Tag: freedom of speech
Those who burned Korans in Sweden denied that they were guilty of crimes | News in brief
The defendants appealed to freedom of expression. The summer 2023 jupakka caused a diplomatic crisis. The two defendants who burned Korans in Sweden last summer have denied that they were…
A Russian singer was jailed for more than five years after protesting the war in Ukraine | News in brief
According to the court, 26-year-old Eduard Sharlot had, among other things, “rehabilitated Nazi ideology” with the videos he published online. On Friday, a Russian court ordered a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence…
This year, Russia listed a record number of unwanted actors | News in brief
The list of unwanted operators grew by 65 operators this year. Russia has added a record number of actors to its list of unwanted actors this year. Those reporting on…
In Hungary, Orbán’s power is being pushed by hundreds of media outlets that have been taken over – the new law will curb the remaining free media | Foreign countries
The story in a nutshell Hungary is tightening media control through a new office that oversees national sovereignty, particularly restricting the activities of foreign-funded publications. The online publication Átlátszó, which…
A member of parliament was expelled from the Israeli parliament for a limited period of time – the reason: he criticized the bombing of a hospital in Gaza | Foreign countries
Israel is slipping deeper and deeper into an apartheid state. That’s what he says Aida Tuma-Sulimana Palestinian woman who serves as a member of parliament in the Israeli parliament, the…
Report: Myanmar sinks to worst in the world in terms of internet freedom, along with China | Foreign countries
Globally, internet freedom worsened for the fourteenth year in a row, says the Freedom House organization. Internet freedom is weakest among the countries studied in two Asian countries, Myanmar and…