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Turkey: End the Gezi Trial Injustice

(Istanbul, July 12, 2023) – An opinion by a prosecutor at Turkey’s top court of appeal asking the court to uphold the conviction of jailed rights defender Osman Kavala and his codefendants in the Gezi trial is completely devoid of legal reasoning and perpetuates a deep injustice, Human Rights Watch

Target to Drop Mark Levin Book for Fear of Offending Democrats

Target has reportedly informed conservative radio host and litigator Mark Levin, via his publisher, that it will not carry his new book, The Democrat Party Hates America, for fear of offending Democrats who shop there. Levin, whose previous books have been New York Times bestsellers, made the revelation on Twitter

Deconstructing Marianna In Conspiracyland: – Part 2

Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast. In Part 1 we explored the reasons why the basis for the BBC’s “Marianna in Conspiracyland” podcast series is fundamentally flawed. Spring claims that her intention is to investigate “the people at the core of the conspiracy theory movement.” Not only is there

India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale.

Only days before Press Freedom Day, India banned apps for secure communication because of "terrorists" use.

The Criminalization of Dissent (Revisited)

Greetings from Thoughtcriminal 231Js1736/23! That’s my official Thoughtcrime Case Number, which my attorney needs to reference in all our official correspondence with the New Normal Thoughtpolice. I think I’m going to silk-screen it on a T-shirt and wear it on my first day in Moabit Criminal Court,

Banks Told They Must Protect Free Speech After Nigel Farage Debanked

The UK Treasury Department is set to introduce rules to prohibit banks from dropping customers over their political views in response to a growing controversy exposed when Brexit leader Nigel Farage said last week that he might be forced to leave the country after being blacklisted by several lenders. The

Cambodia: Past Vote Irregularities Foreshadow July Election

(Bangkok) – Cambodia commune election results in 2022 showed numerous and significant irregularities that raise concerns for the July 23, 2023 national elections, Human Rights Watch said today.

Iran: New Charges Against Journalists

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities have brought vague “propaganda” and “national security” charges against three journalists, Human Rights Watch said today.

Fear and Loathing in the City of Westminster

Our descent into City Airport was like the drop-ship scene in the movie Aliens.

EU Officials Put Elon Musk's Twitter Through 'Exercise' on Fighting 'Disinformation'

Twitter may be close to bending the knee to the European Union’s stringent new laws on fake news, Russian propaganda, and online crime.

“A Global Digital Compact” – UN promoting censorship, social credit & much more

Late last month the office of the United Nation’s Secretary General published a policy document on aims for the future of the internet. A follow-up to the 2021 report “Our Common Agenda”, the new report’s title says it all really, “A Global Digital Compact”. That’s the goal,

Belarus: Free Rights Defender

(Vilnius, June 22, 2023) – Human Rights Watch joined 15 other organizations on June 22, 2023, in urging the Belarus government to withdraw charges and immediately free the human rights defender Anastasia Loika. A Belarus court sentenced her on June 20 to seven years in prison for contributing to a report

Deconstructing Marianna in Conspiracyland – Part 1

Rejected artwork for the BBC podcast. In the introduction to this exposé of “Marianna in Conspiracyland” we discussed the evidence which proves that the BBC is a state broadcaster. It is not “independent,” as it falsely claims; its “reporting” spreads disinformation on behalf of the government and, as we shall

'Free Speech Absolutist' Elon Musk Suspends Accounts of Prominent Tesla Critic Aaron Greenspan

In a move that has raised eyebrows in the tech and legal communities, Twitter has suspended the accounts of Aaron Greenspan, a well-known critic of Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk.