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Trump on Surveillance, Protest, and Free Speech
China: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down
Freedom to Write Index 2024
Political Interference with Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Public Universities
Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai's sentence raises international outcry as China defends it
FIRE and civil liberties groups challenge 'unconstitutional retaliation' against Mahmoud Khalil
Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression
Chinese officials force censorship of Thai gallery’s art exhibit about authoritarianism (proving the exhibit’s point)
Last year, FIRE launched the Free Speech Dispatch, a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the...
Trump on Surveillance, Protest, and Free Speech
Enforcing the law is the central role of the executive branch, regardless of who is president, and that constitutional role entails exercising the...
Political Interference with Academic Freedom and Free Speech at Public Universities
The suppression of academic work critical of government policies is a threat both to public universities and to American democracy.
China: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report
China's authoritarian regime has become increasingly repressive in recent years. The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to tighten control over all...
Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai's sentence raises international outcry as China defends it
Lai was convicted of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles.
Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression
The 709 Crackdown led to the unjust prosecution and persecution some of China's most diligent human rights lawyers and legal activists.
Hong Kong’s Freedoms: What China Promised and How It’s Cracking Down
Beijing has tightened its grip on Hong Kong in recent years, dimming hopes that the financial center will ever become a full democracy.
Freedom to Write Index 2024
The number of writers jailed reached a new high in a wider range of countries, with at least 375 behind bars in 40 countries during 2024, compared to 339 in...
FIRE and civil liberties groups challenge 'unconstitutional retaliation' against Mahmoud Khalil
If the government seeks to deport Khalil because of his expression, that's textbook unlawful retaliation.
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