Civil Liberties
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Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers
Τhis battle was never about the removal of a single violent video for Elon Musk – it was always going to turn…
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Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees
Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted. (Beirut) – Iran’s security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing…
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Julian Assange extradition edges closer after US promises not to seek death penalty
In short: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains at risk of being extradited to the United States, where he faces 18 criminal…
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Senegal: Human Rights Agenda for President Faye
Prioritize Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Nairobi) – Senegal’s newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, should make protecting and promoting human…
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Historic vote in Australian parliament on Julian Assange
The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion introduced by Tasmanian Independent, Andrew Wilkie on behalf of the Parliamentary Friends…
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Hungary: Media Curbs Harm Rule of Law
EU Action Needed to Tackle Declining Press Freedom, Pluralism The Hungarian government’s interference with media freedom obstructs journalists from holding…
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Another Niger Media Organization Suspended
The interior minister of Niger’s decision this week to suspend the activities of Maison de la Presse (Press House), an independent media organization,…
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Assange’s Rights and Press Freedom Hang in the Balance
Meanwhile, the American demand that Wikileaks publisher Assange stand trial in Virginia on trumped-up charges is what has kept this…
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Behind Bars for ‘Blasphemy’ in Indonesia
This month marks the third year behind bars for 74-year-old Apollinaris Darmawan. Andreas Harsono He was convicted under Indonesian law for…
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16-12-2023 – George Bizos ICON: Film Screening
Agora Dialogue presents a special tribute documentary on George Bizos, the highly esteemed lawyer of Nelson Mandela ‘George Bizos ICON’…
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Civil wrongs
Labor probably thought this would be a week where they got some credit for plans to improve press freedoms – even if…
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Nobel peace prize: Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights
Mohammadi is serving multiple prison sentences in Evin prison in Tehran on charges which include spreading propaganda against the state.…
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Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange
His flagrantly unjust incarceration is a global scandal, and the world is quite upset about it. Eve Ottenberg CounterPunch Indeed,…
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Digital currencies, Dimitra, and civil liberties
The pre-election climate in Greece is “electrified” and the dialogue extends to the creation of a monetary policy centered on…
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How Governments and Civil Society Can Help China’s Uyghurs
Since late 2016, the Chinese government has vastly expanded its harsh repression of the Turkic Muslim population in Xinjiang, in…
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UN Experts Find War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity in Libya
United Nations experts have concluded that security forces and armed groups in Libya may have committed a “wide array of war…
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