Former Trump-Pence official warns bill poses massive threat to free speech, human rights and religious freedom
Two Knesset members propose legislation to outlaw sharing the Gospel in Israel and send violators to prison – could it become law?
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Red Scared: Revising history at the Victims of Communism Museum
“THERE IS NO WAY he is a victim of communism,” my partner quips, pointing to a photo of the late Pope John Paul II. We are near the end of our visit to the new Victims of Communism Museum, standing in an elevator-size lobby with photographs of “victims” screen-printed all over the walls. Among the many victims and honorees: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the Dalai Lama, Romanian writer Herta Müller, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong, and Hungarian neofascist Viktor Orbán.
Red Scared: Revising history at the Victims of Communism Museum (archived)
20 years after invasion: No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush
‘Scene stands as proof one day simple person was capable of saying no to arrogant person’
20 years after invasion: No regrets from the Iraqi who threw his shoes at Bush
The Color of Foreign Influence
There is a distressing and familiar sight in the nation-state of Georgia. Young protestors have taken over a central area and are chanting anti-Russia slogans, often obscene and in English, as they wave Ukraine and EU flags and clash with the police.
The Color of Foreign Influence
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Lynching the Deplorables
The criminal investigation undertaken by the federal government against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol is polarizing the country and shredding civil liberties.
Chris Hedges: Lynching the Deplorables
Florida GOP Declares War On The First Amendment to ‘Combat Anti-Semitism’
By Chris Menahan | Information Liberation | March 5, 2023
“The Free State of Florida” is set to have the most oppressive hate crime laws in America in order to “combat anti-Semitism.”
Florida GOP Declares War On The First Amendment to ‘Combat Anti-Semitism’
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Yurii Sheliazhenko: only nonviolence against the Russians
“War is a crime against humanity, and therefore we should be determined not to support any kind of war and we must fight for the elimination of all causes of war” [1]. Stark words, explicit as far as possible from the little freedom “granted” in Ukraine, those of Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ukrainian pacifist and nonviolent.
Yurii Sheliazhenko: only nonviolence against the Russians
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Taiwan to Criminalize Spreading Rumors During Wartime
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry has proposed up to three years in prison for people who spread ‘false information’
Taiwan to Criminalize Spreading Rumors During Wartime
Twitter puts free speech and transparency at risk if it fails to publish government takedown requests
For the past decade, Twitter has published biannual reports detailing takedown requests and legal demands the company received, including from governments around the world, as well as Twitter’s responses to those requests.
However, according to an update yesterday in Rolling Stone, Twitter failed to publish its most recent transparency report and has yet to respond to media requests about the oversight.
Twitter puts free speech and transparency at risk if it fails to publish government takedown requests
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