In recent developments, the states of South Dakota and Georgia have enacted legislation purportedly aimed at combatting antisemitism, but with significant implications for religious freedom and freedom of expression. Governors Kristi Noem and Brian Kemp signed bills into law that adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA)’s working definition of antisemitism, ostensibly... 

It took a week before it became known that Greta Thunberg had been charged. The district court had, without reason, marked the lawsuit confidential. It’s easy to believe in conspiracy theories when things like this, says freedom of expression expert Nils Funcke to Sydsvenskan. Greta Thunberg was charged on June 28 for disobedience to law enforcement at a climate action in the oil port in Malmö... 

In the country’s latest blow to free speech, freedom of expression, and ethnic diversity, President Vladimir Zelensky announced Thursday he’s signed into effect a new law banning Russian books and publications in Ukraine. The law blocks any new Russian and Belarusian publications from being imported into the country. “I believe this law is the right decision,” Zelensky wrote of the measure. But... 

Turkey makes a concrete demand on Sweden that risks making the country’s NATO membership impossible. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken out about the burning of the Koran in Sweden and is now demanding that the legislation be changed. Erdogan has made it clear that he will not support Sweden’s NATO membership before the ban on blasphemy is reintroduced in Sweden. Foreign... 

A 34-year-old man from Egypt says he will burn the holy Jewish scripture Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. This is reported by Dagens Nyheter. The man claims to be angry after Rasmus Paludan’s publicized Koran burnings and wants to carry out the Torah burning to start a discussion. He had previously applied for permission for the campaign on Saturday. However, the Egyptian withdrew... 

Pope Francis made some unusually anti-woke remarks during a speech to diplomats when he said that “identity” was being erased in the name of protecting “diversity,” and that “cancel culture” is a form of “ideological colonisation.” Cancel culture “leaves no space for freedom of expression,” the Supreme Pontiff told a gathering of ambassadors at the Vatican. “The cultural roots... 

The American Jewish Congress calls for making an exception to the First Amendment in order to shut Gab down because there can be no competition to Jewish owned Facebook and Twitter. Furthermore in communist utopia, there can be no criticism of the ruling class so therefore the solution is obviously to shut down all types of dissidence. Whatever you are thinking off, yes GAB truly is the only dissident... 

The brutal slaughter of French teacher Samuel Paty has shocked France and sent a ripple effect through Europe. Following the killing of French teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded for showing controversial cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to his pupils, Swedish teachers have emphasised the importance of freedom of expression in teaching, but also voiced concern that similar attacks may occur in Sweden... 

The 2017 ban on public ‘cat calling’ of women in Rotterdam, which was enacted because Muslim and African migrants that had flooded the city were constantly harassing Dutch women on the streets, has now been struck down by a court in The Hague on the grounds that the ban violates the migrants’ right to ‘freedom of expression’: It is not up to municipalities to restrict this freedom, only... 

Finnish nationalist leader Jussi Halla-aho has argued that legal and economic sanctions for merely expressing one’s opinion have become more common, calling for laws to bolster the freedom of expression. MEP Jussi Halla-aho, freshly re-relected for a second two-year term as chair of the nationalist Finns Party, has outlined his policy goals in an address to a party congress in Tampere. In his... 

YouTube has deleted the populist Spanish Vox Party’s entire channel in yet another example of the Google-owned platform targeting right of center political content. “Spain’s far-right Vox party @vox_es has demanded an explanation from @YouTube as to why their account has been closed or suspended ‘without any explanation’,” reported the Spain in English Twitter account. The party itself... 

So rapper Lil Wayne has announced he “unintentionally” walked on an American flag while shooting a video, I think he is still in the wrong! He may not be intentionally stomping on the flag, however walking on it after realizing it was under his feet, and continuing to do so, has a lot to say about his character. Let us also take into consideration the wealth this man has amassed during his career... 

Politicians should not be silenced from saying things that “could be construed as racist” if debating issues of national importance such as immigration, Britain’s equalities watchdog says. New legal guidelines on freedom of expression in Britain also defend media organizations’ right to publish drawings of the Prophet Mohammed if they consider them to be in the wider public’s interest. However,... 

Residents watch a ransacked church that burned after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at the depiction of the prophet in the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on January 16, 2015 in Zinder. Police fired tear gas as hundreds of Niger Muslims came out to yet again protest Charlie... 

The dictator-dominated global body is waging a full-blown assault on free-speech rights. Under the guise of advancing what the United Nations refers to as “human rights,” the dictator-dominated global body is waging a full-blown assault on free-speech rights by pressuring governments to criminalize so-called “hate speech.” Indeed, working alongside radical government-funded activist groups...