(L-R) Shane Gillis, Marc Maron and Zach Woods slam fellow comedians participating in Riyadh Comedy Festival. Michael Buckner/Deadline/Gilbert Flores/Deadline/Chelsea Lauren/Deadline As Saudi Arabia’s ...

Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is drawing controversy with several U.S. comedians blasting the star-studded event and Human Rights Watch asking participating artists to “request a ...

American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America," the comedian told an audience at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in ...

Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and others have framed their participation as a matter of open expression. Yet they’re maddeningly vague about how much dissent is possible in Saudi Arabia. By Jason Zinoman ...

Colorado keeps pushing the limits of the First Amendment — making it the testing ground for court cases involving free speech and religious freedom. First came the state’s years-long persecution of ...

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while onstage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The comedian was one of more than 50 performers participating in ...

Dave Chappelle poked fun at the ongoing drama surrounding the supposed censorship of American’s right to freedom of speech during his set at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, joking that it’s ...

Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan, creator of the sitcom "Father Ted," says his arrest over social media posts criticizing transgender activists underscores what he sees as a growing threat to free ...

“I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out,” said Chappelle, who has faced backlash of his own for anti-trans jokes in recent years. Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K. and ...

Dave Chappelle. Bill Burr. Sebastian Maniscalco. Kevin Hart. Pete Davidson. Aziz Ansari. Hannibal Buress. Mo Amer. Jeff Ross. Chris Tucker. These comedians and more are on the bill at the Riyadh ...