July Featured Case: Chen Yunfei
Chen Yunfei is a performance artist who works at the intersection of human rights activism and art. His art is overtly political, intending to promote the Chinese pro-democracy movement. More
DARE To Be Informed
Gabe Rottman, PEN America Washington director, writes: “Our national commitment to free speech rests on a thin reed: that we can speak without fear..." More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump's crude and sexist Twitter insults against TV news commentators raise again questions about the content and contours of presidential speech. Responding, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough say… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
New York Times copy editors and top editors spar over planned job cuts, college free speech bill vetoed by Louisiana governor, encrypted messaging app registers with Russian regulator following… More
An Urgent Appeal for Liu Xiaobo
We write to express our concern over the health condition of Liu Xiaobo…and to ask you to ensure his unrestricted freedom as he undergoes medical treatment. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump Twitter-condemns CNN (and New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, and CBS) as entirely fake news. Sarah Palin files a defamation suit saying the New York Times… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Key first amendment case and travel ban reach Supreme Court, senior CNN journalists resign after story retracted, writers in Turkey face more and more nebulous threats from the state,… More
Librotraficante “Book Traffickers” Ensure Equal Access to Diverse Books in the Face of Discriminatory Arizona Law
Librotraficante is doing necessary work to ensure that the many voices, groups, and histories included in the American experience are fully represented and heard. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from baker who invoked the First Amendment, Trump administration to go ahead with parts of travel ban. And the White House press secretary… More
Chinese Writer-Activist Liu Xiaobo Released on Medical Parole for Late-Stage Cancer
News that Chinese dissident writer and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is suffering from late-stage liver cancer and has been released from prison on medical grounds is a painful reminder… More
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