Billy Bragg announces his pleasure at seeing mass violence against a woman.

I believe in freedom of expression and was pleased to see over 2000 Kiwis exercising their right to free expression by vocally opposing KJK in Auckland today.

— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) March 25, 2023

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Courtesy of NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, the video of the forum on free expression and Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday morning. Join us for a conversation about the challenges to free expression in France and Europe, the role of satire in open societies, the controversies that have surrounded Charlie Hebdo, and the tensions between respect […]

Originally a comment by veil_of_ignorance on “The very existence of Charlie Hebdo is a manifestation of gross privilege”. Inconsistent, self-defeating rubbish! Generally, privilege is linked to the unequal distribution of something positive, something which people would like to have, something which Rawls might have called a primary good or Sen/Nussbaum would have called a capability. […]

Maryam wrote a letter to Charlie Hebdo’s editor-in-chief, Gerard Biard. Dear Gerard I spoke on a panel with you in November last year at the International Feminist and Secular Network in Paris. I am writing to express my outrage at the cold-blooded murder of freethinkers at Charlie Hebdo today and to give my unequivocal support. […]

If the bloggers are kept against their will, Bangladesh will be well on its way to being a fundamentalist autocracy.… Read the rest

An international coalition led by CFI, the IHEU, and American Atheists, will protest the persecution of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh with demonstrations on April 25.… Read the rest

The cartoons will not be removed from the LSESU ASH page, nor will the prefix LSESU be removed from the society’s name.… Read the rest

“If you look at the way in which free expression is being attacked by religious extremism, it’s blasphemy, heresy, insult, offence – it’s this medieval vocabulary.”… Read the rest

In response to the rise in attacks on journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders and others targeted for exercising their right to freedom of expression.… Read the rest

In 1936 no newspaper would publish news of Wallis Simpson; now no newspaper will publish the Danish cartoons. This is not progress.… Read the rest

Richard Dawkins reports, “a large crowd gathered round and some of them, from Muslim families, told me chilling stories.”… Read the rest

One Law for All’s rally, featuring Richard Dawkins, Nick Cohen, AC Grayling, Joan Smith and many others. Listen and enjoy.… Read the rest

We just don’t think people should be allowed to laugh at our freely expressed message.… Read the rest

On the 11 of February, One Law for All is arranging a rally to stand up against this. Are you prepared to stand up and say “We give this kuffar the right to speak”?… Read the rest

Maryam says HOLD THE DATE: One Law for All is calling for a rally in defence of free expression and the right to criticise religion on 11 February 2012 in central London from 2-4pm. We are also calling for simultaneous events and acts in defence of free expression on 11 February in countries world-wide. The [...]...

UN Human Rights Committee says anti-blasphemy laws and restrictions on criticism of governments are incompatible with existing norms.… Read the rest

Harry Taylor was sentenced, Molly Norris got scared, Kurt Westergaard and Lars Vilks got more of the usual.… Read the rest

Several governments on the list of 15 ‘Internet Enemies’ pressured the office of the UNESCO director.… Read the rest

Join cyberdemo in Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, North Korea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia.… Read the rest

Is Wilders asserting a right to free speech or dressing up a gratuitous religious insult in constitutional language? Both.… Read the rest