Freedom Of Speech

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Freedom Of Speech”

• Russia: Luzhkov vs NYTimes; “Destruction of Old Moscow”

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  IZO posts a translation of an open letter to president Medvedev “about the destruction of old Moscow under Mayor Luzhkov,” written by urbanism scholar Yuri Bocharov. Russia! reports on the defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, filed and won by the Moscow mayor.
  4 hours ago

• Iran moves to silence opposition with internet crime unit

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 984
  Team set up with view to pressing charges against those spreading lies is seen as attempt to gag Mousavi and Karroubi Iran has moved to block the last remaining outlet of expression for the countrys political opposition with the launch of a special force to police the internet. A 12-member team reporting to the ...
  7 hours ago

• Georgia: Reaction to lack of media attention on Azerbaijan bloggers trial

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Following last weeks sentence on two video bloggers in Azerbaijan , some blogs in neighboring Georgia have posted critical entries condemning the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli . This also extends to the relative lack of coverage on the case in the local mainstream media as ...
  9 hours ago

• Robert Tsai on ‘Eloquence and Reason’

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 769
  A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a new book on constitutional interpretation and language by my colleague, Washington College of Law professor Robert Tsai — Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture .  Constitutional rhetoric and interpretation are not my areas, but I started reading the book and ...
  10 hours ago

• Blogger Profiles: Caribé, an incurable idealist and cyberactivist in Brazil

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Global Voices Online is very active when it comes to covering the way freedom of speech is being threatened in Brazil. Of these threats , the Digital Crimes Bill , known as the Azeredo Bill, and the discussions over the Electoral Reform Law are considered by the blogosphere as ways of trying to restrict the ...
  10 hours ago

• France: Does Prestigious Literary Award Entail a “Duty of Restraint” ?

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  The start of this years French literary season saw French-Senegalese novelist and playwright Marie NDiaye awarded a much-awaited Prix Goncourt .  However, NDiaye and her family move to Berlin to years ago, in large part because of French president Nicolas Sarkozys politics.  Last year, the panel of this ...
  11 hours ago

• Azerbaijan: More reaction to video blogger trial verdict

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 725
  Days after the sentencing of two video blogging youth activists in Azerbaijan, other bloggers are starting to speak out about the imprisonment of Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli . The two online activists will spend 2 and 2.5 years in jail after a trial which most consider to be politically motivated and an attempt ...
  15 hours ago

• Religion Is Opt-In; Law Isn’t

  
  John Lacey Gets Personal — Authority: 116
  Something has really been pissing me off lately. And actually it’s something that I haven’t ever really had much emotional investment in until very recently. Because I always thought it was a legal construct, a formality, but actually within the last week I think it’s affecting people’s psyches in ways I ...
  20 hours ago

• Connecting the Dots Around The Blogosphere

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 604
  There are several posts that Ive read recently that seem unrelated. But perhaps some reader can connect the dots. First, there is a post on the Doc Artz blog about the experience of rewatching episodes from season 1 of LOST. The post admires the ways in which things that were once simply details the significance of ...
  1 day ago

• Lawsuit Accuses WSU’s Murrow College of Violating Journalism Professor’s First Amendment Rights

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 556
  Dandelion SaladSent to DS from Walter Brasch.SPOKANE, Wash. (Spectrum Features Syndicate)For Release Wednesday, October 24, 2009A Washington State University journalism professor Wednesday (Oct. 28) filed a federal lawsuit against four administrators at his university who, he says, violated his First Amendment ...
  1 day ago

• Uttering threats

  
  Law is Cool — Authority: 434
  Disclaimer : I am not a lawyer (I am a law student). The text below contains only my understanding of the applicable law. It has nothing whatsoever to do with your particular situation. Do not assume you can make any decisions based on this text. I do not intend this text to apply to anyone’s situation. This text ...
  1 day ago

• Chinese Netizens Calling for the Release of Zhao Lianhai

  
  Under the Jacaranda Tree — Authority: 107
  More than one hundred Chinese netizens have signed a petition to call for the imminent release of Zhao Lianhai.  The following is my translation of the petition:A Letter to the Beijing Police: Urging for the Release of Zhao Lianhai, the Father of the Kidney Stone BabiesZhao Lianhai, a famous rights activist and the ...
  1 day ago

• Freedom is the right to say Wolfgang Werle was convicted of murdering Walter Sedlmayer

  
  Magna Carta Plus News — Authority: 116
  As Samizdata point out convicted murderer, Wolfgang Werle, is trying to sue Wikipedia under a German privacy law: Wikipedia is under a censorship attack by a convicted murderer who is invoking Germany’s privacy laws in a bid to remove references to his killing of a Bavarian actor in 1990. Lawyers for Wolfgang Werle, ...
  1 day ago

• Skirmishes between pro and anti islam protesters

  
  Doctor Bulldog & Ronin — Authority: 548
  Just your average everyday clash of civilizations in an uncivilized manner. 14 Nov, 09 Guide and Gazette Skirmishes broke out as two rival demonstrations were held in Glasgow. Members of the Scottish Defence League (SDL), which claims to oppose Islamic militancy, held a protest in the Cambridge Street area of ...
  1 day ago

• Reading While Traveling, Hard Copy and No Internet

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 769
  I’ve been traveling recently, and so have been away from posting.  One of the enforced virtues of traveling — one of the few virtues of traveling for me these days — is the plane flight with no internet.  And if the big guy in front of me reclines his seat, as he always does, I can’t even get to my computer. ...
  1 day ago

• Free Speech and Common Sense Wins In England

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 155
  By Randy Thomas, Exodus (Clip) Last spring I visited a London to go to a conference held by True Freedom Trust which has a similar ministry as Exodus .  I went simply to listen, learn and fellowship.  I did not ask any political questions but one day at lunch I was shocked at the number of people sharing how ...
  1 day ago

• No Pledge of Allegiance

  
  Angie's Desk — Authority: 109
  ...until there actually is liberty and justice for all. Thats what ten-year-old Will Phillips says, and hes acting on it, declining to stand for the Pledge at school because his family has gay friends who arent being treated equally under the law -- who are being deprived of the right to marry, or to adopt children. ...
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• Holland: PVV banned on number plates

  
  Vlad Tepes — Authority: 148
  From IFPS.ORG PVV banned on number plates By James Cohen • on November 14, 2009 Democracy is often thought of as being a system for polite mob rule. That is to say, a thing is decided because more people vote for it. I believe that is what is often called, ‘three foxes and a chicken voting on what is for ...
  2 days ago

• Ohio Signs Test Theists’ Tolerance, Maturity

  
  AnAtheist.Net — Authority: 130
  And it looks like at least some have now earned themselves a failing grade: “Godless” Billboard Relocated Due To Threats (Jessica Brown/The Cincinnati Enquirer; Nov 12) CINCINNATI: A billboard that reached out to those who don’t believe in God lasted less than 48 hours before threats forced ...
  2 days ago

• Spokesman for Tainted Milk Parents Arrested

  
  Under the Jacaranda Tree — Authority: 107
  I strongly condemn the Beijing Police and demand the immediate release of Zhao Linhai, an Internet activist and the spokesperson for the parents of the tainted milk scandal. Various sources from Twitter and Facebook reported that Zhao was detained during a house raid at around 10.00PM Friday 13 November 2009. His ...
  2 days ago

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