
Exactly one year after the notorious Paris jihadist attacks on the offices of the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo, the journal has released an anniversary issue depicting a cover drawing of God toting an AK-47 on his back with the
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.6 Jan 2016, 7:46 AM PST0

A white University of Kansas (KU) communications professor is on leave, after students filed discrimination complaints against her because she used the n-word in class to describe an incident that reportedly occurred on the University of Missouri campus.
by Dr. Susan Berry24 Nov 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

A twisted string of allegations about racism on the campus of Yale University led hundreds of students to protest Monday, just days after a conference on the future of free speech was disrupted by allegations of racism and two weeks after protests against alleged racism and cultural insensitivity were held over student Halloween costumes.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Nov 2015, 9:36 PM PST0

The Dutch Party for Freedom founder Geert Wilders is to attend the launch of Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA), a political party modelled on his own. The decision to grant the Dutch MP a visa to Australia was cleared by the immigration
by Simon Kent9 Oct 2015, 4:04 AM PST0

On the morning of September 23, a white 10th grader was confronted by two black students after entering Rockmart High School with a Confederate flag attached to his backpack.
by AWR Hawkins28 Sep 2015, 7:11 PM PST0

A former Canadian Liberal legislator is calling for a permanent ban on political television and radio ads in Canada, citing the status quo of restrictions on political messaging in Britain as his model. In Britain, John Milloy says, “major political parties” are each apportioned an equal amount of time by on government-licensed television stations to make their pitches.
by Robert Kraychik21 Aug 2015, 2:24 PM PST0

Police in Hopewell, Virginia, are investigating the vandalism of a home that was flying a Confederate flag.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Jul 2015, 8:31 PM PST0

A Scottish newspaper is embroiled in a freedom of speech row after sacking two columnists over comments on Islam. The West Highland Free Press dismissed Donald Macleod, a professor of theology in the Free Church of Scotland, after he wrote
by Nick Hallett11 Jul 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

In 2013, 52 percent of survey respondents agreed that business owners should be required to provide services to same-sex couples even if in violation of their faith. In 2015, however, only 38 percent agree with that statement.
by Dr. Susan Berry6 Jul 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian upheld a preliminary finding that sentenced Aaron and Melissa Klein, the Christian bakers who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, to a fine of $135,000 in emotional damages to the homosexual couple they denied service, but also added a new provision forbidding them to speak about their unwillingness to serve a gay marriage.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Jul 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

A petition to ban “climate change denial” pages from Facebook has attracted over 3,300 signatures. The author of the petition is arguing that climate change denial must be banned on the social networking site because Facebook rules stipulate that pages
by Donna Rachel Edmunds19 Jun 2015, 2:52 AM PST0

The U.S. Supreme Court took different paths in two rulings delivered Thursday on cases concerning the First Amendment’s right to freedom of speech.
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Jun 2015, 1:55 PM PST0

Websites run by the Canadian government were attacked on Wednesday, causing widespread service interruptions. The “Anonymous” hacker collective claimed responsibility for the attack, describing it as a protest against the recent passage of a controversial anti-terrorism bill, which the hackers denounced as “a clear violation of the universal declaration of human rights.”
by John Hayward17 Jun 2015, 8:00 PM PST0

For the third time this year, Islamist radicals in Bangladesh hacked a secular writer to death in public.
by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)12 May 2015, 9:34 AM PST0

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media watchdog group, has updated a “personal data” law to allow for the government to regulate and ban memes using the likenesses of public personalities, including President Vladimir Putin.
by Mary Chastain15 Apr 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

In the five years since the Supreme Court decided Citizens United vs. F.E.C., liberal special interests have attempted to silence independent speech and the voices of non-profit organizations. Their radical agenda has been embraced by President Obama and Democrats in
by David Bossie27 Mar 2015, 2:48 PM PST0

A painting on display in Trumbull, Connecticut, that depicts an image of Mother Teresa with Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, and abortion proponent Gloria Steinem has been the subject of much controversy over issues of freedom of speech and religion.
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Mar 2015, 10:15 PM PST0

Executions are rising sharply in Iran, reaching a 12-year high in 2014, according to the United Nations’s Human Rights Council. The UN called this “deeply troubling” and further criticized Iran for not living up to promises that it would protect ethnic and religious minorities, according to a report at Voice of America News.
by John Hayward16 Mar 2015, 8:12 PM PST0

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has vetoed plans to ban extremist preachers from university campuses citing concerns that doing so would erode free speech. He put his foot down, blocking the Tory plans, after what has been described as
by Donna Rachel Edmunds15 Mar 2015, 10:07 AM PST0

The persecution of individuals speaking ill of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues, as more stories surface of people silenced or punished for disagreeing with the president. In an incident this week, a young cleaning lady in a private firm was fired after allegedly posting insults against Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Facebook.
by Mary Chastain10 Mar 2015, 9:19 AM PST0

Former film star Brigitte Bardot, France’s iconic blonde bombshell and “sex kitten” who reigned supreme from 1952 – 1973, is currently on trial for the fifth time for insulting Muslims and “inciting racial hatred.” Bardot has been fined four times and has also received suspended jail sentences.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler20 Feb 2015, 12:10 PM PST0

The Guardian has been strongly criticised by its own readers for an article which suggested that freedom of speech must only be used “responsibly”, and that speech without self restraint was tantamount to “provocation”. The commentary, by columnist Hugh Muir,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Feb 2015, 8:49 AM PST0

Not one day after we announced the First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest, an event featuring Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks in Copenhagen, Denmark was attacked in the continuing war on our most basic freedoms. And that was just the first of two assaults on freedom in Copenhagen on Saturday.
by Pamela Geller15 Feb 2015, 1:10 PM PST0

Police have been accused of trying to find out the names of British people who bought the Charlie Hebdo magazine in the wake of the Paris terror attacks. The allegation came in a letter to the Guardian from a woman
by Andre Walker9 Feb 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Plano was not exactly living in the Dark Ages before December 8, 2014 when the City Council passed a contentious “Equal Rights Policy” ordinance that prohibited “discrimination in places of public accommodation, employment practices, housing transactions and city contracting practices.” It only passed by a vote of 5-to-4. Critics claim it infringes on First Amendment rights. Legal experts say it would stymie free speech.
by Merrill Hope23 Jan 2015, 4:05 AM PST0