“This criminal prosecution serves as a canary in the coalmine for countries such as the UK and others across Europe, which are implementing their own illiberal censorship laws,” said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of ‘Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech’.
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A Finnish court has upheld the right to free speech by dismissing all charges against Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola.
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“This criminal prosecution serves as a canary in the coalmine for countries such as the UK and others across Europe, which are implementing their own illiberal censorship laws,” said Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International and author of ‘Censored: How European Hate Speech Laws are Threatening Freedom of Speech’.
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“Today’s Government decision to uphold our right to use language that makes others feel ‘serious unease’ is welcome news in a free society. Yet this amendment to the PCSC Bill is too little, too late to protect free speech.”
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Numerous international religious freedom NGOs have penned a public letter calling on US Senators to reauthorize legislation to hold gross violators of human rights accountable.
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A Finnish court is expected to rule on the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola’s free speech case on 30th March. Both stand accused of having engaged in “hate speech” for publicly sharing their faith-based beliefs.
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“At best, this is willful blindness, at worst, an unabashed leap towards authoritarianism” ADF UK’s Jeremiah Igunnubole says of the PCSC bill, which would allow police to restrict noisy conduct that even risks causing “serious unease”.
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A married Sudanese Christian convert couple is currently on trial facing baseless charges after they converted to Christianity despite the decriminalization of apostasy.
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In a public consultation, only 13 of 6412 submissions were supportive of implementing “buffer zones” around abortion facilities. Mother have raised concerns that the Bill would ban offers of help to vulnerable women.
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Disability rights organisation faced discrimination after video speaking out about life with Down Syndrome was censored on state television channel
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