Secularism is a Women’s IssueWhile being moved by the generous intentions which motivated these symbolic actions, we nevertheless take distance from some of these which, in fact, will further increase the alas already prevaling confusion between personal religious faith and communal identity politics. While indeed solidarity is very much needed, we call on well-meaning people to select other symbols when showing solidarity with the Christchurch massacre’s victims. Symbols which would not lead to ideological compromising with the Muslim far-right, under the pretext of fighting the anti-Muslims xenophobic far-right. It would be a major disaster if the racist homicides perpetrated in Christchurch against Muslim believers would, in the end, benefit the Muslim extreme-right. Let’s make sure it does not happen.
Home > Keywords > Themes > Freedom of Expression / Censorship
Freedom of Expression / Censorship
Articles
-
Betraying women and free thought in the name of Christchurch massacres
24 March 2019, by Marieme Helie Lucas, siawi3 -
Snowden Says Facebook, Instagram Spying On Customers, Wants To Help Combat Surveillance
5 August 2019, by siawi3National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden wants to fight back against corporate surveillance by Instagram and its parent company Facebook, as well as YouTube, which is owned by Google. Earlier in the day Snowden announced a new forthcoming memoir called Permanent Record, due out in September, which will tell all his secrets.
-
France : Autour du cas Zemmour
7 octobre 2019, par siawi3Les propos haineux sont ils tous sanctionnés ?
-
Algérie : Il comparaîtra devant le procureur du tribunal d’Oran / Rassemblement de soutien au journaliste Saïd Boudour
7 octobre 2019, par siawi3Un rassemblement se tient en ce moment devant le tribunal d’Oran ou doit comparaître le journaliste, militant des droits de l’homme, lanceur d’alertes et non moins acteurs influant du Hirak, Saïd Boudour devant le procureur.
-
India: Sedition and FIRs charged against celebrities who wrote against mob lynching
7 October 2019, by siawi3On Thursday, October 3, sedition charges were slapped and FIRs filed against 49 filmmakers, artists and intellectuals who were signatories to an open letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July. Through the letter, the signatories intended to draw the attention of the PM to the growing number of mob lynchings and incidents of caste and religion-based discrimination in the country.The sections under which the FIR has been registered include those related to sedition, public nuisance, and hurting religious sentiments among others.
-
UK: Advocates Protest For Julian Assange Outside Belmarsh Prison
2 October 2019, by siawi3Advocates Protest For Julian Assange Outside Belmarsh Prison: “Free, free, Julian Assange!”. “There’s only one decision—No extradition!” “Julian’s treatment by the Crown prosecuting authorities is a sordid treachery from top to bottom.” Jailed WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange received the Gavin MacFadyen Award 2019—the only journalism prize given by whistle-blowers. Assange’s father accepted the award on his son’s behalf.
-
Demande d’intervention publique du PCF en faveur de Julian Assange (25.04.2019 mise à jour du texte du 13 avril)
6 octobre 2019, par siawi3Nous demandons que le PCF fasse rapidement une déclaration publique en exigeant la protection du droit d’asile d’Assange. L’arrestation d’Assange « n’a qu’un objectif : le faire taire parce qu’il a publié des documents que les pouvoirs, à commencer par le gouvernement nord-américain, ne veulent pas que les citoyens connaissent. « Quiconque aime la liberté est instamment prié de se tourner vers les autorités britanniques pour obtenir sa libération. »
« Assange a maintenant besoin d’une large solidarité internationale. Lutter contre son extradition vers les États-Unis ne signifie rien de moins que lutter pour la liberté de la presse et la liberté d’expression. Notre tâche est maintenant de faire pression sur les autorités britanniques pour ne pas extrader Assange vers les États-Unis. » -
WIKILEAKS: Spanish security company spied on Julian Assange’s meetings with lawyers
12 July 2019, by siawi3Julian Assange was spied on 24 hours a day during the time that he spent at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge for seven years. Documents, video and audio material that EL PAÍS has had access to show that a Spanish private defense and security firm named Undercover Global S. L., which was tasked with protecting the diplomatic building between 2012 and 2018, instructed its men to collect all possible information about the cyberactivist, particularly regarding his lawyers and collaborators.
-
The final punishment of Julian Assange reminds journalists their job is to uncover what the state keeps hidden
3 August 2019, by siawi3If we do our job, we will expose the same vile mendacity of our masters that has led to the clamour of hatred towards Assange, Manning and Snowden.
-
WikiLeaks: ’Unthinkable’ that Boris Johnson will support extraditing Julian Assange to the U.S.
27 July 2019, by siawi3The former mayor of London, Mr. Johnson had recently denounced the city’s Metropolitan Police Service for threatening criminal charges against media outlets that publish leaked documents belonging to Kim Darroch, the outgoing British ambassador to the U.S.“A prosecution on this basis would amount to an infringement on press freedom and have a chilling effect on public debate,” Mr. Johnson said on July 13. “It cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other media organization publishing such material face prosecution.”
