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.
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New York, October 31, 2025—Authorities in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao must stop harassing news outlet All About…
New York, October 31, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Pakistan to swiftly investigate and prosecute the suspected…
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and seven partner organizations that form the International Mission for Freedom of Expression and…
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 37 other media and human rights groups have written to the Angolan Ministry of…
Kampala, October 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ugandan authorities to lift restrictions barring the privately owned Nation…
Kinshasa, October 30, 2025—The M23 and Congo River Alliance (AFC) rebel groups must ensure the immediate and unconditional release of…
This article was first published in Index on Censorship volume 32, issue 2 in 2003. My departure early in the…
Judith Vidal-Hall was an original. Irrepressible, mischievous, with a delight in challenging convention, she remained wholly dedicated to the causes…
Unprecedented crimes against journalists call for unprecedented actions The Committee to Protect Journalists called on October 30, 2025, for radical…
New York, October 30, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by reports emerging from El-Fasher in…
The Committee to Protect Journalists on October 19 joined five civil society organizations in a letter urging Bangladesh’s interim government,…