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Critical Mass
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 6 days ago
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If free speech is what gives value to the campus "marketplace of ideas," UMass Amherst would long ago have gone bankrupt. Last week's bizarre back-and-forth regarding former militant activist Ray Luc Levasseur 's speaking appearance was just the latest...
Tags: Ray Luc Levasseur, UMass Amherst Libraries, public university, free speech, Newark
Can you be liable for your tweets?
Sydney :: Australia | 7 days ago
Credibility The suit claims that after a disagreement over what Love should pay Dawn Simorangkir for the clothes she designed, Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her...
Tags: Courtney Love, free speech, Stacy Snyder, Liskula Cohen, Andrea Matwyshyn, Amanda Bonnen, Australia, Sydney
From democracy activist to censor? | Jeremy Goldkorn
Boston :: United Kingdom | 7 days ago
Credibility It's not just British libel law – well-funded legal attacks are stifling free speech and scholarship in the US too The Guardian's defeat of a gagging order engineered by Trafigura's law firm, Carter-Ruck, bears uncomfortable similarities to another recent...
Tags: Jenzabar, free speech, student leaders, United Kingdom, Boston, Tort law, English defamation law, Simon Singh, Trafigura, Peter Carter-Ruck, Entertainment Culture, Chai Ling, Defamation, Law in the United Kingdom
BBC News Daily Mail for Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London, UK
Thursday, November 12, 2009 Thursday, 12 November, 2009, 0:00 GMT 24:00 +00:00:Europe/London TOP STORIES ...
Tags: the passing of a generation, no doubt, free speech, enemy, controversy, shocking, Thursday, November 12, 2009 BBC News Daily Mail for Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London, UK Thursday, 12 November, 2009, 0:00 GMT 24:00 +00:00:Europe/London TOP STORIES Obama in Afghan troop level talks The US president meets his national security team to discuss Afghanistan as speculation mounts over troop levels. Egypt welcomes German life term The Eg, says the worlds monitoring agency. Hezbollah dismisses Obama pledges The leader of Lebanons Hezbollah group says Barack Obamas promise to engage with Muslims has proved false. Irish priest freed in Philippines A 79-year-old Irish priest held for a m, Irish officials say. AFRICA Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the worlds monitoring agency. Zimbabwe rules on Bennett witness Zimbabwes High Court allows a former arms dealer to testify against top Tsvangirai aide Roy Bennett, but says the defence can allege the witness was tortured. Worgu sentenced to flogging in Sudan Nigerian and El Merreikh star Stephen Worgu is convicted of drinking alcohol and sentenced to be flogged. AMERICAS Obama makes Veterans Day pledge President, Irish officials say. Crime rings boost ivory smuggling The last year has seen a big increase in illegal ivory trade with organised crime involved, says the worlds monitoring agency. EUROPE Egypt welcomes German life term The Egyptian government welcomes a German courts life sentence for a man who murdered a pregnant Egyptian woman. EU calls for budget deficit cuts The European Commission calls f, as his successor repeats calls for an end to Israeli settlement building. Photos show Iran arms-ship link' Israel releases documents and pictures which it says prove that an arms shipment it seized in the Mediterranean came from Iran. SOUTH ASIA Pakis, close to the border with Afghanistan. Air India losses more than $1bn Troubled national carrier Air India reports a net loss of 55.5bn rupees for the full-year to the end of March. Yousuf to captain Pakistan tour Mohammad Yousuf will replace Younus, 16, detained A 16-year-old child rapist allowed to walk free by a judge, only to abuse a five-year-old boy just days later, is detained. Maclaren will probe buggy claims Maclaren agrees to investigate new complaints that children have been injured by pushchairs after parents contact the BBC. Millions mark lost WWI generation Millions remember the horrors and heroism in t, with a focus on technical qualifications. Confidence in exams system 'less' Public confidence in the examinations system has dwindled, the head of a leading exams board claims. Students threaten MPs over fees Student leaders say they will target MPs in the general election over tuition fees in England. ENGLAND Freed child rapist, is detained. Canoe fraudsters to pay £600, 000 The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin offers to return £591, 838 of the couples fraudulently obtained cash. Tattoo tribute to Afghan war dead A former serviceman has the names of all the British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2002 tattooed on his body. NORTHERN IRELAND Omagh officer says police at risk Th, Irish officials say. SCOTLAND Scottish unemployment up by 4, 000 The number of people unemployed in Scotland rises to 194, 000 in the last quarter, 67, 000 more than last year. Minister to make C.diff statement The health secretary is to make a statement to parliament on the outbreak of the C. Diff infection at a Dundee hospital. Mother settles dentist legal case A mother reaches an out of court se, says the Office for National Statistics. Silence 'mistake' by rugby team The Welsh rugby team says sorry after continuing to train during the Armistice Day two-minute silence. Teacher, 24, dies in Middle East The family of a 24-year-old woman who collapsed in Abu Dhabi say the cause of her death is a mystery. ENTERTAINMENT Spears speaks out over miming row Britney Spears speaks out over the miming row that has surrounded her first Australi, acknowledging it had created some . Tyler is 'not quitting Aerosmith' Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler ends speculation that he is leaving the band by joining guitarist Joe Perry on stage. Comedy Twitter feed lands TV deal A Twitter feed featuring pear, says the worlds monitoring agency. Lithium clue for planet-hunters Astronomers show that Sun-like stars with orbiting planets tend to be depleted in the element lithium. Poor nations vow low-carbon path Poor countries vulnerable to climate change pl, a report says. ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES 2004: Veteran leader Yasser Arafat is dead Yasser Arafat dies in hospital in Paris, aged 75, bri
Parliament must act on libel | Afua Hirsch
Pen :: India | 14 days ago
Credibility Parliament must act on libel With firms like Carter Ruck questioning the law, MPs can no longer ignore the clamour for change You know there is something wrong with libel law when even Carter-Ruck – mother of all libel firms and regular claimant against...
Tags: libel law, english libel, free speech
BNP accuses BBC of Griffin 'attack'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility BNP accuses BBC of Question Time attack on Nick Griffin BNP spokesman says BBC changed Question Time format to attack Griffin, and party's critics will 'probably feel very smug' BNP officials have admitted that their leader, Nick Griffin , made a less...
Tags: BBC of Question Time, Nick Griffin, BNP, British National Party, national parties, Britain, Ku Klux Klan, bnp leader, free speech, speech debate
Obama's Aim to End Free Speech in America?
Shut Up, America! The End of Free Speech shines the light on a dark mission of the Obama administration-shutting down conservative voices on the radio and at the same time eviscerating the First Amendment. Will he succeed? Author Brad O'Leary writes...
Tags: censorship, free speech, First Amendment, Fairness Doctrine, Obama localism
Far-right Dutch MP in the limelight
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Far-right MP basks in limelight after overturning ban to enter Britain • Protests follow arrival of Dutch Islamophobe • Ukip peer says event is free speech 'celebration' Geert Wilders is watched by Lord Pearson and a security official as he speaks to...
Tags: Geert Wilders, Britain, London, Houses of Parliament, free speech, retire age, Heathrow Airport
Inserting "hate crime" legislation into defense bill
I guess I'm just not smart enough when it comes to the National Defense Authorization Act since I don't see any way it relates to hate crime legislation. Apparently the Democrats are far more enlightened because they do see a connection. One big enough...
Tags: hate crime, handiphobia, Sam Brownback, Obama, free speech
Court mulls law on animal cruelty
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to let stand a federal law barring some depictions of animal cruelty, such as dogfighting videos, by declaring that such images are not protected by the First Amendment. But a broad spectrum...
Tags: animal cruelty, US Supreme Court, federal law, dog fight, court justices, cruelty video, Congress, human sacrifice, court weighs, free speech
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