Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...

Is freedom of speech a human right? In the UK, Article 10 of the 1998 Human Rights Act protects our right to freedom of expression: Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall ...

Freedom of speech is a fundamental American freedom and human right. It is essential for democracy, ... make it their mission to protect free speech when those rights may have been infringed upon.

Compromised international institutions cannot advance human rights. Instead, President Trump will strengthen Western values among allies.

The social media vetting rule isn’t just a draconian border policy but a slow, deliberate erosion of the right to dissent and ...

The courts have long recognized the freedom of speech as a natural human right. James Madison, who drafted the Constitution and wrote the First Amendment, understood that the right comes from our ...

Stated differently, each of the ratifiers of the Bill of Rights manifested in writing their unambiguous understanding that the freedom of speech is a natural right — personal to every human. It ...

Experts from these organizations say that the treaty undermines the global human rights of freedom of speech and expression because it contains clauses that countries could interpret to ...

Recently freed Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski is demanding the international community act to secure the release ...

Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.

Lauren Harper is Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation (www.freedom.press). Seth Stern is Director of Advocacy, also at the Freedom of the Press Foundation ...