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DARE: Democrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate

News DigestNovember 7, 2018

With unusually high turnout for a midterm election, Democrats gain the majority in the House and Republicans retain control of the Senate. Voters bring... More

Angry Trump

DARE: Fact-Checking President Trump’s USA Today Op-Ed on ‘Medicare-for-All’

News DigestOctober 11, 2018

USA Today comes under intense criticism for running an op-ed by President Trump that is found by fact-checkers to contain a misleading or false information in almost every sentence.… More

DARE: “The Trump Administration Wants to Tax Protests. What Happened to Free Speech?”

News DigestSeptember 12, 2018

The federal government wants protesters to have to pay to use parks, sidewalks, and other public spaces in Washington, DC. A group of U.S. senators urge the Secretary of… More

Free Expression China

Open Letter to Google: Our Concerns Over “Project Dragonfly”

Open LetterSeptember 7, 2018

We write this letter in order to voice these concerns in the hope that you will reconsider any plans that would further exacerbate the already grave climate for expression… More

Xinjiang: The Free Expression Catastrophe You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Commentary
By: Allisen Lichtenstein | August 17, 2018

The Chinese government’s “anti-extremism” policies in Xinjiang are a large-scale attack on freedom of expression, and human rights more broadly. More

DARE: Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ were a huge flop

News DigestJanuary 18, 2018

Trump's "fake news awards" fizzle due to lack of fanfare and technical malfunction. (see our response here, highlighting six stories from the past year that demonstrate the value and… More

Liu Xiaobo

“They Killed Him”: Denial of Medical Care in China and the Literary Conscience

Essay
By: James Tager | November 15, 2017

As a matter of medicine, it was of course cancer that took Liu’s life. But the responsibility for his death must rest on the shoulders of the Chinese state. More

June Featured Cases: Tiananmen, 27 Years Later

Case Update
By: Shreya Balhara | June 1, 2016

This June, our three featured cases are emblematic of the harsh and varied tactics China utilizes to stifle free expression and stamp out dissent. They also represent the resiliency… More

Free Expression Digest: Wed., April 27

News DigestApril 27, 2016

Mexican reporter shot dead, Ilham Tohti nominated for rights award, Israel silencing detained Palestinian journalist. More

Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., October 27

News DigestOctober 27, 2015

Egypt arrests three journalists in five days, Free Alaa Abdel Fattah campaign stirs social media, and the Ubud Writers Festival is censored. More

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