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The DW Freedom of Speech Award 2023

DW Freedom of Speech Award

Each year, DW honors an individual or initiative promoting freedom of expression and human rights with the Freedom of Speech Award. This year, Yulia Navalnaya and her late husband's FBK foundation are being honored.

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November 15, 2024

Germany: Greens' Habeck presses charges over online insult

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A Chinese webcast selling products on social media

Is internet freedom slipping away in Southeast Asia?

Is internet freedom slipping away in Southeast Asia?

Countries across the region are trending towards restricting free speech online, limiting access and censoring content.
Press FreedomOctober 29, 2024
The poster for the first Frankfurt Book Fair in 1949: It reads Frankfurter Buchmesse in blue and red letters.

75 years of Frankfurt Book Fair: World stage for protests

75 years of Frankfurt Book Fair: World stage for protests

The Cold War and Iran's fatwa on Rushdie had an impact on the book fair, which opens with a controversy from Italy.
LiteratureOctober 16, 2024
Rachita Taneja at a protest, film still from Drawing a Line

India: When stick figure cartoons are seen as a threat

India: When stick figure cartoons are seen as a threat

Political cartoonist Rachita Taneja faces threats and a possible prison sentence for her Sanitary Panels webcomic.
CultureOctober 11, 2024
Belgrade, Serbia: Protest against Rio Tinto's lithium mining project, August 10, 2024.

Serbia: Activists feel the full force of state pressure

Serbia: Activists feel the full force of state pressure

Pressure on activists for human rights, environmental protection and freedom of speech is on the rise in Serbia.
PoliticsOctober 9, 202404:50 min
Screenshot of an X-Post showing a television interview with Hillary Clinton on MSNBC. The user "End Wokeness" writes: "BREAKING: Hillary Clinton suggests jailing Americans for posting "misinformation" | "There needs to be a deterrence"

Fact check: Did Clinton call for jail over misinformation?

Fact check: Did Clinton call for jail over misinformation?

Viral social media posts claim Hillary Clinton wants to jail Americans for spreading "misinformation." What did she say?
Freedom of SpeechSeptember 20, 2024
Alexandre de Moraes, Brazilian Supreme Court judge, holding a white folder

Brazil blocks access to Elon Musk's X

Brazil blocks access to Elon Musk's X

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been blocked in Brazil following a judge's order to ban the service.
MediaSeptember 1, 202401:59 min
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Telegram: How the app defies calls for hate censorship

The arrest of Telegram's CEO and its hands-off approach to content moderation is bringing much unwanted attention.
BusinessAugust 26, 2024
A young woman in a long yellow skirt and sleeveless summer top speaks into a microphone held by a man in jeans, a black T-shirt and sunglasses. They are standing in a street with lots of shops and passers-by.

Turkey: Street interview arrest encourages self-censorship

Experts anticipate that more people will be arrested in future for expressing their opinions to the media in vox pops.
PoliticsAugust 24, 2024
A police officer fires tear gas towards pro-reform protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Nairobi, Kenya

Kenya's digital revolution: What next for Generation Z?

Online platforms are at the forefront of activism and dissent in Kenya, raising fears of surveillance and fake news.
PoliticsAugust 11, 2024
A demonstrator holds a Venezuelan flag and shouts as people gather to protest election results

Venezuela's Maduro cracks down on X, election dissent

Venezuela is increasingly silencing critics — and social media — after President Nicolas Maduro's disputed reelection.
Freedom of SpeechAugust 10, 2024
Indian podcasters chat during a recording in New Delhi

Why are podcasts so popular in India?

With at least 57.6 million monthly listeners, India is the world's third-largest consumer market for podcasts.
SocietyAugust 5, 202402:00 min
Police officers patrol Red Square after it was closed to the public

Russia tightens 'undesirable organizations' law

Russian authorities will soon be able to ban any foreign groups they find inconvenient by labeling them "undesirable."
PoliticsJuly 27, 2024
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