Investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova has been a thorn in the side of Azerbaijan’s government for years. Her reporting has exposed high-level corruption and nepotism in President Ilham Aliyev’s administration, so it’s sadly unsurprising that she was arrested on spurious charges…
New Law Would Censor the Internet in South Africa
Right now, South Africa’s government is considering a new and highly controversial digital content law that, if passed unaltered, would essentially authorize widespread censorship of the internet. The Online Regulation Policy drafted by the Film and Publication…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Protesting Censorship of Of Mice and Men in Idaho
CBLDF has joined the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right to Read Project and other free speech advocates to protest an Idaho school district review committee’s recommendation that John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men be restricted in…
OUT TODAY: CBLDF Presents Elephantmen: Shots!
Iranians Embrace Ebooks to Combat Censorship
Florida Officials Considered Restricting Speech to Stymie Satanists
As Florida governor Rick Scott’s office last year searched for a justification to bar a Satanic holiday display from the capitol building in Tallahassee for the second year in a row, state lawyers proposed blanket restrictions on…
Comic Artist Tackles Censorship in Singapore
Comics Make Great Summer Reads for Kids and Teens!
As the school year winds down, kids across the country are looking forward to lazy days ahead. Summer is an ideal time to introduce young readers to some new comics, which develop both verbal and…
Zunar’s Sedition Trial Postponed to July
New York Venue Censors Neil LaBute’s Anti-Censorship Monologue
Cartoonists Under Threat Around the World
CBLDF Rocks Out at Comicpalooza This Weekend!
If you’re in the Houston, Texas, area this Memorial Day weekend, don’t miss CBLDF at Comicpalooza! We’ll be set up at booth #505 May 22 – 25 with signed premiums, membership goodies, and more…
CBLDF Climbs the Mountain to Fight Censorship at DENVER COMIC CON!
This weekend, get a mile high with CBLDF at Denver Comic Con! Come visit us at booth #1202 during May 23-25 in Denver, Colorado, to help us protect the right to read! You can support free speech by donating for…
Iranian Cartoonist Faces Prison, Floggings for Mocking Birth Control Bill
A 29-year-old Iranian artist and women’s rights activist is facing up to two years in prison, plus corporal punishment, for a cartoon she drew last year criticizing a bill that would outlaw some forms of…