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This Russian play defies Putin — and today’s America
13 Sep 2025 19:01 GMT
… climate of censorship imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Is there … repression it chafes against. In Russia and, more subtly, in … man sings in Russian — only for the Russian actor Andrey Burkovskiy … Kon finds himself going from Moscow to New York, from …
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Europe drops Khasi film after Moscow win amid geopolitical tensions
13 Sep 2025 18:37 GMT
… this April at the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF … the geopolitical situation between Russia and Ukraine, festivals in Europe …
The unprecedented degree of censorship that Indian cinema is currently … the middle of the Russia-Ukraine war. The loss is …
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Charlie Kirk’s free speech, anti-violence legacy
12 Sep 2025 23:33 GMT
For those of us of a certain age, the assassination of Charlie Kirk brought back memories of other momentous assassinations — the moment of disbelief and then stomach-turning horror on first hearing the news, the sense that events were tilting wildly out …
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Alexander Yaroshuk And Gennady Fedynich: The Main Business Of Our Life Is To Make Belarus Free
13 Sep 2025 10:06 GMT
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The chairman of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade … 't return to Belarus.
Apparently, the regime wanted … G.F. Only through Belarusian and Russian TV channels, pro-governmental … correspondence with the family, censorship was rampant: very often …
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Cpj’s 2025 International Press Freedom Awards
12 Sep 2025 19:48 GMT
… S. press freedom – at its 35th annual International Press Freedom Awards … to free wrongfully detained Russia correspondent Evan Gershkovich. … authorities amid an unprecedented press freedom crackdown.
Temirov was … once a beacon of media freedom. Dahmani rose to …
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Kirk’s Murder Highlights Threats to Free Speech in America
12 Sep 2025 13:25 GMT
… backing of Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
Seemingly driven … demonstrates that constitutionally protected free speech in America “is no … government for increasingly endorsing censorship of speech it deems … on social media, on the mainstream media, and in …
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Belarusian Investigative Centre wins a prestigious Free Media Award
11 Sep 2025 20:59 GMT
… and media outlets from Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan. Six independent editorial … an extremely challenging period.
The Free Media Awards were established by the … reliable information despite pressure and censorship.
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Georgia: Media Freedom groups condemn latest attacks on journalists by ruling party activists and police
12 Sep 2025 09:53 GMT
… 8, tensions near Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze’s … deputy director of the Tbilisi Police Department. In … .
The scale of media freedom decline and systematic attacks …
International Press Institute (IPI)
Free Press Unlimited
European Federation of Journalists …
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Belarus frees 8 more journalists as US eases sanctions on state airline
13 Sep 2025 02:44 GMT
… , follows negotiations between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and … international concern about Belarus’s crackdown on … abuse and neglect inside Belarusian detention facilities.
Reporters … control over courts, widespread censorship, and a pattern …
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Trump administration dismantles international disinfo agreements, emphasizing free speech
12 Sep 2025 01:12 GMT
… amid debates over press freedom and foreign influence. … free speech.
The EU, meanwhile, has taken aggressive steps to limit Russian media … since the escalation of the Ukraine … a crackdown Moscow has labeled "global censorship."
As …