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Free Expression Digest: Thurs., July 7

15 secret warrants in force granting bulk data collection in UK, Hong Kong Journalists Association releases 2016 report, Indian court drops charges against Tamil author More

Free Expression Digest: Wed., July 6

China demands the return of Hong-Kong bookseller, judge in state of Georgia arrests journalist pursuing public records, activist in Thailand forced to remain imprisoned More

Four Poems by Lily Clifford

Uncomfortable in a hospital gown, fallow. The thing I’m praising is wretchedness. It gets easier, as easy as a slur. The tongue root and the doctor’s late, blinking the… More

Free Expression Digest: Tues., July 5

China cracks down on social media based news reports, another SABC journalist is charged for protesting, Maldives courter order threatens closure of media group More

Free Expression Digest: Fri., July 1

Myanmar human rights group forced to cancel launch of report, Turkey's history of internet censorship, American journalist in Syria barely survives missile strike More

Three Strikes

I dropped from the skies or from heaven—whatever was closer at the moment—at the doors of the Kremlin library to research, and the clerk, an army major with a… More

Free Expression Digest: Thurs., June 30

Tibetan director injured in Chinese police custody, Luanda Book Club members conditionally released, gay men attacked in Ivory Coast over event for Orlando victims More