 to 2011. Read more
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