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					  The erosion of European journalism
					
Caroline Lees describes the work of the European Journalism Observatory, and what it is has observed.

					  It’s high time for a European Broadcasting Service
					
Jakob von Weizsäcker and André Wilkens explain why Europe urgently needs a broadcasting service.

					  An insistent effort by the Hrant Dink Foundation against hate speech in Turkey
					
Pınar Ensari and Funda Tekin explain the work of the Hrant Dink Foundation in countering hate speech in Turkey.

					  Barack Obama, John Kerry, and the Palestine saga
					
Avi Shlaim explores whether there was anything Obama could have done to salvage his reputation in the remaining weeks of his lame-duck presidency.

					  Antizionism and antisemitism in British politics
					
Avi Shlaim explores the quality of debate within British politics of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and argues that an anti-racist movement has been portrayed as a racist one.

					  India: the rapist’s veto?
					
Vanya Bhargav explores why Indian women are less free  to express themselves through dress than Indian men.

					  Should Indian politicians be allowed to appeal to voters based on their religion, race, and caste?
					
Udit Bhatia discusses a landmark ruling concerning the conduct of elections and its potential to stifle democratic debate.

					  Can you teach people how to disagree without being disagreeable?
					
Tony Koutsoumbos explores the lessons from his own experiences in building an environment of robust and strong public debate.

					  Free speech debates are more than ‘radicals’ vs ‘liberals’
					
Eric Heinze argues that the radicals and liberal grounds for free speech are not mutually exclusive.

					  Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria
					
Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.

					  For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria
					
Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.

					  Six monarchs, 140 dissidents, one rule: Keep your mouth shut
					
Nicholas McGeehan explores restrictions on free speech and protest in the Arab Gulf states and the foreign policy responsibilities of Western governments.

					  From censorship by government to censorship by terrorism
					
Paul Cliteur and Tom Herrenberg, editors of a book on The Fall and Rise of Blasphemy Law, consider the changing nature of censorship.

					  Wikipedia at 15: The sum of human knowledge?
					
Martin Poulter, Wikimedian in residence at Oxford University, considers the active encyclopedia’s first 15 years.

					  Between Islamists and secularists: debating free speech in the Arab world
					
Sara Khorshid reports from a panel discussion that brought together former hate preachers, feminists and ordinary Arab youth to debate the limits of free speech in the new Middle East.

					  Hyperreality beats free speech in Turkey
					
Kerem Öktem describes the dramatic deterioration of Turkey’s media landscape after the attempted coup of July 2016.

					  The University of Cape Town and the Flemming Rose Affair
					
Milton Shain discusses his university’s controversial cancellation of a lecture by the journalist who commissioned the ‘Danish cartoons’.

					  Hong Kong vs Goliath: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and the old tactic of boycotts
					
With Canto-pop star Denise Ho and bookseller-turned-whistleblower Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement put the old tactic of boycotts to new use.

					  Is dangerous speech free speech?
					
Expression can be dangerous, but that should not necessarily make it a crime. Jeffrey Howard evaluates the best argument for banning hate speech. 

					  From another spectrum: the net neutrality debate in India
					
Nikhil Pandhi discusses the debate about net neutrality in India.

					  The public voice in internet governance
					
James Fishkin and Max Senges describe how an innovative democratic mechanism was used at the global Internet Governance Forum to revive Athenian democracy and draw up plans for extending internet access to the next billion users.

					  The Russian Orthodox Church and freedom of expression: 2016 update
					
Olga Shvarova explores how the Russian Orthodox Church’s interpretation of traditional moral values and spiritual security affects freedom of expression in Russia.

					  Russia tightens control of the internet
					
Yury Sorochkin describes the implications of the Russian government’s decision to ban Rutracker.org, the country’s most popular torrent tracker.

					  Hunting the dissident: The case of Leopoldo López
					
Maryhen Jiménez Morales examines the use of state power to silence dissent in modern Venezuela.

					  The Jawaharlal Nehru University affair
					
Udit Bhatia discusses the Indian government’s use of colonial-era laws against sedition and its failure to protect protestors taken into police custody.

					  The ‘lying press’ and the crisis of confidence in German media
					
Maja Sojref and Sarah Glatte explore the growing public disillusionment with the mainstream press in Germany.

					  Why is Mein Kampf the 12th most sold history book on Amazon India?
					
Udit Bhatia discusses attitudes to, and ignorance of Hitler in India.

					  A Turkish newspaper is shut down, condolences accepted
					
Ezgi Basaran cries out at the forced end of Radikal, the Turkish newspaper she used to edit.

					  Citizens United: how the US Supreme Court struck down limits on corporate electioneering on the grounds of free speech
					
Max Harris analyses the case and the applicability of US First Amendment rights to corporations.

					  Russia’s law on offending religious feelings
					
Helen Haft examines the case of a blogger prosecuted after an online argument and its implications for Russian free speech.

					  5 podcasts and our 10 principles on the BBC
					
Timothy Garton Ash introduces his BBC broadcasts and online version of the Free Speech Debate principles.

					  Chicago university’s free speech policy
					
Timothy Garton Ash introduces the report of a committee on freedom of expression at the University of Chicago

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