UN and regional human rights experts on Friday urged states to halt the criminalization of protesters and civil society activists, following what they called a pattern of arbitrary arrests and ...

Whenever groups such as the New York protesters gather to express their political views, they are exercising their freedom of assembly. The freedom of assembly is contained in the First Amendment ...

A new survey by the Freedom Forum shows that people largely do not understand their First Amendment rights, even as free ...

Sept. 25, 1789, the first U.S. Congress approved 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them off to the states for ...

In this long read, a law student who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals analyses the tension between notification regimes for public assemblies and the right to peaceful assembly as a ...

Over the course of the last sixteen months, the public sphere has witnessed an assault on rights to free expression and freedom of assembly unlike anything since the Communist witch hunts and Lavender ...

CU Boulder conflict scholar Michael English explains why public protests matter and what they can mean in the current political and social moment One of the most storied protests in U.S. history ...

The report reveals Bahrain’s ongoing persecution of minors for political dissent, detailing coerced confessions, prolonged detentions, and inhumane prison conditions. Azerbaijan is carrying out a ...

India will always maintain its freedom of choice and will always be a voice of the Global South, External Affairs Minister S ...