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Belgian court strikes down order shuttering National Conservatism conference for hosting the ‘conservative, religious right’

April 17, 2024

The Belgian justice system has acted promptly to protect the freedoms of speech and assembly by issuing a decisive emergency late-night ruling in favour of the conference on National Conservativism that has been mired in controversy and disruption since it began yesterday in Brussels. The conference, scheduled for 16 – 17 April, will now be able to

‘The Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua’: UK Parliament releases findings on scale of oppression by Ortega regime

April 04, 2024

The UK Parliament has released the findings of a report into the oppression of religious leaders, media and political opposition in Nicaragua. “The Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua” was launched under the auspices of three All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), to consider the situation in Nicaragua and the ever-growing targeting of anyone critical of the Nicaraguan government.

Rushdie attack reminds Catholics they must always accept dissent

August 15, 2022

The attack on Sir Salman Rushdie last Friday was perhaps the culmination of a decades-long struggle between the author and prohibition on freedom of speech, a fight the Indian-born novelist never, in fact, picked. It started with Sir Salman’s book – The Satanic Verses – for which Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued the author

Good news – insulting someone is no longer an arrestable offence

January 08, 2014

After unjust incidents of police interfering with free speech, thank goodness common sense is to prevail