Free Expression Digest: Thurs., November 12
Malaysian cartoon ban lifted, Campus protests: Who is entitled to be heard?, and an Azerbaijani activist is released from jail. More
Who Is Entitled to Be Heard?
Some of the most potent threats to free speech these days come not from our government or corporations, but from our citizenry. Pitched battles being waged at Yale and… More
Report faults U.S. treatment of whistleblowers
A new report from a group of prominent writers and authors argues that the U.S. government is doing too little to protect whistleblowers critical to informing the public about… More
Op-Ed: Who will speak for China’s dissidents?
As pressure on dissenters has mounted, criticism from around the world has been muted. And when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington this month for his first state… More
Charlie Hebdo and Challenges to Freedom of Expression (audio)
Charlie Hebdo's Editor-in-Chief Gerard Biard and film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret, in conversation with Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director of PEN American Center, and Ed Berenson, NYU's Director of the Institute… More
The Heat debates free speech and assembly in France
The murder of several cartoonists at satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo in January left many shocked and horrified. However along with the global outpouring of sympathy seen in France,… More
Between Speech And Religion, Freedoms Often Spell Friction
They pushed the boundaries. They were fearless. And that's what put them into the crosshairs here. And this is a pattern that we've seen escalating over time. More
Freedom Begins at Home
The U.S. government remains leery of having the lens of global scrutiny over human rights practices trained on its own conduct. While the State Department's report on country performance… More
Obama’s Surveillance State
The trauma of the wrongly accused is not the only damage wrought by massive and intrusive surveillance; these programs may also harm those who are watched accidentally and mindlessly… More
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