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#freedomofspeech

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oregano

#Germany #Israel #Gaza #palestine #freedomOfSpeech #StopGenocide

"The raised German finger 2.0: How Germany uses anti-Semitism accusations to muzzle Israel criticism"

"...It is the cruel irony of fate that those who once stood up against dehumanisation, ultimate racism, and the industrial extermination of a dehumanised people are now the ones defending a genocidal state with a moralising finger."

diem25.org/the-raised-german-f

DiEM25 · The raised German finger 2.0: How Germany uses anti-Semitism accusations to muzzle Israel criticism - Carolina RehrmannThe next chapter of German Hypocrisy, from a personal perspective
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Frank (he/him)
"Resist like it's 1930s Germany"
"Silence = Death"
"Hiatory is Now"
"When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty"
I love these women, spotten on Market Street at the Hands Off protest this afternoon. 🙂

More pics to come

#HandsOff #Protest #Philly #SilenceEqualsDeath #justice #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransIsBeautiful #transgender #trans #HumanRights #Resist #FuckTrump #RBG #freedom #FreedomFromFascism #FirstAmendment #FreedomOfSpeech
Two women standing at the Hands Off Rally. Their shirts and sign are printed with the slogans in the post.
#freedomofspeech
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Cartunus Daily

পররাষ্ট্র বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা তৌহিদ হোসেন:
টেরাম ভাই,
আপনাদের ওখান থেকে
তুলা আমদানী করবো যেন বাড়তি শুল্ক আরোপে দ্বিধায় ভোগেন।

মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প:
তোর কথাতেই বোঝা যাচ্ছে রে তৌহিদ, তোদের ওখানে সবজির দাম খুবই কম।

#CartunusDaily #Bangladesh #Bangladeshi #politicalcartoons #BangladeshCrisis #freedomofspeech #DonaldTrump #americantax #DrYunus #dryunusgovt #YunusRegime #yunusgovernment #dryunusagainstjournalists
#কার্টুনুসডেইলি

পররাষ্ট্র বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা তৌহিদ হোসেন: টেরাম ভাই, আপনাদের ওখান থেকে তুলা আমদানী করবো যেন বাড়তি শুল্ক আরোপে দ্বিধায় ভোগেন। মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প: তোর কথাতেই বোঝা যাচ্ছে রে তৌহিদ, তোদের ওখানে সবজির দাম খুবই কম। #CartunusDaily #Bangladesh #Bangladeshi #politicalcartoons #BangladeshCrisis #freedomofspeech #DonaldTrump #americantax #DrYunus #dryunusgovt #YunusRegime #yunusgovernment #dryunusagainstjournalists #কার্টুনুসডেইলি
#কারটুনুসডেইলি
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.

Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.

The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.

These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech...
#USA#Censorship#FreedomOfSpeech
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The position of this administration is that the First Amendment does not really apply to criticism of Israel or of Zionism. Trump’s administration is trying to circumvent the Constitution and to criminalize clearly protected speech in the service of a genocidal government whose weapons and political support overwhelmingly come from the U.S.

The tactics employed by the Trump administration are firmly in line with a longstanding German policy of putting support for Israel, no matter how heinous its crimes, above the basic free speech rights of its citizens. In a wide-ranging discussion, Alexander Gorski, a Berlin-based criminal defense and migration lawyer, lays out how Germany has weaponized the concept of anti-semitism to stifle dissent and to suppress speech.

Since October 7 and the launch of the war against Gaza, Germany has targeted residents for deportation and has ignited a campaign of fear among particularly Arab and Muslim residents of Germany. Many German media outlets have joined this frenzy, running tabloid headlines accusing Arab activists of being Hamas propagandists or operatives. More recently Germany has begun trying to deport activists with EU citizenship, people who have a clearly defined right to live in Germany. Among these are citizens of Ireland and Poland. They are also trying to deport a U.S. citizen for participating in protests against Israel’s war. Gorski is one of the lead lawyers representing these activists and many other residents of Germany being targeted for their activism opposing Israel’s war."

dropsitenews.com/p/video-donal

www.dropsitenews.comVIDEO: Donald Trump and Germany Are Using the Same Playbook to Criminalize Pro-Palestine ActivismListen now | A leading German lawyer fighting his country’s criminalization of pro-Palestine speech digs deep into Germany’s pro-Israel laws and how the US is embracing its tactics
#USA#Trump#Germany
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Denise G

It’s a terrifying time for free speech and civil liberties in Trump’s America

President Donald Trump is running headlong into his radical reimagining of America — one in which freedom of speech, basic civil liberties and equal protection under the law are privileges to be bestowed by the state, rather than inalienable rights for everyone.

#FreedomofSpeech #CivilLiberties #DueProcess #USpol

msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna199629

MSNBC · Trump is using wartime powers against immigrants — U.S. citizens could be nextBy Anthony L. Fisher
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Berlin’s immigration authorities are moving to deport four young foreign residents on allegations related to participation in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza, an unprecedented move that raises serious concerns over civil liberties in Germany.

The deportation orders, issued under German migration law, were made amid political pressure and over internal objections from the head of the state of Berlin’s immigration agency. The internal strife arose because three of those targeted for deportation are citizens of European Union member states who normally enjoy freedom of movement between E.U. countries.

The orders — issued by the state of Berlin, whose Senate administration oversees immigration enforcement — are set to take effect in less than a month. None of the four has been convicted of any crimes.

The cases are drawing comparisons to the U.S.’s use of deportation orders to suppress social movements.

“What we’re seeing here is straight out of the far right’s playbook,” said Alexander Gorski, a lawyer representing two of the protesters. “You can see it in the U.S. and Germany, too: Political dissent is silenced by targeting the migration status of protesters.”"

theintercept.com/2025/03/31/ge

The Intercept · Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War ProtestersBy Hanno Hauenstein
#EU#Germany#Berlin
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Paria sans portefeuille

"[C]onciliation only fuels #Trump’s momentum and his predatory instincts to exact more retribution—just as ABC News’s choice to pay Trump $15 million to settle his lawsuit against the organization only invites further attacks on the press, and Columbia’s capitulation to his unprecedented intervention in its internal affairs bodes ill for the rest of America’s colleges and universities."

bostonreview.net/articles/lawy
#USpol #USpolitics #civilLiberties #FreedomOfSpeech #censorship #lawfare #MAGA

image (at left): A protest outside the New York offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP on March 25. Image: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images text (at right): Law Lawyers Face an Existential Choice Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline. Baher Azmy
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DoomsdaysCW

condemn arrests of at meeting house

March 30, 2025

"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group.

"Quakers in said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'.

"The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a .

"The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks.

"Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests.

"Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory.

"'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society .

"', assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins ,' he said.

"Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in and one in .

"Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent actions' due to take place in April.

"The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation.

"Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against and for our planet.

"'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of to women's and prison reform.'

"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April.

"'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said.

"On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action.

"Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.

"A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.

'Policing priorities'

"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action.

"Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'

"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to ', began carrying out acts of last year.

"Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with and raising money from 'the and ' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."

Read more:
bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g

Quaker Meeting House on St Martin's Lane, London
bbc.comQuakers condemn arrests of Youth Demand activists at meeting houseQuakers in Britain says the arrests were the first at a meeting house and "an aggressive violation".
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