DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Psychologists and free expression advocates debate whether words can constitute violence. Secretary Tillerson decides to shut down "war crimes office." More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Justice Department tells Americans to ignore 'anonymous allegations'; U.S.-Cuba relations uncertain; head of CNN decries rhetoric towards journalists, saying it undermines the role of the press, and more in… More
Mass Detention of Anti-corruption Protesters Shows Russia’s Contempt for Free Expression
Detention of peaceful protesters across the country is emblematic of Russian government's contempt for citizens’ rights to free expression More
Raid on Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Amplifies Russian Campaign To Control Artistic Expression
Russian authorities’ raid on renowned theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is demonstrative of an intensifying trend of persecutions of artistic figures the government cannot control. More
Nizametdin Akhmetov | Status: Released | Russia
Nizametdin Akhmetov, a Bashkir poet, was sent to a labor camp at age 18. After 20 years of imprisonment in labor camps and psychiatric hospitals, Akhmetov was released on… More
2017 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Oleg Sentsov
Acclaimed filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in a Russian prison on charges of terrorism. Many international governments believe that he has been convicted on groundless charges… More
Tikhon Dzyadko: “Remain Honest”
Autocracy is not frightening in that it prohibits and intimidates; autocracy is frightening in that it uncovers in man the darkest, the most cynical and low. More
Oleg Kashin: Don’t Rely on a Single Platform
In any case, the important rule is to rely on yourself, and not be bound to one single platform, so that you do not become dependent on it. More
Galina Timchenko: “Work As If No Danger Exists”
Basically, everyone is trying to guess where the boundary of freedom of speech is, the "solid double line" for the crossing of which you will be punished. More
Marina Akhmedova: Don’t Ask but Demand
Become a force, even a small one, that doesn’t ask but demands, a force that will not accept an unfair decision. More
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