Missing from the Shelf: Book Challenges and Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature
A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined with a lack of diversity in Children's and Young Adult (CYA) book publishing, narrows… More
Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China
Darkened Screen details how China's government is rewriting the bounds of acceptable coverage for foreign media, constraining the work of foreign journalists and restricting unbiased coverage of the world's most… More
Discourse in Danger: Attacks on Free Expression in Putin’s Russia
Discourse in Danger documents the Russian government's campaign to constrain free expression by limiting public access to information, closing avenues of civic engagement, populating discourse with approved ideas, and raising… More
Unfinished Freedom: A Blueprint for the Future of Free Expression in Myanmar
Unfinished Freedom provides a road map for the new government in Myanmar to solidify protections, counter hate speech, and guarantee political space for peaceful dissent as a healthy component of… More
Secret Sources: Whistleblowers, National Security, and Free Expression
This report reveals the massive holes in the laws and regulations covering whistleblowing by intelligence workers, particularly when raising valid constitutional or ethical issues about a government action that… More
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression uses potent and poignant individual testimonies by LGBTI Nigerians to demonstrate how the Same Sex… More
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives uses individual testimonies by LGBTI Nigerians to demonstrate how the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014 has distorted Nigeria’s cultural and political landscape. More
Censorship and Conscience: Foreign Authors and the Challenge of Chinese Censorship
This report illustrates an under-explored dimension of China's massive censorship machine: the censorship of some of the thousands of international titles published annually in China. More
Threatened Harbor: Encroachments on Press Freedom in Hong Kong
This report brings together news reports, first-person commentary, and legal precedent to expose the shrinking environment for free expression in Hong Kong. More
Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers
Based on a survey of nearly 800 writers worldwide, concern about surveillance is now nearly as high among writers living in democracies (75 percent) as among those living in… More
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