Columbia Global Freedom of Expression

Press Release «Under Pressure» Report on the situation of threatened cartoonists around the world (2023-2025) - Global Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...

Register to recive rhe advanced copy of this importan report. globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2026...

The Arabic and Spanish version of "Under Pressure" can be found on the website of @cgfoe.bsky.social

“World leaders must find their backbones and seize opportunities to plot collective resistance to the attacks on international law that endanger us all,” said Agnès Callamard,” ahead of the Munich Security Conference.
More here: mailchi.mp/columbia/mun...

HKSAR v. Lai Chee Ying (Jimmy Lai) - Global Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...

📣The Hong Kong court sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. Lai’s penalty is the heaviest imposed under Hong Kong’s national security law so far.
🔗Read CGFoE ‘s analysis of the case: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/hksar-...

Jurisprudence in Focus: Interview with Javeria Siddique—“In Pakistan it’s been a struggle to maintain dignity and a voice” - Global Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...

In Pakistan it’s been a struggle to maintain dignity and a voice, @javeriasiddique.bsky.social told CGFoE. She reflects on her ongoing fight for justice in #Pakistan & #Kenya for her late husband, investigative journalist Arshad Sharif.
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I am in extreme grief and disappointed,
@javeriasiddique.bsky.social
told us after #Pakistan’s Highest Court closed the case of her husband's murder, investigative journalist Arshad Sharif. 🔗https://mailchi.mp/columbia/pakistan-court-closes-case-of-slain-journalist-arshad-sharif?e=[UNIQID]

Not On Our Watch: A National Town Hall On Press Freedom YouTube video by Roland S. Martin

🔔 LIVE NOW: Join us for an urgent national town hall on press freedom featuring FPF's @trevortimm.bsky.social, and other leading voices across journalism and civil rights, hosted by NABJ in partnership with Black Star Network.

🔗 www.youtube.com/live/OpqX0Gf...

Oscar-nominated screenwriter arrested in Iran for criticising government crackdown Mehdi Mahmoudian signed a letter condemning the ‘mass killings’ by the Iranian government

Oscar-nominated writer Mehdi Mahmoudian arrested in Iran for condemning the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters in a letter signed by 17 people, including #FreedomToWrite Awardees Narges Mohammadi (the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize honoree) and Nasrin Sotoudeh: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

📌Drawing of the GULAG was possible only in secret. Read about this & more in our latest #newsletter ⬇️
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Anderson J. Dirocie De León & Patricia M. Santana Nina reflect on the legal strategy that led to a landmark Constitutional Court ruling advancing equality and #LGBTQ rights in the #DominicanRepublic.
🔗https://mailchi.mp/columbia/cgfoe-presents-new-interview-series-jurisprudence-in-focus?e=[UNIQID]

How do citizens respond to institutions that fail? To document it, we launched weekly Protest Monitor. If you have information about the protest in your area, including relevant legal documents, please send it our way.
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We wish you a joyful, fulfilling, and peaceful New Year. Thank you for standing with us while we continue to defend and advance freedom of expression around the world. Here’s to another year of collaboration, courage, and impact. Onwards!
-The CGFoE Team

Graphic by PEN America highlighting the imprisonment of Vietnamese writers Le Huu Minh Tuan, Pham Chi Dung, and Nguyen Tuong Thuy for expressing their views, with a focus on violations of free expression rights in Vietnam. The poster is red with white and black text, featuring the PEN America logo at the bottom.

Today marks five years since Vietnam unjustly convicted three writers and journalists: Le Huu Minh Tuan, Pham Chi Dung, and Nguyen Tuong Thuy. Their ongoing imprisonment demonstrates how the Vietnamese government silences independent voices. pen.org/press-releas...

Portraits of FoE Defenders: Interview with Catalina Martínez Coral - Global Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...

What Lucía, Susana, Norma, and Fátima endured was extreme consequence of sexual violence – being compelled to give birth & assume motherhood when they were still children, said Catalina Martínez Coral to Lautaro Furfaro in a recent interview: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications...

The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal | Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump’s pen

The "embarrassing, scandalous coda" of the Supreme Court's TikTok decision--new from @evelyndouek.bsky.social and me. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal | Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump’s pen

"Over the coming months, #SCOTUS will confront other cases in which the gov't invokes NatSec to justify the suppression of speech. ... [It] should be haunted by the #TikTok case & its ... scandalous coda," @jameeljaffer.bsky.social & @evelyndouek.bsky.social

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Türkiye: Enver Aysever Arrested over Political Commentary Online
Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/iTTLz
Alert submitted by @globalfreemedia.bsky.social @europeanjournalists.org & @ifjglobal.bsky.social
#EuropeForFreeMedia
Photo: social media

Media, Telecommunication, and Internet Concentration in Germany 2019-2023 A report produced by the Germany research team of the Global Media and Internet Research Project This report examines major structural changes in Germany’s media industries, documenting the steady e...

Thrilled to announce the release of 2 new reports today as part of the 36 country, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca supported Global Media & Internet Concentration Project. The 1st examines the development & concentration conditions in German telecoms, internet & media industries. gmicp.org/media-teleco... 1/

EngelliWeb 2025 özetin hazır! ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/2...

YouTube video by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Interviews with Freedom of Expression Defenders: Yaman Akdeniz

🎈I had to teach my daughter that in #Turkey, sometimes, not only bad people go to prison, says @cyber-rights.org explaining the work of #FoE defenders.
@engelliweb.com
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZJZ...

❗AFRICA in Focus❗ #South_Africa: Politician’s call to “kill” amounts to hate speech #Zambia: Lifting interdict blocking documentary on Chinese investment #Kenya: Injunction regarding reporting on alleged misconduct #Nigeria: Supreme Court confirmed FOI Act. us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...

FoE in Türkiye | Yaman Akdeniz: “We Should Never Normalize Censorship” X v. Union of India (Sahyog Portal), ECtHR on Russia, Türkiye

#Türkiye blocked 1,264,506 websites.
Removed 5,740 news articles last year alone. (Data by @ifade.org.tr ) Still, Dr. Yaman Akdeniz keeps fighting—and winning—for #FoE.
More in our latest newsletter + interview ⬇️
🔗 mailchi.mp/columbia/foe...

Digital rights expert Yaman Akdeniz talks about the latest in #Turkey & reminds us why censorship must never be normalized. Read the interview ⬇️https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications/portraits-of-foe-defenders-interview-with-yaman-akdeniz-we-should-never-normalize-censorship/

CGFoE Celebrates Historic Dominican Court Ruling Protecting LGBTI Rights and Advancing Equality - Global Freedom of Expression Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information and expression in an inter-...

🌈👏👏CGFoE Celebrates Historic Dominican Court Ruling Protecting #lgbti Rights and Advancing Equality. Case was brought by our Senior Legal&Policy Consultant Anderson Javiel Dirocie De León & Patricia M. Santana Nina, a constitutional law expert.
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📢Disinformation, Media Under Siege | Amal Clooney Calls for Justice. Read all & more↘️
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Strengthen the Freedom of Information Act Defending press freedom for the next generation

From endless delays in response time to ridiculously overbroad ██████ redactions, FOIA is plagued with problems.

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A federal judge in Washington handed down an 18-month sentence to Timothy Martin, who, along with Joanna Smith, staged a climate protest at the DC gallery in spring 2023. This + more about climate action & latest decisions: mailchi.mp/columbia/cop...

IPSO ruled that DailyMail violated accuracy obligations by publishing a misleading headline, while Brazil’s Supreme Court found that Google, Meta, Spotify & Brasil Paralelo contributed to disinformation by running coordinated campaigns against a proposed "Censorship Bill"- mailchi.mp/columbia/int...

‼️Aryeh Neier on assault on #FoE and capitulation of US institutions.

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Mishi Choudhary on hypocrisy of Big Tech.
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