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.
It is difficult to spend a day without using artificial intelligence. Whether we look up a fact on Google or…
Banned Books Week UK was revived and celebrated across the nation recently, and it spawned an important conversation in Scotland…
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its media has experienced an unprecedented crackdown. Hundreds of journalists have been…
New York, October 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Belarusian authorities to drop all charges against journalist Pavel…
Istanbul, October 21, 2025—The authorities in Turkey should ensure the security of journalists Rabia Önver, Şule Aydın, and Murat Ağırel, each of…
Dakar, October 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Madagascar to investigate those responsible for shooting two…
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, October 21, 2025 — As a fragile ceasefire pushes through a second week, Palestinian journalists in the West…
Nairobi, October 21, 2025—Almost three years after Ethiopia’s civil war ended, northern Tigray remains tense and dangerous for journalists, who…
Today marks the fifth Global Encryption Day. Organised by the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC), a network of 466 civil society…
Berlin, October 20, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Italian authorities to swiftly identify and prosecute those responsible for…
Kupwara, Kashmir In a deserted lane in one of the countryside villages in a frontier district, Kupwara, a once well-known…
Bangkok, October 20, 2025—Philippine authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the shooting of journalist Noel Bellen Samar,…