Free speech

Brown University president Christina Paxson to step down after Trump administration clashes

Paxson said she planned to leave her job a year earlier, but extended her tenure at the university to "navigate a federal funding freeze that imperiled our mission."

Brown University President Christina Paxson listens during a press conference.
 The Mediterranean Sea.

I left Germany looking for free speech and found it in a room full of Israelis, Arabs, and Iranians

Founder and CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 23, 2016.

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with terrorism, issues arrest warrant

Gabriel Perez checks a teleprompter before Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024.

Trump teleprompter operator accused of placing insider bets on presidential speech scripts


Stopping campus antisemitism harms free speech, strengthens democracy - opinion

The use of democratic tools by the demonstrators in the universities creates a negative externalization towards Jewish students that results in the lack of ability to exercise basic rights.

 ANTI-ISRAEL BOOKS outnumber pro-Israel books in the Middle East section of the Harvard University bookshop.

Iran's executions of artists highlights regime's stance on freedom of expression - opinion

Iran has significantly increased executions in 2024, targeting dissenters like rapper Toomaj Salehi, reflecting the regime’s harsh stance on freedom of expression.

 PROTESTERS IN support of women in the Islamic Republic of Iran hold a banner reading ‘Woman Life Freedom,’ in Ottawa, 2022.

Rethinking free speech as hate speech and violence spread - editorial

We must foster an environment where constructive dialogue is encouraged, and diverse perspectives can be shared without fear of retribution or violence.

 An "Intifada" banner waves over Columbia University after students seize Hamilton Hall on 116th Street in New York City, April 30, 2024.

UK ex-barrister sentenced for blog posts: 'Nothing wrong with being antisemitic’

CPS and the Hampshire Constabulary said that they went through a year's worth of blog posts, but only five antisemitic posts were found to be in violation of the 2003 Communications Act.

British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Prosecutors seek Trump gag order in NY hush money criminal case

The requests noted Trump's "longstanding history of attacking witnesses, investigators, prosecutors, judges and others involved in legal proceedings against him."

 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a keynote speech at the Black Conservative Federation gala dinner, ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 23, 2024

Unity as a value is not dangerous, politicizing values is - opinion

“Unity” is the call for humans to draw a clear boundary between “right vs wrong,” and not let it fall into the muddy waters of “Right vs Left.”

 THE KNESSET marks its 75th birthday

Israel does not have freedom of speech - comment

Yes, the right wing has full freedom of speech, but it is not the country as a whole.

 POLICE KEEP a close watch on a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, last month in Haifa.

Jewish daughter of UK official drops Uni. of Leeds course over antisemitism

Tabytha Shapps dropped a course following antisemitic and anti-Israel comments made by her peers.

 Parkinson Building, Leeds University, Leeds, England.

Calls for genocide on private college campuses do not require nuance - opinion

Nuance is the enemy of reason in some circumstances, and this is such a circumstance. 

 A US HOUSE and Workforce Committee hearing, ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,’ takes place this past week.

Denmark passes bill to ban Quran burnings

The issue garnered attention in the region after a planned Torah burning was approved by Sweden before being scrapped by the organizers, whose goal to ban the burning of all holy books.

 People demonstrate against the desecration of the Quran in Denmark, in Sanaa, Yemen July 24, 2023.