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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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Zibakalam gestures with his left hand towards the camera during an interview in 2017

Iran jails regime critic Sadegh Zibakalam

Iran jails regime critic Sadegh Zibakalam

Iranian Sadegh Zibakalam, recipient of DW's 2018 Freedom of Speech Award, has been jailed on "propaganda" charges.
Freedom of SpeechMay 13, 2024
Yulia Navalnaya waves as she stands in a queue with other voters near the polling station at the Russian embassy in Berlin

Freedom of Speech Award: DW honors Navalny's widow

Freedom of Speech Award: DW honors Navalny's widow

Who is Yulia Navalnaya, the winner of this year's DW Freedom of Speech Award?
Freedom of SpeechMay 3, 202402:26 min
Yulia Navalnaya

Can Yulia Navalnaya unite the Russian opposition?

Can Yulia Navalnaya unite the Russian opposition?

DW is honoring Alexei Navalny's widow and the anti-corruption foundation FBK with the Freedom of Speech Award.
PoliticsMay 3, 2024
A bookstore in Hong Kong with a slogan above its door that reads "Ideas are bulletproof"

Hong Kong bookstores face more censorship, less freedom

Hong Kong bookstores face more censorship, less freedom

After Hong Kong passed a new national security law, more liberal-minded bookstores are being forced to close.
SocietyApril 2, 202403:13 min
Israeli and Arab activists gather to hold a demonstration to demand a cease-fire for Gaza

Arab Israelis battle repression amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Arab Israelis battle repression amid Israel-Hamas conflict

For Israel's Arab minority, life was complicated enough before the war. But now, things are even harder.
Freedom of SpeechMarch 26, 2024
Protestors shout and carry flags and banners in Senegal.

Senegal's President Macky Sall bows to pressure on election

Senegal's President Macky Sall bows to pressure on election

Civil society wants elections held before President Macky Sall's second term ends in April.
PoliticsFebruary 19, 2024
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Ukraine: Wiretapping scandal puts journalists at risk

A case of journalist surveillance has been uncovered in Ukraine, exacerbating fears of systemic pressure on the press.
Press FreedomJanuary 24, 2024
Google search engine in Russian

Journalists demand change in Google, Meta's media policies

Media blocked by Russian and Belarusian authorities are calling for new search algorithms from companies like Google.
TechnologyJanuary 20, 2024
Independent journalist Rodolfo Montes joins in the symbolic closing of the offices of the Attorney General's Office to protest against the 15 journalists murdered in the country

'Day of the Imprisoned Writer' remembers persecuted authors

The authors' association PEN is calling for the release of persecuted and imprisoned writers and journalists.
MediaNovember 15, 2023
Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta speaks at a protest meet organised at the Press Club of India in New Delhi

Why is India targeting NewsClick journalists?

Many activists are worried about the future of free speech in India. DW talked with journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Press FreedomOctober 6, 202303:53 min
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gestures with his hand as he speaks

Egypt targets activists in presidential election run-up

Egypt's clampdown on political dissent increasingly includes family members of activists living abroad.
PoliticsSeptember 1, 2023
A casually dressed young man standing in front of an orange building, holding a Quran aloft and speaking into a megaphone. Another man carrying two Swedish flags stands in front of him, filming.

Quran burning: How much blasphemy is allowed in Europe?

Freedom of expression is seen as a key pillar of democracy. But to what extent is it acceptable in Europe to mock God?
Freedom of SpeechJuly 22, 2023