I’m in a public #Library this afternoon and I just spotted a middle-aged man wearing a #FreePalestine T-shirt. He’s causing such a ruckus with his silent, non-violent protest. I guess he’s asking to be arrested (or looking for a book to borrow). You decide… [Sarc.]
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UNESCO Supports Information Integrity Ahead of Elections in Moldova https://www.byteseu.com/1222158/ #Elections #ElectoralSystems #FreedomOfExpression #InformationAndCommunication #journalists #knowledge #Media #Moldova
VK fascistisch?
Aanstaande maandag besluit de Britse Hoge Raad, of één van de oprichters van Palestine Action, juridisch bezwaar mag maken tegen het besluit van de staatssecretaris van binnenlandse zaken, Yvette Cooper, om Palestine Action te verbieden - omdat het een terroristische organisatie zou zijn (i.v.m. het onrechtmatig betreden van een militair vliegveld en het met verf besmeuren van enkele vliegtuigen - m.i. een onverstandige actie, maar geen terrorisme).
Nb. er bestaan serieuze verdenkingen dat het Britse leger Israël actief steunt bij de genocide op Palestijnen en het met de grond gelijkmaken van Gaza, onder meer door het uitvoeren van verkenningsvluchten boven Gaza.
Opmerkelijk is ook dat premier Keir Starmer, eerder als advocaat, vergelijkbare "terroristen" verdedigde (zie bijv. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-starmer-palestine-action-terrorist-protest-b2778270.html).
Voor vandaag zijn er in het VK opnieuw demonstraties aangekondigd tegen het besluit om Palestine Action te verbieden onder een anti-terrorismewet. Naar verwachting zullen weer vele demonstranten door de Britse Politie worden gearresteerd om het uiten van hun mening.
Onderstaande screenshot is van een deel van https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/huda-ammori-v-secretary-of-state-for-the-home-department/.
1/2: Remember this name: #UKLFI aka #UK #Lawyers for #Israel, a #charity and limited company that is behind the censorship, lawsuits (incl. on grounds of #terrorism) & loss of earnings for many bands incl. #Kneecap, #BobVylan #MassiveAttack & many more artists.
Today these artists together with the #artivism collective #LedByDonkeys are fighting back
The Guardian · Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza
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As a bonus, smoking gun evidence that proprietary platforms don't really care about freedom of expression when it matters, despite their handwaving about "free speech" when it suits them;
@mysk
> Meta insisted it wasn’t a bug. When we published videos demonstrating the issue, they asked YouTube to take them down. YouTube removed one video and gave us a strike
They don't care about freedom of the press, so we must.
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If we had #FreedomOfExpression in America, it's possible that we could have prevented the suicide of empire, but because we don't, because popular voices have been either too cowardly or misinformed to actually critique the fact that nation states kept falling into the known traps set by these insurgents, well, those traps worked. Most people have no idea why bin Laden planned 9/11. Do you?
Turkey's new cosmic superpower: banning #AI chatbots for hurt feelings 
. Meanwhile, the world watches in awe as freedom of expression is buried under a pile of #emojis 
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https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-ban-elon-musk-grok-recep-tayyip-erdogan-insult/ #Turkey #ban #freedomOfExpression #techNews #HackerNews #ngated
POLITICO · Turkey bans Elon Musk’s Grok over Erdoğan insults
https://www.europesays.com/2231924/ Royal Family Considering Taking Legal Action Over Off-Broadway Play Targeting 11-Year-Old Prince George #BritishRoyalFamily #catherine #CatherineMiddleton #FreedomOfExpression #JordanTannahill #KateMiddleton #PrinceGeorge #PrinceHarry #PrinceOfWales #PrinceWilliam #PrincessOfWales #RoyalFamilies #RoyalFamily #TheNationalEnquirer #William
EUROPE SAYS · Royal Family Considering Taking Legal Action Over Off-Broadway Play Targeting 11-Year-Old Prince George - EUROPE SAYSThe gloves may be coming off at the Palace.
Oh God ...
"Israel": #antidemocracy #apartheid #genocide #antiInternationalLaw #antihumanity
Now let's talk about the definition of "antisemitism"!
-- #freedomofpress #freedomofexpression #democracy #media #journalism 
#crackdownonjournalists
Israeli occupation forces arrest the director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied #palestine, Nasser al-Laham, in a continued crackdown on the network
Report: Al Mayadeen JUL-07 6:30 local-t
Middle East Monitor · Wildfires expand in Syria’s Latakia as 10,000 hectares of forests burnedWildfires continue to expand in northwestern Syria after burning 10,000 hectares of forest, officials said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. New fire hotspots broke out in Qastal Maaf town in the country…
The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group starts tomorrow.
This is a dangerous escalation in the criminalisation of political dissent in the UK.
It’ll increase surveillance, particularly under the Prevent Duty, and censorship under the Online Safety Act.
Read our blog 
Open Rights GroupBanning Palestine Action: How the UK Government is Silencing DissentThe proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today.
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At the heart of this decision is the logic of ‘pre-crime’.
Where the state intervenes not just against unlawful acts, but also against political expression that it considers might become threatening.
This turns activism into extremism. Legitimate political demands into a national security threat.
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As there’s no public evidence of any link to terrorism or support of terrorist groups from Palestine Action, Open Rights Group supports their decision to appeal proscription.
While we may have differing opinions on their tactics, we stand against this attack on their right to exist and speak out.
IPA Joins in Condemnation of Boualem Sansal’s Upheld Sentence
The International Publishers Association's' (IPA) Kristenn Einarsson calls Boualem Sansal's incarceration 'an affront to a literary ambassador of Algeria.'…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/ipa-joins-in-condemnation-of-boualem-sansals-upheld-sentence/
#BoualemSansal #FreedomofExpression #FreedomtoPublish #FreedomtoRead #InternationalPublishersAssociation
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Publishing Perspectives · IPA Joins in Condemnation of Boualem Sansal's Upheld SentenceThe International Publishers Association's' (IPA) Kristenn Einarsson calls Boualem Sansal's incarceration 'an affront to a literary ambassador of Algeria.'
Noa Limona details in #Haaretz how the Shin Bet intelligence service summoned a Palestinian student from Haifa University for interrogation regarding his activities with the #Hadash (left) party’s university branch.
The student underwent body searches twice - upon arrival and before entering the interrogation room. When he asked if this was a formal investigation, the Shin Bet operative said no, adding cryptically that “the investigation will be underground, without light.”
The operatives explicitly warned the student not to “cross red lines” or “even come close to them.” They allegedly threatened that if he did, they would raid his parents’ house at 4 AM and destroy it.
[…] Haaretz has learned that another Arab student who belongs to the Haifa University Hadash branch was summoned for a similar warning talk. The second student said he preferred not to talk to Haaretz for fear of the consequences.
@academicchatter
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#IsraelFascism #ShinBet #freedomofexpression
The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books
Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,' writes PEN America's Elly Brinkley on 'Mahmoud v. Taylor.'
The post The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/on-the-us-supreme-courts-support-of-parents-on-lgbtq-books/
#AuthorsGuild #BookBanning #Censorship #DanNovack #FreedomofExpression
@indieauthors
Publishing Perspectives · On the US Supreme Court's Support of Parents on LGBTQ Books'Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,' writes PEN America's Elly Brinkley on 'Mahmoud v. Taylor.'
Congratulations to Budapest mayor Karácsony and tens of thousands of protesters in their refusal to let diversity die in Orban’s Hungary.
#humanrights #freedomofassociation #freedomofexpression #righttoprotest
#neofascism
#gendersexuality
#europeanunion
#democracy
The Guardian · Tens of thousands defy Hungary’s ban on Pride in protest against Orbán
Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that he and five other state leaders are launching a new accreditation system for universities. This is the result of a tantrum he is having because he lost in court against the Biden Department of Education (remember when we had one of those?) when he tried to control the speech of subject area experts who were doing research and establishing university policy that he felt was too woke.
He frames this as introducing competition to the accreditation market. (Capitalists always going to capitalist). He says now universities will have a choice. And if you actually believe that, well...
The state has already prevented one university president, chosen by a cabal of trustees, one faculty member, and a student, from taking office. By installing presidents of their liking, of their political persuasion, the governors of these states will do exactly what they claim the radical left is doing - politically forming curriculum and missions of state universities. Those presidents will publicly thank the governor for introducing choice to the market, and swiftly change accreditors.
The best part? He openly acknowledges that this must be done swiftly before his term ends and the mid term elections happen.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/6-university-systems-launch-new-accreditor/751797/
#AttackOnHigherEducation
#Florida
#Gleichschaltung
#indoctrination
#AcademicFreedom
#FreedomOfExpression
Higher Ed Dive · 6 public university systems unveil plans to launch new accrediting agency
"I'm with the banned"
New, and sadly highly relevant, t-shirt and pun rolled into one. Of course I wore it in the bookshop.
I have just published a letter to the Federal Minister of Interior of #Germany in which I ask the authorities to uphold #FreedomOfExpression and #Peaceful Assembly in the context of the conflict in #Gaza. Read the letter
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/the-commissioner-asks-the-german-authorities-to-uphold-freedom-of-expression-and-peaceful-assembly-in-the-context-of-the-conflict-in-gaza
Bootcamp Asunción 2025: A Formative Step in the Debate on Digital Rights
With great satisfaction, we successfully held the Bootcamp Asunción 2025 – Human Rights and Technology, an initiative organized by TEDIC and Amnesty International Paraguay, with the support of Diakonia and funding from the European Union. Th
https://www.tedic.org/en/bootcamp-asuncion-2025-a-formative-step-in-the-debate-on-digital-rights/
