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Weekly round-up of pressing threats and notable goings-on in free expression in the United States and around the world. More

Sepideh Jodeyri | Status: Displaced/In Exile | Iran

Sepideh Jodeyri is an Iranian poet who translated the French graphic novel Blue is The Warmest Color by Julie Maroh into Persian. Jodeyri’s translation of the novel, which tells… More

Eric Ohena Lembembe | Status: Murdered | Cameroon

On July 15, 2013, the body of Eric Ohena Lembembe was found in his Yaoundé home. He had been tortured—with his neck and feet broken and his face, hands,… More

Xulhaz Mannan | Status: Murdered | Bangladesh

On April 25, 2016, unidentified assailants hacked leading gay rights activist Xulhaz Mannan to death in his Dhaka apartment. His friend and fellow gay rights activist, Tanay Mojumdar, was also… More

Free Expression Digest: Mon., April 25

Bangladesh LGBT editor hacked to death, Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey, Egypt investigates Reuters journalist over report on researcher's murder. More