A new report from Adalah shows how the courts and police attempted to stamp out opposition to Operation Cast Lead

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A NURSE says she has been banned from working with patients because she refuses to remove her crucifix necklace on the wards.

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[Manila, Philippines] 1 July 2009 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the recent murder of a radio commentator in the Philippines, the fourth such killing of a journalist in the Asian country this year.

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Faded nearly white and torn to shreds, the American flag flying in front of the home of Louis and Jessie Haros has drawn strange looks, and anger, from passers-by in recent weeks.

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An Iowa man recently pled guilty to one count of "possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children" and to one count of mailing obscene material. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. This obscene material? Manga.

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Imagine if postal workers could X-ray every letter and parcel to ascertain their contents without slowing down the mail. It might not be possible in the physical world, but it now is in cyberspace.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on the broadcast TV networks that air isolated cases of profanity, known as "fleeting expletives."

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As a dancer with the People's Liberation Army during the chaos of China's Cultural Revolution, Yan Geling came of age in an era where you had to obey instructions.

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Do we believe sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will never hurt us?

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The Guardian piece consists of U2's manager talking about how it would be great if private corporations -- phone companies and music labels -- got the power to take away your Internet connection on the basis of unproven accusations of copyright infringement.

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Proposed legislation in West Virginia would make it a crime to "harass" others by posting false statements to online forums, but civil libertarians say the measure would chill protected speech.

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another crack down on freedom of speech by the Syrian regime.

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This video is associated with the article quoted here:Dozens of hip-hop clubs have opened up in cities across the country, and thousands of raps and music videos by Chinese M.C.'s are spreading over the Internet.

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The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press organizations wrote to Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa to urge him to denounce the jailing of two journalists for defamation and to bring his country's press law in line with international standards of freedom of expression  …

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"Al-Baghdadia television demands that the Iraqi authorities immediately release their stringer Muntadhar al-Zaidi, in line with the democracy and freedom of expression that the American authorities promised the Iraqi people," reads a statement released by the station.

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On the morning of December 10, 2008, Cindy Sheehan, Nelson Valdes, Saul Landau, and I signed a declaration as the US delegates to an international conference assessing sixty years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sponsored by the Network of Networks in Defense of Huma …

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Academic Senate is calling for an independent investigation into the UNL administration's recent decision to disinvite Bill Ayers.

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A closed court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced at least 11 dissidents involved in last year's pro-democracy protests to 65 years each in prison, an opposition spokesman has said.

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Neil Gaiman's epic comics series The Sandman is waking to a momentous 20th anniversary.

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More than 10,000 opponents of President Mikheil Saakashvili rallied in Tbilisi on Friday in the first major show of discontent since Georgia's crushing defeat in an August war with Russia.

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Review DIVERTING THE BUDDHA (Skewering Democracy)

"DIVERTING THE BUDDHA is an ambitious novel that delivers through a vivid portrayal of the treachery and deceit that emerged during the catastrophic Vietnam War.

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Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have signed a global code of conduct promising to offer better protection for online free speech and against official intrusion.

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Books do change things: Just think of "Common Sense," which lighted the fuse of the American Revolution, or "Mein Kampf," which laid out the blueprint for Hitler's Germany.

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Daily Mail Online (United Kingdom) reported on 22nd September 2008: "Cabinet minister Hazel Blears has launched a scathing attack on US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, describing her as 'horrendous'...

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Philippines: Not an Iraq But Ever Dangerous to Journalists

Manila, Philippines - Are journalists meant to be shut up and finally killed?

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