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Russia Labels More Journalists as ‘Foreign Agents’

The foreign agent media list continues to expand as Russia cracks down on press freedoms. Russian authorities have added more journalists...

Educational Free Expression Month

It’s September, which means students of all ages are flooding back into classrooms. Education in and of itself is an essential element of...

Free Expression News Roundup: August 20 - 27

This week in free expression news… A cybercrime law in Jordan is threatening free speech and censoring minority communities. Earlier this...

Kansas Newspaper Raid Threatens Press Freedom

Police officers raided the office of The Marion County Recorder and the home of one of the newspaper’s owners in Kansas on Aug. 11, 2023....

Pride in our City: Celebrating Pittsburgh's LGBTQ+ history and culture

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Pride Month is an annual recognition of LGBTQ+ culture and history that began with the Stonewall riots in...

Stolen Freedoms: PEN America Report on the Junta's Stifling of Creative Expression in Myanmar

It has now been nearly ten months in which the Burmese people have lived under oppressive military rule. Myanmar's democracy turned six...

Nobel Peace Prize 2021: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

Today, October 8, 2021, journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize committee chose the two to...

Human Rights Watch Report: Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh

This report by Human Rights Watch, published August 16, 2021, discusses the policy of enforced disappearances under current Bangladeshi...

CPJ Report on Worsening Press Freedom under Myanmar’s Military Junta Rule

Beginning in 2012, the Burmese actively promoted press freedom within its borders, freeing imprisoned journalists, rolling back...

Cracking Down on Creative Voices: PEN America Report on Turkey's silencing of writers

PEN America compiled a report based on interviews with members of Turkey’s civil society outlining the ways in which Turkey has used...

DefendDefenders Report: East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Updates Oct. 2020 - Apr. 2021

DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) is a nonprofit working to have the Universal Declaration of...

The State of Artistic Freedom 2021: Report by Freemuse

Freemuse published their annual The State of Artistic Freedom 2021 in April. Their Executive Director Director Srirak Plipat stated,...

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