Freedom of Speech

Nedim Gursel: Turkish Author Tried For Insulting Islam

AP | IBRAHIM USTA | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Religion, Islam, Freedom of Speech, Nedim Gursel, Insulting Islam, Orhan Pamuk, The Daughters of Allah, Daughters of Allah, World News

ISTANBUL — A Turkish author on trial over accusations that his latest book insulted Islam denied the charges Tuesday and insisted he was respect...

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Michael Savage Hangs Up on NPR

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Npr, Michael Savage, First Amendment, Hamas, Israel, U.K., England, Neil Conan, Media News
Sam Sedaei

It's ironic that someone like Michael Savage sees no hypocrisy in defending his right to the First Amendment only to show outrage and intolerance toward the views of someone he doesn't agree with.

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How Religions Were United by 'Faith Fighter'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Islamophobia, Hinduism, Faith Fighter, Saudi Arabia, Jesus, Christianity, Video Games, Buddhism, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

I guess when it comes to religion vs. freedom of expression... the game will never be 'over'!

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10 Worst Countries To Be A Blogger

Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Bloggers Cuba, Free Speech, Burma, Bloggers Burma, Iran, Free Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Cuba, Bloggers in Danger, World News

New York, April 30, 2009--With a military government that severely restricts Internet access and imprisons people for years for posting critical mater...

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Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Earth Day 2009, Freedom of Speech, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Breaking Media News, Animal Rights, Earth Day, Vegan, Free Speech, Animal Abuse, Green, Gandhi, Media, TV and Animals, Animals, Vegetarianism, Media Bias, Media News
Vamsee Juluri

Under the dizzying spell of modernity's promises and consumerism's illusions, we see animals as mere objects, either as commodities for our consumption or as blank slates for us to write our fantasies and fears upon.

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The Campus Culture Wars in Two Videos

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University-of-Delaware, Campus Liberty, First Amendment, First Amendment Rights, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Valdosta State University, Fire, Greg Lukianoff, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

In fighting free speech battles on campus, I have been caught up on the front lines of our country's bizarre and cantankerous culture wars.

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Thai Blogger Sentenced To 10 Years For Insulting The King

bangkokpost.com | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Thai Blogger, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Thai Blogger Jailed, Thailand Journalist, Insulting Thai King, Foreign Affairs, Thai King, Thailand, Bloggers in Danger, World News

The Criminal Court sentenced a blogger to 10 years in jail on Friday after he pleaded guilty to insulting His Majesty the King in a landmark convictio...

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Ayers: Canceled School Lecture Teaches 'Terrible Lessons'

Daily Herald | Melissa Jenco | Posted 05.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bill Ayers Naperville Speech, Freedom of Speech, Bill Ayers Naperville Lecture, Bill Ayers Naperville North Lecture, Bill Ayers, Naperville-Illinois, Chicago News

Controversial author Bill Ayers says separate decisions by school officials and a bookshop owner to cancel his scheduled appearances next week in Nape...

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The Schools Are Destroying Freedom of Speech

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Civic-Literacy, First Amendment, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, First Ammendment, Speech Ammendment, Constitution, 1st Ammendment, Freedom-of-Speech, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

"The Constitution makes clear there can be no religious test for holding office, and it is just as clear there can be no religious test for individual...

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Journalist Calls on News Media to Stop Giving it Away for Free - UnPlug News Sites for a Week, Starting July 4

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 03.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Media, Journalism, News Media, Newspapers, How-to-Save-Newspapers, Media News
Naazish YarKhan

Whether we get our news from the net, the papers or TV, journalist T. J. Sullivan says if you want facts and hard investigative reporting, it's time to save journalists and news-gathering organizations.

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My Role in the Torture of Binyam Mohamed

Barbara Ehrenreich | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Freedom of Speech, Post 9/11, Binyam Mohamed, Hydrogen Bomb, Jose Padilla, Torture, Politics News
Barbara Ehrenreich

We had a government so vicious and impenetrably stupid that it managed to take my freedom of speech and turn it into someone else's living hell.

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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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Blogger's First Amendment Rights Threatened by NJ Law Firm

Chris Rodda | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Debt Collectors, Pressler & Pressler, New Jersey, Scott Mills, Personal Debt, Freedom of Speech, First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Bloggers, Business News
Chris Rodda

I wonder how much thought these people were giving to the people they make their money off of. People like the 90-year-old woman who was threatened with jail for failing to return an Information Subpoena,

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Internet Censorship: Dead or Just Dormant?

Leslie Harris | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, United States, Internet Censorship, Law, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, First Amendment, Media News
Leslie Harris

Will the Obama administration slam the coffin on Internet censorship laws once and for all? It would seem so. However, it's not clear the Congress will fall in line.

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Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Equality, Al Sharpton, Americans, America, Racial Equality, Martin Luther King Jr., World Peace, Legacy, Peace, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Freedom of Speech, Racial Politics, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam War, Freedom, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Justice, African-Americans, Politics News
Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

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Amaze Us

Michael Carmichael | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom From Fear, Freedom of Speech, Martin Luther King, Afghanistan, Obama Inauguration, Slavery, Fdr, Iraq, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

As Barack Obama approaches the dais to take his oath of office, he is focused on delivering FDR's four freedoms to all Americans, each of which is in danger in America today.

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The Freedom Stagnation

Arch Puddington | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, George Bush, Zimbabwe, World, George W. Bush, Democracy, Ukraine, Freedom House, Freedom of Speech, Communism, Bush Administration, Counterterrorism, Egypt, Freedom, President Bush, China, Cuba, Soviet Union, World News
Arch Puddington

Early 2005 marked the culmination of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the most significant and largely nonviolent protest movements that succeeded in supplanting corrupt and autocratic governments in the former Soviet Union.

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Petition to NBC: Stop Helping Coulter Sell Her Books

Ira Forman | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

Read More: National Jewish Democratic Council, Petition, Ann Coulter, Nbc, Freedom of Speech, Stop Coulter, Free Speech, Media News
Ira Forman

On "Hannity & Colmes" Ann Coulter revealed that she will appear on NBC's "Today" show on January 6, 2009 to promote her newest book, "Guilty: Liberal ...

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Flag International: Global Perspectives On The American Flag

Lauri Lyons | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Election Day, 9/11, Multicultural, Globalization, Iraq, America, England, Politics, Freedom of Speech, Muslims, First Amendment, American Flag, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Americana, Belgium, Homeland Security, European Union, Melting Pot, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, France, Patriot Act, u.s. Foreign Policy, Patriotism, Obama Election Day, Iraq War, Religion and Politics, Identity, International Relations, Holland, Spain, World News
Lauri Lyons

What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.

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US Won't Release Reuters Photographer In Iraq

Reuters | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Photography, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Reuters, War Wire, Baghdad, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Media News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Iraq is not obliged to obey an Iraqi court order to release a freelance photographer working for Reuters news...

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Report: Online Journalists Now Most Jailed

Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, Freedom of Speech, Bloggers Jailed, Suppression of Online Journalists, Bloggers, Online Journalists, Media, Censorship, Committee to Protect Journalists, Civil Rights, World News

New York, December 4, 2008--Reflecting the rising influence of online reporting and commentary, more Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today t...

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WATCH: How Iranian Bloggers Are Taking On Their Government

GlobalVoices | Posted 01.03.2009 | World

Read More: Opposition in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Internet Access, Freedom of Speech, Iranian Opposition, Suppression in Iran, Bloggers, New Media, Iran, Iran a Nation of Bloggers, Censorship, Bloggers in Iran, Video, World News

Motion design students at the Vancouver Film School created a powerful film about how young Iranians use blogs to voice their opposition to their gove...

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Iraqi Journalist Jailed Over Homosexuality Story

AP | YAHYA BARZANJI | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, War Wire, Journalism, Politics News

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — International media watchdog groups called Wednesday for the release of a freelance journalist jailed in northern Iraq for ...

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French President Sarkozy Sues Over Voodoo Dolls

AP | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Voodoo Dolls, Humor, Freedom of Speech, Sarkozy's Ego, Politics News

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy isn't enchanted with a hot-selling voodoo doll of him and wants a judge to order it pulled from shelves...

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