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Freedom of Expression

Obama's Human Rights Opportunity in Singapore

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Assembly, Apec, Chee Soon Juan, Democracy, Canada, Obama, Autocracy, Defamation, Singapore Democratic Party, Amnesty International, Freedom of Speech, People's Action Party, Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Human Rights, Asean, Freedom of Expression, Harper, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Any American president should be horrified by the conditions under which opponents of the regime in Singapore have been harassed. The APEC summit presents an opportunity to set the record straight.

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Daring Guatemalan Publisher Convicted on Trumped-Up Charge

Susan Benesch | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Photographs, Guatemala, Publishers, Human Rights, Trumped-Up Charge, Guatemala Violence, Freedom of Expression, Injustice, World News
Susan Benesch

A courageous publisher risks spending a year in jail for printing a photograph of a dog in one of the world's most crime-ridden nations.

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Writing Your Truth

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Writing, Self-Worth, Freedom of Expression, Climate Change, Integrity, Truth, Screenwriting, Living News
Jen Grisanti

Writing is a special and essential tool available to everyone that provides a cathartic opportunity to reflect on life, its evolutions, and our perspectives on it.

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Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: July 9, Press Freedom, Ayatollah, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran University, Iranian, Salam, Iran, 1999 Student Protests, Dissent, Independent Press, Salam Newspaper, Mohammad Khatami, Freedom of Expression, Paramilitary-Forces, Chain Murders, Islamic Republic of Iran, Dissidents, Iran News, Iran Protests, Iran Protest, Iran July 9, July 9 Protests for Iranians, Iran Protest July 9, Tehran July 9, July 9 Iran, Iran Today News, Iran News July 9, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

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Do you know what a CMU is?

Sheila Shayon | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Animal Lab Testing, CMU's, First Amendment, Politics of Food, Freedom of Expression, Amy Goodman, Andrew Stepanian, Political Prisoners, Aeta, Politics News
Sheila Shayon

Animal rights activists imprisoned in secret prisons. This actually goes on in America, 2009.

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Despite the Riots and Threats, I Stand By What I Wrote

Johann Hari | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalism, India, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Secularism, Riots Johann Hari Statesman, Johann Hari Riot, Johann Hari Riots India, Johan Hari India, World News
Johann Hari

Last week, I wrote an article defending free speech for everyone -- and in response there have been riots, death threats, and the arrest of an editor who published the article.

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State Your Change

Levi Felix | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Ryan Eggolds, State Your Change, Change, Russell Simmons, Freedom of Expression, Videos, Causecast, Self Exploration, HuffPost Inauguration Ball, Maria Shriver, Huffington Post, Myspace, Hanson, Living News
Levi Felix

Be inspired by some of the amazing videos others have posted, post your own video to Causecast and together we will answer Obama's call for change.

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Crossing the Boundary

Tabby Biddle | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Voice, Women, Judgement, Blogging, Writing, Freedom of Expression, Handling Criticism, Criticism, Happiness, Living News
Tabby Biddle

What held me back over and over from getting serious about this and taking my writing to the next level was the fear of writing from a personal place and others judging me.

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Irene Fernandez: The Best or Worst of Malaysia?

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Abuse, Detention Camps, Migrant Workers, Kuala Lumpur, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Death, Irene Fernandez, Nobel Prize, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Malaysia, Illegal Immigrants, Right Livelihood Award, Poor, Suzette Standring, Torture, Politics News
Suzette Standring

It is a textbook case of laws being used to crush critics of governmental operations. Malaysia may be 9,296 miles from the US, but authorities seeking to silence protest is universal.

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