Freedom Index#FirstAmendment
Hamit Coskun secures important victory against UK prosecutors, but threats to free expression linger
Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Feb. 26, 2026.“The FTC is not the speech police,” FTC Chairman…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Feb. 26, 2026.“The FTC is not the speech police,” FTC Chairman…
FIRE is suing Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem for strong-arming Facebook and Apple to censor…
A wave of student walkouts has washed over the country in the last month, with secondary school students leaving campus…
Last week, anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action won a victory in the courts as the High Court of Justice in London…
Dr. Harsini is a biomedical and food system scientist, an animal rights activist, and founder of the nonprofit Allied Scholars…
Statement on grand jury’s refusal to indict lawmakers over video urging troops to ignore illegal orders Read the full article…
FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…
The First Amendment protects the right to discuss, record, and criticize what law enforcement does in public.The federal government strong-armed…
Last Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced an investigation into Signal group chats that Minnesotans are using to track ICE activity.…