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.
New York, November 7, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and partners welcomed a Philippine court’s decision to quash the murder charges against…
Today the Tackling Transnational Repression in the UK Working Group, which Index co-founded, sent a letter to the Home Secretary,…
Bombarded with news from all angles every day, important stories can easily pass us by. To help you cut through…
Paris, November 7, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Iranian authorities to immediately release editor and economist…
On the outskirts of Sanaa, 28-year-old Badr Yaseen sits inside a four-square-metre salon. The interior wall is lined with full-length…
If you had told Sai a month ago that his latest exhibition would force him to flee across the world,…
During a one-day mission to Budapest on 22 October 2025, partner organisations of the Council of Europe’s Platform for the…
New York, November 6, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will hold its 35th annual International Press Freedom Awards in…
This article first appeared in Volume 54, Issue 3 of our print edition of Index on Censorship, titled Truth, trust…
Lusaka, November 4, 2025—The Swazi Bridge news site in Eswatini is facing a record-breaking claim for 170 million emalangeni (US$9.8…
Nazareth, November 4, 2025—Israeli police banned at least 10 Palestinian journalists from Jerusalem’s disputed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan this…
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined a global coalition of 29 civil society organizations calling on democratic governments to prioritize…