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.
In highly unusual move, FBI searches Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, seizes devices
Washington, D.C., January 14, 2025– Federal agents with the FBI have made a highly unusual move of searching the home…
The Committee to Protect Journalists and a coalition of press freedom organizations are urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately…
This piece first appeared in the Winter 2025 issue of Index on Censorship, Gen Z is revolting: Why the world’s youth…
Washington, D.C., January 13, 2026– The Committee to Protect Journalist calls on the U.S. House Oversight Committee to drop its subpoena…
Berlin, January 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Slovak authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the physical attack on…
Paris, January 13, 2026 — Iranian authorities have imposed a near-total internet shutdown as nationwide protests intensify, severely restricting journalists’…
Ugandan journalist Ssematimba Bwegiire lost consciousness immediately after a security officer electrocuted him with a stun gun and pepper-sprayed him…
Sulaymaniyah, January 12, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern after Syrian government forces detained three journalists and…
January 12, 2026—On the first anniversary of the arrest of prominent Georgian journalist and Sakharov Prize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, the…
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Rwanda to release all journalists imprisoned for their work and to investigate…
New York, January 9, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists was joined by 75 other rights groups and journalists in expressing…
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Venezuelan authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalists Rory Branker, Nakary Mena Ramos,…