Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post
A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a Muslim blogger to seven and a half years in prison for something many people do every day: posting an innocuous message on Facebook.
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Planet Lockdown Documentary
Planet Lockdown is a documentary on the situation the world finds itself in. We spoke to some of the brightest and bravest minds in the world including epidemiologists, scientists, doctors lawyers and a prince.
The Age of Intolerance: Cancel Culture’s War on Free Speech
“Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners.”
George Carlin
Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance—has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media
Kazakhstan: Protect Human Rights During Crisis
(Berlin) – Kazakhstan authorities have failed to prioritize protecting human rights during the country’s current crisis, and should urgently cancel any order to shoot to kill without warning and uphold the rights of those in detention, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022. More broadly, Central Asian
Russia: Repression Escalates
(Moscow) – Russian authorities unleashed a full-fledged witch hunt on civic groups, independent media and journalists, political opposition and other critics in the run-up to the parliamentary election in September 2021, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022. The actions decimated civil society and forced many activists, journalists,
Belarus: Civil Society ‘Purge’
(Berlin) – Belarusian authorities unleashed an unprecedented crackdown against civil society following peaceful countrywide protests in spring and summer 2020, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022. In 2021 Belarusian government viciously targeted political and civic activists, independent journalists, and human rights defenders, subjecting them to smear campaigns,
Winning the War on “Misinformation”
“Free inquiry on a free platform is the only practice that distinguishes a free from a slave society.”
Milton Mayer, They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45
When I was little, I had a poster of a raccoon with his paw over a kitten’s mouth saying, “If
Kazakhstan: Cancel ‘Shoot Without Warning’ Order
(New York) – Kazakhstan should immediately annul any order to security forces to shoot to kill without warning, Human Rights Watch said today.
No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China
“I refuse to accept the idea that the state’s authority can’t be opposed, challenged, or interrogated.
'Enemy to America:' Marjorie Taylor Green Blasts Twitter After Permanent Blacklisting
Twitter permanently blacklisted the personal account of a sitting member of Congress, Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), over the New Year’s weekend.
Swedish Company Becomes First to Fire Unvaccinated Employees
The Swedish personal assistance company Lystra has announced that it will be laying off any staff who remain unvaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus, the first company in the country to do so.
Tumblr Escalates Censorship to Placate Apple
Blogging platform Tumblr, once a powerhouse of content for millennials, has censored a wide swathe of hashtags on its Apple iOS app, in what the social media company says is an effort to remain within the Apple App Store’s community guidelines. Some of the censored terms include “girl,” “suicide
New York Democrats Push Bill to Curb 'Disinformation' on Social Media
State legislators in the Democrat stronghold of New York are pushing a bill that would allow lawsuits to be brought against tech companies that spread so-called misinformation.
How the Endless Boosters Will Destroy Immune Function
A number of medical experts, scientists and published studies now warn that the COVID shots reprogram your immune system to respond in a dysfunctional manner.
DR Congo: Protesters Shot Dead, Wounded in Goma
(Nairobi) – Police fired on protesters in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 20, 2021, killing three people including a 6-month-old baby, Human Rights Watch said today.