{"id":29532,"date":"2016-06-13T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2016\/06\/13\/as-censorship-spreads-globally-americans-stand-out-for-support-of-free-expression\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:56:56","slug":"as-censorship-spreads-globally-americans-stand-out-for-support-of-free-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2016\/06\/13\/as-censorship-spreads-globally-americans-stand-out-for-support-of-free-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"As Censorship Spreads Globally, Americans Stand Out for Support of Free Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diplomaticourier.com\/2016\/06\/13\/censorship-spreads-globally-americans-stand-support-free-expression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diplomatic Courier<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Comedians regularly offend, but rarely provoke international political crises. However, that is exactly what satirist Jan B\u00f6hmermann has done, by reading a profane poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan on late night German television in March. Turkish authorities did not find much humor in B\u00f6hmermann\u2019s scathing verse, and demanded that Germany charge him with violating an obscure German law against insulting foreign heads of state. Despite strong criticism at home and abroad, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thus far allowed a criminal investigation of B\u00f6hmermann to proceed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">But Germany is far from the only country currently drawing ire from free speech advocates. Globally, threats to free speech are on the rise, and a host of recent studies by organizations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/report\/freedom-press\/freedom-press-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom House<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/world_report_download\/wr2016_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Human Rights Watch<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eiu.com\/public\/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Economist Intelligence Unit<\/a> illustrate the ways governments around the world are cracking down on civil liberties and civil society.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diplomaticourier.com\/2016\/06\/13\/censorship-spreads-globally-americans-stand-support-free-expression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diplomatic Courier<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is far from the only country currently drawing ire from free speech advocates. 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