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Freedom of Russia Legion (Легион «Свобода России»)
The Freedom of Russia Legion (Легион «Свобода России») is a unit of Russian citizens fighting for Ukraine, founded 10 March 2022, led by Ukrainian officers, banned as terrorist by Russia in 2023, and known for the 2023 Belgorod and 2024 Tyotkino incursions.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech, also known as free expression, is the right to express opinions and information without censorship or state interference, recognized in international human rights law and limited only by restrictions provided by law.
Freedom of speech by country
Freedom of speech by country: how national constitutions and laws protect expression, from the US First Amendment and ECHR Article 10 to restrictions in China, Ukraine, and Hong Kong, with global decline data from UNESCO, RSF, and ARTICLE 19.
Freedom of speech in the United States
Freedom of speech in the United States, protected by the First Amendment's Free Speech and Free Press Clauses, bars government restriction of expression except narrow categories like defamation, obscenity, and incitement, making US protection among the world's broadest.
Freedom of the City
Freedom of the City, or Honorary Freeman of the Borough, is an honorary status conferred by a municipal council, once carrying real privileges and now almost entirely ceremonial.
Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press is the principle that journalists can report news in the public interest without interference from political, economic, legal, or social forces.
Freedom of the Seas (ship)
Freedom of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that was the world's largest at its 2006 debut, taking the record from Queen Mary 2.
Freedom Party of Austria
Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ), Austrian radical-right populist party founded 1956 from the VdU; led by Herbert Kickl since 2021; won the 2024 election with 28.8% and 57 seats; governed federally with the ÖVP 2000-2006 and 2017-2019.
Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2: 2D action-platformer by GalaxyTrail, sequel to Freedom Planet; Steam release Sep 13, 2022, consoles Apr 4, 2024 via XSEED; four heroines, 24 stages, Metacritic 81.
Freedom Quilting Bee
Freedom Quilting Bee, founded March 26, 1966 in Rehoboth, Wilcox County, Alabama, by over 60 Gee's Bend-area quilters with Father Francis X. Walter and first president Estelle Witherspoon; a Black women's quilting cooperative sold to Bloomingdale's, Saks, and Sears, closed in 2012, continued by Freedom Quilting Bee Legacy.
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were interracial civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the South in 1961, organized by CORE and modeled on the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, to test Boynton v. Virginia; Alabama violence forced ICC desegregation of bus travel on November 1, 1961.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer, also known as the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 campaign in Mississippi to register Black voters, marked by the murders of three civil rights workers.
Freedom Surf School
Freedom Surf School names two unrelated businesses: a bilingual Irish adventure education centre in Tramore, Co. Waterford (Billabong-sponsored, Irish Surfing Association approved), and a Sri Lankan surf school founded by Ruwan Sanjeewa in Weligama Bay.
Freedom to roam
Freedom to roam: public right to cross and use private and public land for recreation. Nordic allemansrätten/allemannsretten, Norway's 1957 act, Scotland's 2003 Land Reform Act, England's mapped CRoW access land.
Freedom Trail
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile red-lined walking route in Boston connecting 16 Revolutionary-era historic sites from Boston Common to Bunker Hill. Conceived in 1951 by Bill Schofield and Bob Winn, dedicated by Mayor John Hynes, managed with the Freedom Trail Foundation and Boston National Historical Park.
Freedom Writers
Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese and starring Hilary Swank as teacher Erin Gruwell, based on the students' published journals.
Freedom-class littoral combat ship
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship, also called the Freedom-class frigate, is a class of 16 fast U.S. Navy warships built by a Lockheed Martin team at Marinette, Wisconsin, between 2008 and 2025.
Freedom! '90
Freedom! '90 is a 1990 George Michael single from Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, released via Epic Records, declaring independence from his Faith-era image; its David Fincher video stars five lip-syncing supermodels burning his leather jacket.
Freedom.gov
Freedom.gov is a US government website, registered in 2026, reported as a State Department portal to let users in Europe view content banned by their governments.
Freedom's Journal
Freedom's Journal, the first African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States, was a weekly published in New York City from March 16, 1827 to March 28, 1829 by editors Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm.
Freedoms of the air
The freedoms of the air are nine numbered commercial aviation rights, the first five formulated at the 1944 Chicago Conference, describing what airlines may do in foreign airspace.
FreeDOS
FreeDOS, originally announced as PD-DOS in 1994, is an open source DOS-compatible operating system for IBM PC-compatible computers, developed by volunteers and still actively developed.
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing is a 2026 Netflix documentary by Rory Kennedy, follow-up to Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, investigating Boeing safety failures, whistleblower John Barnett's 2024 death, and the 737 MAX and Flight 1282 crises.
FreeFEM
FreeFEM is free, open-source software that solves partial differential equations by the finite element method, with users writing the variational form in its own scripting language.
Freefly Alta X
The Freefly Alta X is a heavy-lift quadcopter drone made by Freefly Systems of Woodinville, Washington, launched in 2019 to carry cinema cameras and LiDAR payloads up to 33 lb.
Freeform (TV channel)
Freeform is Disney's American cable network for viewers 14-34, renamed from ABC Family on January 12, 2016. Formerly CBN, The Family Channel, Fox Family, and ABC Family; known for Pretty Little Liars and 25 Days of Christmas.
Freeganism
Freeganism is an anti-consumerist practice of salvaging discarded food, chiefly via dumpster diving, coined by a Food Not Bombs founder in the late 1990s; practitioners also squat, garden guerrilla-style, and avoid paid work.
Freeheld
Freeheld is a 2007 Oscar-winning documentary short by Cynthia Wade and its 2015 feature dramatization by Peter Sollett, about dying New Jersey detective Laurel Hester's fight to leave her pension to partner Stacie Andree.
Freehold (law)
Freehold (law): an estate in land of free tenure and indeterminate duration, also called liberum tenementum; covers fee simple, fee tail, and life estates; in England and Wales one of two legal estates under the Law of Property Act 1925.
Freejack
Freejack is a 1992 American science fiction action film directed by Geoff Murphy, in which bounty hunters from 2009 snatch people from the past for body transplants.