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.
While Donald Trump might dismiss the most egregious actions of Gulf States as “things happen”, dissidents are taking justice into…
Tom Stoppard’s path to literary success is a story that would be worthy of the stage. Born in Czechoslovakia (as…
Index on Censorship has today published a new report entitled Breaking encryption is legally and practically unworkable which sets out…
New York, November 27, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the Thursday release of Tunisian commentator and lawyer…
This article first appeared in Volume 54, Issue 3 of our print edition of Index on Censorship, titled Truth, trust…
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…