Killings and sexual assaults at an opposition rally in Conakry, largely by the Presidential Guard.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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UN Denounces Sexual Orientation Rights Abuses
Meeting discussed draconian ‘anti-homosexuality legislation’ before the Ugandan parliament.
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Rick Warren and Uganda’s ‘Kill the Gays’ Bill
Warren has backed virulently anti-gay religious leaders in Uganda, Rwanda, and Nigeria.
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Martin Ssempa Responds to Rick Warren
You see, Rick, it’s Africa101: Homosexuality is illegal, unnatural, ungodly and un-African.
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New Humanist on Censorship Row at Index
If Index won’t take a stand against implied threats for perfectly legitimate acts, who will?
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Vatican’s Response is ‘Wholly Inadequate’
Victims’ group says Irish bishops ‘display a contemptible level of arrogance and an inappropriate lack of humility.’
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Ratzinger Keeps Head Down
Will visit UK but sleep in garden shed. No plans to visit Ireland and apologize.
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Sherry Jones on Index on Censorship
She knows what it’s like.
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Harry’s Place on Index on Censorship
You would expect Index on Censorship to oppose censorship, and stand up for freedom of expression.
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The Spittoon on Index on Self-Censorship
A free speech organization censoring itself on an issue over which it has been highly critical of other organizations.
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Index on Censorship Talks to Jytte Klausen
About censorship of the Motoons – which Index on Censorship itself decides not to publish.
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Kenan Malik on Index on Censorship’s Decision
In refusing to publish the cartoons, Index is not only helping strengthen the culture of censorship, it is also weakening its authority to challenge that culture.
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Jonathan Dimbleby Explains Index’s Decision
The interview is not about the cartoons but their censorship, so it’s ok to censor the cartoons again.
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Nick Cohen on the Issue-avoiding Thriller
‘Spooks’ goes after Greens, Jews, Hindus – it’ll be Quakers and Buddhists next. Meanwhile…
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BBC Settles Trafigura Libel Case
The BBC’s decision to settle caused dismay among some journalistic staff today.
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Hitchens on Sarah Palin and Demagogy
She throws mud one day then the next day pretends she didn’t.
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William Dalrymple on Religion in India
More local, composite and pluralistic traditions are under threat, but the Sufis are fighting back.
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A Secular ‘Third Way’ in Religion
Whatever.
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Opponents of Assisted Suicide Are in Minority
And religious, and imposing their religion on everyone else.
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Why Lieberman is so Vain and Petulant
Just one of those things.