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World News tagged with Freedom of Speech

The New Chinese Media Versus Dalai Lama
World  (tags: Tibet - Chinese Oppression, Freedom of Speech )

Ben
- 110 days ago - phayul.com
There is a quiet revolution taking place in the world of Chinese official media. In the beginning Xinhua was the word, and the only word. China had only media commandment; "Thou shall have no other media..."
1 comment
Support Israeli Activists Today
World  (tags: jewish voice for peace, freedom of speech, activists, arrests )

Eleanor
- 245 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
On April 26, 2009, a number of Israeli peace activists had their computers confiscated, were called for interrogations, and were only released upon signing agreements not to contact their political friends for 30 days. We are asking you to contact.......
36 comments
From Skokie to Um-El-Fahm
World  (tags: Judeo-Nazi march, Jewish extremists, Um el Fahm, Israeli state, israel, middle-east, palestine, terrorism, violence, war, usa, American Nazi, freedom of speech, freedoms, ethics, conflict, racists )

Madalena
- 276 days ago - uruknet.de
In short, Jews, like the rest of humanity, are expected to be morally consistent. This means they must speak up against racism, not only when Jews are victims, but also when Jews happen to be perpetrators as well.
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Galloway Vows to Fight Canada Ban - ,
World  (tags: canada, george galloway, freedom of speech, harper government )

Cheryl Su
- 282 days ago - news.uk.msn.com
Outspoken anti-war MP George Galloway has vowed to fight the "outrageous decision" to ban him from Canada on the grounds of national security. Mr Galloway said he was not prepared to accept the "idiotic" ban and pledged to use all means at his disposal
6 comments
BC Civil Liberties Association Decries "Shameful Banning" of Anti-War British MP on National Security Grounds
World  (tags: canada, george galloway, freedom of speech, harper government )

Cheryl Su
- 283 days ago - westernstandard.blogs.com
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is joining the NDP in calling on Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to immediately overturn the decision by the Canadian Border Services Agency to ban British MP George Galloway from Canada for his a
26 comments
PETITION: Let Him Speak: Allow George Galloway To Speak In Canada
World  (tags: WORLD, canada, george galloway, freedom of speech, Harper government, petition humanrights )

Cheryl Su
- 283 days ago - petitiononline.com
Believe that the banning of George Galloway from Canada is unfounded and unjustified, and that it is wrong to block speakers from Canada for political convenience. We believe that Canada is a country where we value political discourse and our rights as ci
30 comments
Sami Jamil Jadallah - The Forbidden Debate
World  (tags: humanrights, freedom of speech )

Eleanor
- 324 days ago - palestinethinktank.com
In the US and the West, we are able and free to debate God and HIS/HER existence, debate Jesus, Moses, Mohamed, debate America, its failures and its successes, debate our constitution and its interpretations.
16 comments
Microsoft Granted Censorship Patent Immediately Sells Out to China
World  (tags: Censorship, Freedom of Speech, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 432 days ago - jossip.com
Microsoft, that lovable computer company founded by Bill Gates, just secured a patent for auto-beeping out curse words. Like in Arrested Development! So now Microsoft owns the rights to that bleeping noise? What good will that do?
2 comments
Hate Speech or Free Speech? What Much of West Bans Is Protected in U.S.
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedom of speech )


- 564 days ago - iht.com
VANCOUVER: A couple of years ago, a Canadian magazine published an article arguing that the rise of Islam threatened Western values. Things are different here. The magazine is on trial.
34 comments
China. The Art of Penetration
World  (tags: Tibet-Chinese-Oppression, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Freedom of Speech )

Ben
- 596 days ago - unmadeinchina.org
Qin Gang, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently defined Tibetan Buddhist monks as "criminals" while fantasizing the existence of a plot to attack China involving Tibetan monks...
7 comments
Turkey: Government Amendments Will Not Protect Free Speech
World  (tags: Turkey, Freedom of Speech, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Ben
- 618 days ago - hrw.org
"Article 301 should have been abolished a long time ago. The revisions proposed by the government will not change the fundamental flaws in the law. The government's half-hearted revision is a real disappointment..." (Human Rights Watch)
1 comment
GOP REP.: PULL JIMMY CARTER'S PASSPORT
World  (tags: Republicans, Neocons, Republican U.S. House Rep. Sue Myric, freedom of speech, constitution, President Carter, neocons )

Blue
- 620 days ago - rawstory.com
"He's just unilaterally going off on his own and undermining everything the international community and the United States is (sic) trying to do," protested Republican U.S. House Rep. Sue Myrick (NC-09) today...
4 comments
Chinese Activist Who Called for Human Rights Ahead of Olympics Gets 5 Years in Prison
World  (tags: china, China oppression, HumanRights, property rights, land rights, activist, freedom of speech )


- 643 days ago - ap.thehollandsentinel.net
BEIJING -- A Chinese activist who had petitioned for land rights was sentenced Monday to five years in prison and then shocked with electric batons when police scuffled with his family, his lawyer said.
1 comment
8 Years for Tibetan Who Praised Dalai Lama
World  (tags: human rights, freedoms, civil liberties, freedom of speech, peaceful protest, imprisonment, sentence, China, Tibet, Tibetans, asia, Chinese, SIchuan, Dalai Lama, dalailama )

Vanessa
- 764 days ago - phayul.com
A court in south-western China's Sichuan province on Tuesday sentenced to eight years in prison a Tibetan who made a speech praising the exiled Dalai Lama at a horse-racing festival.
3 comments
Burma: Government Bans Writers for Supporting Protests. (Democratic Voice of Burma)
World  (tags: Myanmar, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Freedom of speech )

Ben
- 802 days ago - english.dvb.no
Oct 18, 2007 (DVB)-The information ministry's censor board has issued a ban order on over 20 writers and cartoonists who supported last month's protests. An editor of a weekly journal in Rangoon told DVB that magazines and journals have received...
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