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Rome Appeals Court Upholds Sentences for Camorra Figures Who Threatened Roberto Saviano

Reaffirming the 2021 sentences signals that Italian courts back press freedom by punishing mafia intimidation

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Teacher’s Free Speech Appeal

Hackers Breach Iran’s State TV and Drain $90 Million From Nobitex

Meta Policy Rollbacks Fuel Surge in Hate Speech and User Safety Fears

Leipzig Court Begins Main Hearings on ‘Compact’ Magazine Ban

Kulturstaatsminister Weimer Defends Artistic Freedom and Denounces Cancel Culture

Italian Senate Halts Session Ahead of Security Decree Confidence Vote

MIT Bars Class President Megha Vemuri from Graduation over Pro-Palestinian Speech

Weimer Warns of Global Cultural Struggle Threatening Science and Art Freedoms

Kehlmann likens Trump’s culture policies to Nazi Germany’s Gleichschaltung

Trump Administration Seeks to Strip Harvard’s International Student Certification While Targeting Chinese Visas

Markus Lanz panel disputes extent of Germany’s free speech decline

Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Pune Student, Rebukes State’s ‘Radical’ Reaction

Odisha Police arrest contractor suspected of instigating assault on journalist

Women’s Regional Cup Final Abandoned After Flag Dispute

Springsteen denounces Trump as 'corrupt and incompetent' in Lille show, Trump vows probe

Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes' Golden Palm, Highlighting Artistic Resistance

Debate Intensifies Over Theater Hosting Far-Right Summit in Gallarate

Supreme Court Set to Hear Plea on Arrest of Ashoka University Professor

British Banking Analyst Sentenced to 10 Years in Saudi Prison Over Deleted Tweet