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Landmark First Amendment lawsuit against President Trump will proceed

The federal court ruling in favor of PEN America is a blow to Trump’s retaliation against media companies, journalists.

Tennessee’s parental oversight of public libraries act would censor books, jail librarians

The Tennessee state legislature should reject a new legislative proposal, the Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, as an unwarranted, un-American, and unconstitutional intrusion into children’s right to read.

Ukraine: Journalists Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halaziuk freed in prisoner swap

The two RFE/RL journalists were originally detained and held incommunicado by Russia-backed separatists in 2017.

Losing the News: The decimation of local news and the search for solutions

At a time when political polarization is growing and fraudulent news is spreading, a shared baseline of facts on the issues that most directly affect Americans is more essential than ever.

Press conference by the international mission, Mexico City, 6 November 2019, Photo credit: CENCOS

Mexican government declines to recognize freedom of expression crisis

An international mission comprised of 17 international organizations underscores its concern regarding the lack of guarantees offered by the Mexican state to solve the country’s grave freedom of expression crisis and the state’s failure to recognize the seriousness of the problem.

Students organise books at the library at the Fischer School in Orange County Juvenile Hall in Orange, CA, 8 August 2013, Paul Bersebach/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Literature locked up: How prison book restriction policies constitute US’s largest book ban

PEN America details the types of book bans prisoners face, the arbitrariness with which they are implemented, and the lack of transparency and oversight that leads to bans on titles from Nobel Prize winners and leading historical figures.

PEN America files court brief demanding reinstatement of press credentials for White House reporter

PEN America says the revocation of Brian Karem’s press pass is yet another unconstitutional act furthering the president’s ongoing scheme of censorship and retaliation.

A man (C) stands with a placard during a rally calling for reforms to the 2008 constitution in Naypyidaw, Burma, 31 March 2019, THET AUNG/AFP/Getty Images

Burma urged to protect media freedom in Constitution

20 expert organizations urge the government to guarantee freedom of expression in the Constitution.