Tag: freedom
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‘It’s about seeing who will die first’: Hong Kong’s students await freedom from CCP
CN: police violence INTERVIEW The summer of 2019 in Hong Kong saw an explosion of protests, defending the city’s autonomy that had become threatened by the overarching arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Awakening the political conscience of a new generation of students across the region, this marked a turning point for Hong Kong’s […]
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PiS’ proposed ‘free speech’ law: state hypocrisy and a radical right-wing agenda
OPINION Following the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, Twitter, followed by other social media outlets, took the decision to suspend Donald Trump’s accounts, sparking an international debate regarding freedom of speech. The Polish government gave its contribution to this debate in the form of its proposed social media ‘free speech’ law. The law […]
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Konstantin Kotov and the sorry state of freedom of expression in today’s Russia
OPINION On the 16th December, Russian activist Konstantin Kotov was released from a penal colony situated 100 kilometres from Moscow. He had served eighteen months after being convicted for violating the country’s numerous rules that regulate protesting and mass actions. Kotov was first arrested during the anti-Kremlin protests that rocked Moscow in the summer of […]
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