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Missing from the Shelf: Book Challenges and Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature

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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

Darkended Screen: Constraints in Foreign Journalists in China

Darkened Screen: Constraints on Foreign Journalists in China

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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

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Discourse in Danger: Attacks on Free Expression in Putin’s Russia

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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: A Blueprint for the Future of Free Expression in Myanmar

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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

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Secret Sources: Whistleblowers, National Security, and Free Expression

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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 Report

Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression

ReportJune 29, 2015

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 Report

Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression

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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

Censorship and Conscience: Foreign Authors and the Challenge of Chinese Censorship

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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

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Threatened Harbor: Encroachments on Press Freedom in Hong Kong

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This report brings together news reports, first-person commentary, and legal precedent to expose the shrinking environment for free expression in Hong Kong. More

Report: Global Chilling

Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers

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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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