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DARE: Twitter is Sweeping Out Fake Accounts, Suspending More than Seventy Million in Two Months

News DigestJuly 9, 2018

Twitter significantly escalates suspension of fake and suspicious accounts. News organizations debate rationale for broadcasting live Trump rallies. More

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He Can Still Be Saved: 32 Days Into His Hunger Strike, Oleg Sentsov Must Be Released Immediately

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By: Polina Sadovskaya | June 14, 2018

Sentsov faces an uphill battle; the Russian state does not like ultimatums, and the chance that he will succeed in securing freedom for his fellow Ukrainian prisoners is very… More

Oleg Sentsov

In Light of Hunger Strike, PEN America Demands Oleg Sentsov’s Immediate Release

Open LetterJune 1, 2018

We, the undersigned artists, writers, filmmakers, and activists, join PEN America to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the wrongfully imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. In light… More

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DARE: Man in Custody after Swastikas Found Painted on Gravestones

News DigestMay 29, 2018

Arrest made after Illinois cemetery is defaced with swastikas. Gay valedictorian at a Catholic high school gives his speech via bullhorn after the school rejects it. Starbucks bias training… More

2014 World Cup Beyond the Headlines: Funk Music Banned

AdvocacyJuly 10, 2014

As Argentina and Germany go head-to-head this weekend, visitors to Brazil are more likely to hear racist chants the popular Brazilian 'baile funk'. More

2014 World Cup Beyond the Headlines

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By: Deji Olukotun | June 30, 2014

Beyond the headlines, there are stories on free expression and human rights at the Cup and in its contending teams' home nations: arrests in Iran, U.S. Supreme Court a… More

World Cup: NSA Spying Well Offside

AdvocacyJune 17, 2014

The U.S. gets a red card for free expression. More

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