Results of the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Survey – July 2025
On June 13, 2025, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (CGFoE) launched a survey through its newsletter and social media platforms to gain insight into how…
Op-Ed: Why did development banks stay silent when people who spoke out about COVID-19 responses were attacked?
Global pandemic response falters as clients of worlds’ biggest banks silence medical workers, journalists and activists with impunity. By Lorena Cotza, Silvia Chocarro, Matthew Redding…
Ethiopia – Zone 9 Bloggers
Today, for the 28th time, the Ethiopian High Court adjourned the trial of Zone 9 Bloggers or the Zone9ers. On April 24, 2014, ten Zone9ers…
Refusal to Give Access to ‘Confidential’ Information About Politicians Violated NGO’s Article 10 Rights
This post was originally published in Strasbourg Observers and is reproduced with permission and thanks. Introduction On 26 March 2020, the European Court of Human…
OSCE Perspective: Important Freedom of Expression and Information Cases and Relevant Legal Trends
I have been asked to describe some of the most important cases and relevant legal trends from the OSCE perspective. I have decided to look…
Unshackling Expression: The Philippines Report
Introduction The Philippines spends more time in social media than any other country. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, it even reported the…
Freedom of Expression Courses from the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals Programme
The European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) supports the Council of Europe’s member states in implementing the European Convention on Human…
Burkina Faso, Colombia and Russia punish killers of journalists. But it is not enough.
Globally, killers of journalist are rarely punished. According to IFEX, only in about 10 percent of cases someone is convicted. However, in June, the Global…
Global Trends and Cases in Global Freedom of Expression and Information
I was asked to reflect on ‘important’ cases in the last year or so – and to indicate why they’re important; to indicate trends; and…
Psychological First Aid Manual for Civil Society
Movimiento Vinotinto, a human rights NGO based in Venezuela, published a report on the psychological impact of Venezuela’s crackdown on dissent. Within the context of…