Pope Leo XIV condemned the weakening of international multilateralism and the increased use of force in a speech to diplomats ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...

In recent weeks, congressional hearings targeting bloggers and social media personalities have raised deep concerns – not just about decorum, but about democracy itself. While some may find the ...

I'm delighted to report that Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University will be guest-blogging this week about this new book of hers. Here is ...

In 1977, American Nazis fought for the right to march in Skokie, Illinois—a town filled with Holocaust survivors—and won. Nearly fifty years later, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for jokes ...

Whatever the government takes and whatever it negates, it may not abridge the freedom of speech, directly or indirectly.

"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the ...

Free speech is a bulwark of open societies, because it allows ideas and information to be shared, authority to be questioned, and abuses of power exposed. In "On Liberty" (1859), John Stuart Mill gave ...

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press …” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon ...

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...