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The Prix Voltaire shortlist, honoring valor in the defense of free speech, includes players in Guatemala, Turkey, Lebanon, Belarus, and Gaza.

(RNS) — FDR’s granddaughter said of Warnock: ‘his voice is consistently counseling, teaching, making himself vulnerable in order to help the rest of us make sense of the world.’

September 2021 in Africa: A free expression round up by IFEX’s Regional Editor Reyhana Masters, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. An audio discussion relating to this piece, focusing on #IDUAI with Gilbert Sendugwa of the Africa Freedom of Information Centre and Lamin Jahateh, of the Gambia Press Union, is available here.

Second city of Afghanistan in terms of size but first in terms of trade, Kandahar is located in the south of the country. It is the capital of Kandahar ...

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

‘LOUDER is not always clearer’, an honest telling of the vulnerability of a deaf man, created and performed by a deaf man, is one of the…

From July 22 to August 1, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), the worlds first and largest Jewish film festival, will present more than 50 films from over 20 countries. Now in its 41st year, 2021s program has "something for everyone," including six films addressing LGBTQ issues, seven exploring topics and themes relating to the Israeli-Palestinian region, and twenty-five featuring women directors and producers. Festival-goers who are comfortable viewing films from home can particip...

Freedom of expression has its limits, says Merkel at World Media Forum Search for: “Freedom of expression has its limits, like any freedom, and it reaches its limits when the freedoms and fundamental rights of others are violated,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel, stressing the importance of the potential of digital technology, during the Global Media Forum organised by Deutsche Welle  held June 14 -15. Greece along with more than 4,000 representatives of politics, media, business and academ...

Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist and activist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, has been heralded as a ​voice of hope we all need to hear.

Yulia Tsvetkovas hunger strike: "I have reached a dead end" Index award-winner calls on her supporters not to waste any more time "on the farce called Russian justice" 17 May 2021 BY JESSICA Ní MHAINíN “They say that a hunger strike is declared out of despair, and yes, it’s hard not to agree with that,” Yulia Tsvetkova, a Russian feminist and LGBTQ+ activist and artist, wrote on social media on 1 May as she announced that she would start a hunger strike. “Why a hunger strike? As ...