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Free Expression Digest: Fri., July 8

Vatileaks journalists cleared, UN declares online freedom a human right that must be protected, detainee in Chinese lawyer crackdown, released  More

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