Freedom IndexGlobal Free Speech
Global Free Speech covers international stories and trends affecting the right to speak, publish, and share ideas across borders. From government crackdowns to grassroots movements, this category highlights the global fight for free expression in diverse political and cultural landscapes.
Bangkok, November 27, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately account for and release journalist Do Van…
New York, November 26, 2025—Russian authorities should immediately release Crimean Tatar journalist Vilen Temeryanov and end their crackdown on independent…
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the International Press Institute and six other press freedom and human rights organizations in…
Abuja, November 26, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerian authorities to release journalist Friday James Alefia, who has…
In what critics see as a major blow to freedom of expression, Israel has banned protests against its ally the…
Captured by Russian security services and sentenced on false charges, Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko spent over four years in a Russian prison,…
Kinshasa, November 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure…
In Algeria a young poet languishes in jail threatened with the death penalty. His name is Mohamed Tadjadit and he…
Kuala Lumpur, November 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) led a solidarity action at the world’s largest investigative journalism…
Gala hosted by Christiane Amanpour marks record fundraising year New York, November 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) celebrated…
Kampala, Uganda, November 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South Sudan’s media regulator to rescind its order suspending…
Kampala, Uganda, November 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South Sudan’s media regulator to rescind its order suspending…