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Tag: Freedom of Speech

Posted inOpinion

The hypocrisy within ‘freedom of speech’

by Jonathan Gornall March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Freedom of speech is a funny old thing. You offend roughly 2 billion Muslims by publishing a series of crass drawings of the Prophet Muhammad and the Western world’s media rush to your defense, upholding your right to insult whomever you choose. Publish a cartoon showing Queen Elizabeth of Britain kneeling on the neck of […]

Posted inOpinion

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to hurt

by Jonathan Gornall November 22, 2020November 20, 2020
Posted inOpinion

Silence descends on social media in Turkey

by Alexandra de Cramer September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Posted inChina

Sweden’s PM stands up to Chinese threats

by Dave Makichuk December 23, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, United States, World

Freedom of the mind: An irreconcilable division

by Edward R Dougherty December 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

China’s dilemma over Hong Kong

by Jonathan Manthorpe June 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India’s misguided Twitter scuffle

by Amber Sinha February 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, World

US billionaire issues stark warning on China

by Xuan Loc Doan January 30, 2019January 30, 2019
Posted inAT Finance

Cambodia’s ‘quiet king’ must find his political voice

by Sawathey Ek January 15, 2019January 15, 2019
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Media body ignores a detained Manipur journalist

by Armstrong Chanambam December 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Taiwan: new bills to combat China’s ‘disinformation war’

by Asia Times staff December 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Russia, World

Is fake news here to stay?

by Joseph S Nye December 7, 2018
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

New digital law ‘will hit press freedom and silence dissenters’

by Faisal Mahmud October 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Isn’t freedom of speech the foundation of democracy?

by Immanuel Fruhmann June 2, 2018
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Indians sacked for outrageous tweets about Kashmiri Muslims

by Aritry Das May 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia, World

The real news on Malaysia’s ‘fake news’ law

by Henry Koh April 17, 2018April 17, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, Taiwan

Taiwanese officials dismiss push to ban the Chinese flag

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, World

Is there any reason left to defend Hong Kong?

by Andrea Lo November 16, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore, World

Persecuted Singapore blogger free in America

by Kirsten Han September 27, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Italy, World

How civilizations went from dueling to tweeting

by Reuven Brenner September 7, 2017September 7, 2017

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