Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy Source: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was […]
Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Source: BBC News The CEO of Twitter says it will not ban InfoWars or its founder Alex Jones because their accounts […]
Source: Reuters BY Thu Thu Aung, Aye Min Thant YANGON (Reuters) – A Reuters reporter on trial in Myanmar said the police questioning after he and a colleague were arrested in […]
Source: Guardian PTI leader accused of using blasphemy issue to win backing of religious right By Memphis Barker in Islamabad Imran Khan has been accused of risking bloodshed for electoral […]
Source: Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian lawyer has been arrested for “spreading lies” after saying on social media that a Sufi executed this week was wrongfully convicted. […]
Source: The Guardian Egypt’s top administrative court ordered authorities to block video-sharing website YouTube for a month over a film denigrating Islam’s prophet Muhammad. The ruling on Saturday ends a […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal ByRebecca Ballhaus May 23, 2018 2:33 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump may not block critics from reading his Twitter feed, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, finding that doing so violates their right to free speech. Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the Southern District of […]
Source: Reuters BY Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders began his appeal on Thursday against a conviction for inciting discrimination, accusing prosecutors of trying to destroy […]
Source: BBC News Imagine a future where books aren’t just banned, they’re burned. That’s the dystopian United States described by Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451, which has been made into […]
Source: Newsweek Pakistan By Munir uz Zaman—AFP AHSAN IQBAL WAS TARGETED FOR BLASPHEMY DESPITE HAILING FROM A FAMILY RESPONSIBLE FOR LEGISLATING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR IT Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, who […]
Source: Voice of America WASHINGTON — Incessant attacks on the media by populist politicians are posing a threat to major democracies, two international watchdogs said on Wednesday. In their annual reports on the state of press freedom around the world, Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House harshly criticized Western populist […]
Source: Time By TESSA BERENSON February 26, 2018 Can government employees be required to pay union fees, even if they don’t belong to the union? Can you wear a “Don’t Tread […]
Source: Reuters By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s former governor, a Christian convicted of insulting Islam, sought a judicial review of his case on Monday, as several […]
Source: Christian Today By Harry Farley Dozens of complaints have been launched over an Islamic advertising campaign claiming the ‘Messiah has come’. Launched by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a heavily […]
Source: Dawn By Mohammad Imran The Interior Ministry on Friday submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a draft of proposed amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016 […]
Source: Reuters By Saad Sayed ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani student shot and killed his school principal on Monday, in a dispute over the student skipping classes to attend rallies […]
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has cleared the release of controversial Bollywood film Padmavat, and overturned the decision by four states to ban its screening. It has been approved […]
Source: Guardian By Jon Boone In recent times Pakistani social media activists of a liberal, secular persuasion have been abducted by agents of the state, tortured then released after a […]
Source: Richmond Times By FRANK GREEN Richmond Times-Dispatch Jack Eugene Turner (left) and lawyer C. Holland Perdue III argue that Turner’s conviction for displaying a noose to intimidate others should […]
Source: CNN by Ivana Kottasová Germany’s tough new social media law was meant to rid Twitter and Facebook of hateful and illegal content. But critics say that at just 96 […]
