Headlines
  • After a temporary suspension, Emirates said the airline "will resume operations."
  • On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran will be "hit very hard" and that he was thinking about extending the strikes to other targets..
  • At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
  • Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
  • The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
  • Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
  • To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
  • In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
  • Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.

Tag: Freedom of Speech

November 20, 2020

Philippines: reporter Ronnie Villamor killed in...

The police account is controversial to say the least. Freelance journalist Ronnie Villamor was killed by soldiers on Saturday, November 14 around 1:30 p.m. in Milagros, a town in the center of the Philippine archipelago, in a “clash” in which the journalist allegedly unsheathed gun

August 25, 2020

English-Language News App Censored Tibet, Dalai...

China’s government has already been censoring politically sensitive words on TikTok, WeChat, and other social media platforms for years, Wangden Kyab, a senior researcher at the Dharamsala, India-based human rights group Tibet Watch

August 23, 2020

Kyrgyzstan extradites journalist to Uzbekistan amid...

The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, or GKNB, said it received assurances from their Uzbek partners that Abdullayev would not be ill-treated. The journalist reported being subjected to physical and torture after his arrest in September 2017

August 10, 2020

Hong Kong: RSF Denounces Arrest of...

Jimmy Lai , 71, the founder of the Hong Kong pro-democracy daily Apple Daily , was arrested at his home on the morning of August 10, 2020 on charges of “collusion with foreign powers”

August 9, 2020

Zimbabwe Accused of Stiffling Press Freedom

Security forces thwarted the July 31 protests against corruption and poverty,arresting Chin’ono and an opposition leader.  South Africa is sendingenvoys to Zimbabwe to investigate reports of escalating rightsabuses,which the government denies

July 11, 2020

Journalists, Free Speech Activists ‘at Risk...

Censors at the social media platform Weibo were meanwhile stepping up warnings to platform users that they could be pursued for comments deemed to be “attacks on government departments or state media agencies.”

June 11, 2020

Landmark ECTHR Judgement Finds Boycott Campaign...

According to Amnesty International, peaceful activists in France have been increasingly targeted using inappropriate laws and criminalized simply for freely expressing their views and advocating for boycotts, divestments, and sanctions as a tool to end human rights violations against Palestinians.

December 2, 2019

Freedom of Speech Does Not Provide...

Netizens believe that right to poke fun and even to offend others even religiously or even cyber stalking is an integral part of freedom of speech but some experts believe that freedom is not absolute and should not use as a licence to abuse.
sensibilities

November 5, 2019

Freedom House: Social Media Increasingly Conduit...

The democracy watchdog group, Freedom House, has released a report painting a bleak outlook for the way many governments are using social media

October 9, 2019

Turkey’s Internet Regulation Sparks Fears of...

In Turkey, new controls regulating internet broadcasting have come into force. The government says all broadcasters need to abide by the same rules, but critics claim the new measures are an attempt to silence the last platform for independent journalism

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