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@WojciechSadurski discusses with @HelenHaft the criminal and civil defamation charges he is facing in #Poland, his recent acquittal in one case, and the dangers to #freespeech and #democracy under Poland’s #LawandJustice Party:
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OUT NOW 1/2 “Young Europeans Speak to EU”. Our policy report, in which we give timely recommendations to the EU based on survey & interview data, is now up on our website! The report is the result of our 3-year @UniofOxford-based research project on the future of the EU. @fromTGA
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Pay attention. If the Polish parliament *tomorrow* passes law #lexTVN designed solely to destroy the independence of by far the most important, (&US-owned) independent TV station TVN @FaktyTVN , Poland follows Hungary dismantling democracy *inside a member state of the EU*
More than 800 journalists including editors-in-chief from @oko_press @gazeta_wyborcza @rzeczpospolita @Polityka_pl @NewsweekPolska @PressRedakcja signed the letter in defense of TVN and against further curbs on #mediafreedom in #Poland
ruleoflaw.pl/more-than-800-j…
In German @NZZ: "No doctorate because of a tweet: That's how far China's influence on Swiss universities goes":
One interesting aspect of this Swiss article – about a Swiss student losing his PhD due to the university’s fear of upsetting China over his critical tweets – is the extent of free speech for those whose better half has family in mainland China. nzz.ch/amp/schweiz/hsg-und-c…
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Belarusian sprinter #Timanowskaja given visa by #Poland after criticising team officials and refusing to return to #Belarus. Today, Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou was found hanged in Kyiv...How can the #EU challenge #Lukashenko's brutal dictatorship and help Belarusians?
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Reporter in Hungary asks interior minister about gov‘s alleged use of spy software to monitor journalists. Minister responds that question is illegal because it could be construed as instigating the betrayal of state secrets.
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All arrested figures of Hong Kong's opposition camp. This is our latest back page. You might want to get a copy of today's newspaper. bit.ly/3yHr2kk
#newspaper #infographic @SCMPNews @SCMPgraphics
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As predicted, Polish populists' attempt at Orbán-style Gleichschaltung of independent media by stealth, ownership change and legal/regulatory chicanery continues. This is now the frontline of defence of democracy in Poland. US & EU must respond. politico.eu/article/polands-… #TVN24
Medical science frequently favours commercial interests over free speech, writes Deborah Cohen of the BMJ: bit.ly/3dMnaHi #FreeSpeech @fromTGA
Wendy Barclay: Should scientific knowledge which could be used as a bioweapon be withheld from publication?:
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#FreeSpeech @fromTGA
Is the ‘hands-off’ internet different to internet freedom? @fromTGA joins Kirsty Hughes at a panel discussion in Delhi with Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Shri Sunil Abraham and Ramajit Singh Chima: bit.ly/3aepZi6 #FreeSpeech #Internet
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked journals to redact a study about an easily transmitted form of the H5N1 virus for fear it could be misused by bioterrorists. Maryam Omidi considers the censorship request: bit.ly/3shheKA #FreeSpeech @fromTGA
A senior advisor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it is only a matter of time before a climate scientist is killed, writes Maryam Omidi: bit.ly/39ClNIG #FreeSpeech @fromTGA
The first edition of the magazine since the attack in which 12 people were killed featured a cartoon of Muhammad on its cover. Myriam Francois-Cerrah objects: bit.ly/31rO1BD #FreeSpeech @fromTGA
Max Harris explains why journalist Andrew Bolt was found in breach of Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act for articles about “fair-skinned Aboriginal people”:
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#FreeSpeech @fromTGA
Romani women face “multiplied discrimination”:
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#FreeSpeech #Discrimination @fromTGA
Professor of Philosophy Rae Langton discusses speech acts and how some speech can #silence others in the context of sexual violence against #women: freespeechdebate.com/media/r…
#FreeSpeech @fromTGA
Bassam Gergi discusses why the depoliticisation of #race in the US is problematic and only open debate can lead to progress: bit.ly/3cvMxLu @fromTGA #FreeSpeech
Sarah Glatte explores the potential and pitfalls of #SocialMedia in combating #sexism: bit.ly/3vjBw8U @fromTGA #FreeSpeech
