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Nobel Prize to Dmitry Muratov is a Sign that the World Should Unite to Confront Kremlin’s Foreign Agent Law

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By: Polina Sadovskaya | October 15, 2021

The Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov is an important step to acknowledge the crackdown on independent media by authoritarian regimes. More

Dmirty Muratov and Maria Ressa

PEN America Overjoyed to See Two Defenders of the Freedom to Write Receive Nobel Peace Prize

Press ReleaseOctober 8, 2021

The free expression and writers' organization PEN America today welcomed the news that journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov will receive the Nobel Peace Prize. More

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Conviction of Philippines Journalists “Disgraceful Travesty of Justice”

Press ReleaseJune 15, 2020

"This verdict is a disgraceful travesty of justice. It marks a sad day for democracy in the Philippines and for press freedom the world over." More

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DARE: ‘Like Air, I’ll Rise’: Ilhan Omar and Others on Words to Conquer Hate

News DigestJuly 23, 2019

Writers join Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in pushing back on the president's racist hatred with poetry, in a series curated by the Guardian and PEN... More

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DARE: Jeffrey Epstein Prosecutors Aided by ‘Excellent Investigative Journalism’

News DigestJuly 9, 2019

Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Federal prosecutors credit the Miami Herald newspaper's investigative journalism… More

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DARE: UN Investigator Calls on Saudi Arabia to Make Khashoggi Murder Trials Public

News DigestMarch 29, 2019

Special rapporteur leading UN investigation of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing finds that Saudi Arabia has not met its international human rights... More

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DARE: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter Struggle to Deal with New Zealand Shooting Video

News DigestMarch 15, 2019

Social media platforms struggle with managing spread of gruesome video of New Zealand shooting, while police urge people to stop sharing the video. More

DARE: Facebook Backtracks after Removing Warren Ads Calling for Facebook Breakup

News DigestMarch 12, 2019

Facebook removes and then reinstates ads placed by presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of the social network... More

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DARE: Sacramento Bee Reporter Detained, Two More Journalists Covering Protest March among 84 Arrested

News DigestMarch 6, 2019

FBI Director Christopher Wray says that while the U.S. had not seen a 'material impact on election infrastructure' from foreign adversaries in the recent... More

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DARE: Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall

News DigestFebruary 15, 2019

President Trump declares national emergency to receive funds for border wall, sparking debate over executive authority; lawmakers yesterday promised... More

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As @JoyVBehar points out, Americans' knowledge of the Holocaust is declining even as the movement to ban books—including #Holocaust-themed works such as @jodipicoult's The Storyteller—is accelerating.

Behar also gives a shoutout to 100-year-old Grace Linn! #JoysBannedBookClub https://twitter.com/TheView/status/1639315584860192772

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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php

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bryanalexander Bryan Alexander @bryanalexander ·
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What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?

Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:

https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0

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