Powerful actors increasingly resort to legal action to silence media and critical voices. A new UNESCO report, launched during the 2025 IPI World Congress, reveals how strategic lawsuits against ...

Freedom of expression has dropped globally by 10% since 2012 —an erosion not seen since the world wars and the Cold War era. At the same time, self-censorship has risen by 63%, as journalists ...

Freedom of expression is often thought of as an individual right guaranteed by legal texts. However, in groups and collectives, it manifests itself less as a right than as a situated, fragile and ...

Justice Irene Mulyagonja’s previous stances on issues concerning freedom of expression were hardly progressive. For instance, ...

An intolerable act of barbarity was followed by a positive action concerning a controversial exhibition. The event is designed to showcase works from the “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’” exhibition, ...

The Supreme Court recently directed stand-up comedian Samay Raina, host of the YouTube show India’s Got Latent, and four other comedians, to issue unconditional public apologies on their social media ...

In the past few years, we have seen the rise of so-called freedom of expression absolutists. They claim that if you truly believe in freedom of expression, you must protect all ideas, including ...

Defending the freedom of expression has always been a core part of the Constitution of Uganda’s work and it is vital in holding the powerful and the common man to account. This freedom underpins other ...

Never before have we had more freedom to speak, and so little clarity about what we are speaking. There are voices everywhere, shouting and debating in the name of freedom of expression. But is it ...

According to Celios legal researcher Muhammad Saleh, 35 percent of respondents said there has been no improvement in the condition of free speech and civil liberties compared to the previous ...

SINGAPORE -- Singapore needs to be more confident and allow greater freedom of expression to remain a competitive, innovative economy, said Leon Perera, CEO of Spire Research and Consulting, an ...

From their very founding, the State of Wyoming and University of Wyoming (UW) have regarded equality as a source of strength and pride. When Wyoming gained statehood in 1889, its Constitution ...