
Free Speech - Human Rights Watch
Nov 28, 2025 · Free Speech Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights …
A Tipping Point for Free Speech and Judicial Independence in Brazil
Aug 19, 2025 · On August 4, Brazil’s Supreme Court justice issued a house arrest order for former president Jair Bolsonaro and prohibited him from using a mobile phone for allegedly violating pre-trial ...
Meinungsfreiheit - Human Rights Watch
Apr 22, 2025 · Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more …
Türkiye: Ensure Peaceful Assembly, Free Speech During Protests
(Istanbul, March 27, 2025) - Türkiye’s authorities should immediately cease attacks on peaceful protesters, stop targeting journalists and news channels, and halt the crackdown on online speech ...
言論の自由 | Human Rights Watch
Freedom of speech is a bellweather: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...
World Report 2024: Vietnam | Human Rights Watch
Party-controlled courts sentence community leaders, online free speech advocates, and civil society activists to long prison sentences on bogus national security charges.
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh Comedy Festival Whitewashes Abuses
Sep 23, 2025 · The Saudi government is using the Riyadh Comedy Festival 2025 from September 26 to October 9 to deflect attention from its brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human …
言論自由 | Human Rights Watch
本組織自從以言論自由基金(The Fund for Free Expression)為名成立至今,向來不遺餘力對抗全球各地所有媒體上一切形式的言論壓制。
Russia: Repressive Laws Used to Crush Civic Freedoms
Aug 7, 2024 · The Russian government’s dismantling of civic freedoms since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is a dramatic escalation of its sustained assault on fundamental rights …
The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India - HRW
May 24, 2016 · This report details how criminal laws are used to limit and chill free speech in India. It documents ways overbroad or vague laws are used to stifle political dissent, harass journalists, …