🇮🇳The government’s response showed how rapidly the tools of digital governance can be converted into tools of political control and surveillance,” Mishi Choudhary, founder of the SFLC.in, told CGFoE. ‼️More in our latest #newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/pro...

📢‼️🇮🇳India’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement has protested continuously since June 6 and faced its largest mobilization and a heavy state crackdown on July 20.  🌍👀More in the CGFoE Protest Monitor: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2026...

Future of Europe’s media freedom is determined in CEE Europe- Pavol Szalai of RSF on topics from Russian disinformation and SLAPPs to crimes against journalists. 👉 Read the interview and case analysis from Serbia and Croatia in our latest #newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/pav...

📢Ahead of and during the NATO summit, which was held in Ankara on July 7-8, #Türkiye’s authorities orchestrated a mass crackdown on freedom of expression. 🌍👀More in the CGFoE Protest Monitor: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2026...

📢Ahead of and during the NATO summit, which was held in Ankara on July 7-8, #Türkiye’s authorities orchestrated a mass crackdown on freedom of expression. 🌍👀More in the CGFoE Protest Monitor: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2026...

CGFoE Protest Monitor, July 16, 2026 Issue: Türkiye - Global Freedom of Expression

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‼️“CGFoE’s amicus curiae brief showed the Chilean judiciary that this was not an isolated domestic crime, but an attack on journalism as a matter of international concern,” said Mauricio Weibel after the historic victory.📌 More about the case in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/cgf...

Index and partners publish a report on the deteriorating situation for media freedom and safety of journalists in #Serbia. We call on the authorities to end the targeting of journalists and stop all verbal, physical & legal attacks against the press⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/07/serb...

Serbia: A dangerous spiral of violence against journalists - Index on Censorship

Media freedom in Serbia is in a deepening crisis with a rapidly closing window for independent journalism to operate

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📌 Some 9,914 people have faced politically motivated criminal prosecution in #Belarus since 2020, including for posts and likes. Read the new case analysis on freedom of expression violations in Belarus + interview in the latest newsletter. 🔗 mailchi.mp/columbia/cgf...

📌 Some 9,914 people have faced politically motivated criminal prosecution in #Belarus since 2020, including for posts and likes. Read the new case analysis on freedom of expression violations in Belarus + interview in the latest newsletter. 🔗 mailchi.mp/columbia/cgf...

Many cases to the HRC can be attributed to both the scale of repression in #Belarus & professionalism of its HRD, such as Viasna and the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, said Nils Muižnieks, the UN Special Rapporteur. 👉 Read the interview here: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications...

Interview with UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus: “The large number of HRC cases speaks both about repression and the professionalism of human rights defenders” - Global Freedom of Expression

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📢Tanzania: Anti-government protests were planned for Saba Saba Day, marking the country's fight for independence. Authorities responded with a preemptive crackdown continuing the brutal cycle of repression. 🌍👀More in the CGFoE Protest Monitor: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/updates/2026...

DHS investigated a New York woman for the supposed offense of reposting the news. The government shouldn't get to decide what journalism is too dangerous to share.

The government wants to scare Americans out of sharing the news

The Department of Homeland Security has a new tactic to suppress reporting: silence people who repost information from news stories

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Join us this month for our "Summer Office Hours" webinar series for staff and administrators on campus. Our first conversation is July 14, “Reimagining Accountability When Addressing Harm on Campus” hosted by @penamerica.bsky.social. Register here: pen-america-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌍📢 Exciting news! We've launched a new tool for tracking protests around the world—updated every week. 🔗 More about it in the newsletter: us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c... 📊 See CGFoE Protest Monitor here: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/protest-moni...

“When a government weaponizes immigration to punish speech, millions of immigrants and citizens feel that blow.” Read more about Mohsen Mahdawi's case, including a legal analysis ↘️ 🆕https://mailchi.mp/columbia/cu-student-mohsen-mahdawi-again-faces-deportation-for-speech?e=7e61be9b9a

In his article, Lautaro Furfaro unpacks the US Supreme Court’s decision, contrasting the Court’s 1st Amendment framing of conversion therapy bans with international human rights standards on so-called conversion practices. 🔍Article: globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications...

“When a government weaponizes immigration to punish speech, millions of immigrants and citizens feel that blow.” Read more about Mohsen Mahdawi's case, including a legal analysis ↘️ 🆕https://mailchi.mp/columbia/cu-student-mohsen-mahdawi-again-faces-deportation-for-speech?e=7e61be9b9a

📢🏛️ New case ALERT! A remark that FBI Director Kash Patel spent more time in nightclubs than at work was deemed rhetorical hyperbole-not a factual statement—and therefore could not support a defamation claim, a US federal court recently ruled. globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/patel-...

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🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! We are highlighting a historic ruling from Bosnia and Herzegovina—the country’s first final court judgment recognizing discrimination against LGBTI persons. 🆕Read the full story in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/hap...

“Newsrooms and editors need to ensure they prepare their journalists for the potential risks of this World Cup so journalists know their rights and feel empowered while reporting,” writes Lucy Westcott, CPJ’s Chief Emergencies Officer, in an op-ed for the @ajc.com. www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...

As World Cup begins, safety of journalists is no longer a given in the U.S.

Journalists covering the World Cup in Atlanta and other U.S. cities must know their rights and take precautions given the American government's treatment of the press.

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The Institute filed a brief today urging the Eleventh Circuit to reverse Judge Cannon’s order barring release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report. "The public has the right to see this report under the First Amendment, common law, and Freedom of Information Act," said @scottbwilkens.bsky.social.

Knight Institute Urges Eleventh Circuit to Reverse District Court Order Barring Release of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report

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How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem? 🤔 Our upcoming online session on June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, tackles this topic and more: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...

#Hungary unlawfully deprived Klubrádió of broadcasting frequency (CJEU); Budapest’s mayor Facebook page could delete comments & publishing interview without consent is not protected speech. (Const.court) 📌https://mailchi.mp/columbia/hungary-restoring-rule-of-law-cjeu-on-media-pluralism?e=7e61be9b9a

New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x

The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -

This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...

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It’s a disgrace that journalist Lucas Griffith was prosecuted for doing his job. Griffith’s courage is a reminder that a free press depends on people’s willingness to defend the First Amendment. We need more journalists with his backbone.

Viewpoints | My arrest as a student journalist

On a humid July day in Cincinnati, my life changed in a way I would never have anticipated. Through the summer of 2025 I worked as a photography intern for

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📢 New Transversal Theme Page: Business and Human Rights 🔎Explore it on our Knowledge Sharing platform. --- 📢 Nouvelle page sur le thème transversal « Entreprises et droits de l’homme » 🔎Rendez-vous sur notre plateforme de partage des connaissances. 🔗 ks.echr.coe.int/web/echr-ks/...

Ten minutes after midnight, messages flooded the phone of our expert Yaman @cyber-rights.org Akdeniz. Overnight, a one sentence had shut down Bilgi University where he teaches. "The president can do whatever he likes," he told Senior Communications Manager Marija Sajkas. mailchi.mp/columbia/yam...

📌We added the case Rümeysa Öztürk v. Donald J. Trump to our database and are exploring student protests across universities in our latest newsletter: 🧷 us8.campaign-archive.com?u=5b024e7a0c...

What is the chilling effect + latest about the protests in Argentina (pictured) and Bolivia in our latest newsletter: mailchi.mp/columbia/wha...

As international attention turns to meetings between American & Chinese delegations, our interview with Anna Kwok, a prominent voice calling for democracy in Hong Kong written by Anastasiia Vorozhtsova feels especially urgent. globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/publications...

Portraits of FoE Defenders: Interview with Anna Kwok—“Change is a constant, and hope is a choice” - Global Freedom of Expression

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