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Closing Ranks: State Legislators Deepen Assaults on the Right to Protest

State policymakers have introduced at least 100 proposals since June 2020 to reduce the scope of Americans’ right to protest, PEN America research finds. More

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[VIRTUAL] The Common Room: Campus Demonstrations and COVID-19

Friday, November 6, 2020 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ET
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Tennessee State Capitol

New Tennessee Law Represents Blow to Free Speech and Assembly Rights

Press ReleaseAugust 25, 2020

“To Tennessee officials, we say: Stop making it easier to arrest protesters. It is your job to safeguard constitutional rights, not tread on them.” More

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Russian Authorities Show Their True Colors in Arrest of Peaceful Protesters Supporting Journalist Ivan Golunov

June 13, 2019

Russian authorities could not go more than one day without showing their true colors. Having released one unjustly imprisoned journalist, they turn around and arrest a dozen more, alongside… More

Moscow Protests

Russia’s New Law on Public Protests Designed to Further Silence Dissent

Press ReleaseJanuary 7, 2019

“As written, it poses a serious threat to freedom of assembly in Russia and serves merely as a pretext to prosecute the organizers and supporters of protest actions.” More

Vietnam SEZ Economic Zones Protest

Detention of American Student in Vietnam a Direct Infringement on Right to Peaceful Assembly

Press ReleaseJune 18, 2018

“Vietnam continues to demonstrate its unwillingness to respect even the most basic human rights of free expression and assembly." More

Hong Kong's Umbrella Protests

Tougher Sentencing Guidelines for “Unlawful Assembly” in Hong Kong Troubling, in Spite of Dismissal of Pro-Democracy Activists’ Sentences

Press ReleaseFebruary 6, 2018

"The overall result of today’s decision is a scary one for the future of protest in Hong Kong, given the approval of sentencing guidelines that seemed to be geared… More

Cesario Padilla

HONDURAS: PEN Honduras Member Convicted at Sentencing Court

Rapid ActionJune 27, 2017

On Wednesday June 7, 2017, Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa, a member of PEN Honduras, was found guilty of the crime of "usurpation" at the National Autonomous University of… More

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A woman in France is to be tried on charges of insulting President Macron after describing him as 'filth' in a Facebook post.

"I asked the (police) if it was a joke, I had never been arrested," she said. "I am not public enemy number one." https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230329-french-woman-faces-trial-for-insulting-macron-on-facebook #FreeSpeech

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In her debut collection My Dear Comrades, Sunu Chandy (@sunuchandy) draws from her many disciplines—#poetry, #law, #activism—to invite the reader into a space that resists boundaries while living among them.

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Judge blocks Tennessee's anti-drag law; group says it violates free speech rights https://wpde.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-tennessees-anti-drag-law

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