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Bahrain: 3 On Trial for Religious Dialogue
(Beirut) – Three members of a cultural society in Bahrain are scheduled to go to trial on February 28, 2023, for merely exercising their right to free expression and belief, Human Rights Watch said today. Bahraini authorities should immediately drop all charges against the men and halt inflammatory public comments condemning
Satire in Congo is No Laughing Matter
On February 10, government security agents arrested the satirical comedian Junior Nkole in central Kinshasa in the latest attack on freedom of expression in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Australia: Protect Data from Foreign Interference
(Sydney, February 28, 2023) – The Australian government should take concrete steps to address disinformation, surveillance, and interference through social media platforms by China and other foreign governments, Human Rights Watch said today in a submission to Australia’s Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media.
The ruling Chinese Communist
Roald Dahl: The first man down the memory hole
The first shocking censorship of 2023 dropped last week.
Tunisia: Wave of Arrests Targets Critics and Opposition Figures
(Tunis) – Tunisian authorities have arrested three critics of President Kais Saied since February 22, bringing the number of public figures deemed critical of Saied behind bars to at least 12, Human Rights Watch said today.
The president has denounced them as “terrorists” and “traitors.” The roundup is the biggest since
The Rocky Road to Press Freedom in South East Asia
By Andreas Harsono “A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.”
Albert Camus JAKARTA – In June 1994, the Indonesian government banned three news weeklies --Detik, Editor and Tempo -- triggering a nationwide protest against the
The War on Insensitivity
You must be new here.
So, here’s a “conspiracy theory” for you.
Face masks –Medical Protection, or Badge of Obedience?
I don’t normally watch TVNZ’s Seven Sharp, but on 5th October 2021 we were told that an immunologist would be on the programme to debunk certain ‘Covid myths’.
One such ‘myth’ was the belief that natural immunity is superior to vaccine-induced immunity. In response, clinical immunologist Dr. Maia
The Consent Factory
So, Matt Taibbi is going after the Consent Factory.
This Week in the New Normal #56
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
1.Mink farms for the chop?
For some reason the MSM have turned their collective fire on Mink farming this
Distract, Divide and Conquer: The REAL State of Our Union
Step away from the blinders that partisan politics uses to distract, divide and conquer, and you will find that we are drowning in a cesspool of problems that individually and collectively threaten our lives, liberties, prosperity and happiness.
These are not problems the politicians want to talk about, let alone
Burundi: Journalist’s Conviction Violates Free Speech Rights
The conviction of the Burundian journalist Floriane Irangabiye on charges of “undermining the integrity of the national territory” on January 2, 2023, violates her rights to free speech and to a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today.
The High court of Mukaza sentenced her to 10 years in prison
Incentivizing Censorship: A Snitch in Every Skull
An informational iron curtain is coming down across the West, and its architects are determined to make examples out of those who refuse to pick a side.
Our Democracy™ has adopted a zero-tolerance policy for pollution of the information ecosystem, and the Thought Police are standing by to halt rogue
Uzbekistan: 16-Year Sentence in Autonomous Region Protests
(Berlin, January 31, 2023) – An Uzbekistan court on January 31, 2023, convicted all 22 defendants in a trial over July 2022 protests in the Karakalpakstan autonomous region, Human Rights Watch said today.
The key defendant, Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a court in Bukhara. Fifteen