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Geert Wilders’ Speech in the House of Lords
Gates of Vienna 8 March 2010
Thank you. It is great to be back in London. And it is great that this time, I got to see more of this wonderful city than just the detention centre at Heathrow Airport.
Today I stand before you, in this extraordinary place. Indeed, this is a sacred place. This is, as Malcolm always says, the mother of all Parliaments, I am deeply humbled to have the opportunity to speak before you. 
Baseless Case Against Turkish Christians Further Prolonged
Compass Direct News 5 March 2010
SILIVRI — Barely five minutes into the latest hearing of a more than three-year-old case against two Christians accused of "insulting Turkishness and Islam,” the session
Hamas Military Court Extends Detention of British Journalist - IPI Concerned at Continued Detention on Vague Charges
IPI: International Press Institute 5 March 2010
A Hamas military court has decided to extend the detention of British freelance journalist Paul Martin for at least another 15 days. Martin, who has worked for both the BBC and London newspaper,
Christian Couple touches Koran with Dirty Hands; Gets 25 Years in Prison
Family Security Matters 5 March 2010
By Fareed Khan
A court in Kasur district, Punjab, convicted a Christian couple, Munir Masih and Ruqqiya Bibi, to 25 years in prison. According to the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS), Judge
Saudi Bloggers Shatter the Kingdom's Silence and Censorship
Fox News 5 March 2010
By Judith Miller
For Ahmed Al-Omran, a 25-year-old Saudi blogger, this has been a particularly frustrating week. To begin with, an ultra-conservative cleric issued a fatwa concluding that people who oppose
US: A Brief Taxonomy of Campus Free Speech Foes
Islamist Watch Blog 1 March 2010
By David J. Rusin
Efforts to suppress politically incorrect speech on campus continue apace, as seen in the hostility directed toward Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the U.S., during a lecture on February 8 at the University of California, Irvine. Based on this and other recent events, one may identify four general villains in the struggle to uphold the rights of speakers:
Poll: PVV wins big in Almere
De Telegraaf March 1 2010
In the municipal elections in Almere, the Party for Freedom (PVV) may become by far the largest party. TNS NIPO predicts this result from a poll commissioned by newspaper De Volkskrant and the University of Amsterdam.
In the poll, which was conducted just before the fall of the Balkenende Cabinet, the PVV receives 30 percent of the votes. The PvdA follows with 20 percent as the second party.
Danish newspaper apologises in Muhammad cartoons row
guardian.co.uk 27 February 2010
By Lars Eriksen
Politiken widely condemned for agreeing to publish apology in return for Muslim organisations dropping legal action.
A Danish newspaper apologised today to eight Muslim organisations for the offence it caused
A Day of Infamy: The "Field Mattress” Reborn
Gates of Vienna 27 February 2010
By Kepiblanc
Early this morning, Editor-in-Chief Tøger Seidenfaden of the Danish newspaper Politiken — "The New York Times of Denmark” — announced that his paper had reached a settlement with the "descendants of the Prophet Mohammed”.
Europe moving away from Freedom of Speech
EuropeNews 19 February 2010
By WFT
This is a follow-up to the article of November 3rd last year Finland moving away from Freedom of Speech. Less than three months later, the title of that piece is more true than ever. But unfortunately it doesn't stop there - hence the gloomier title in this piece.
Iran's disruption of Deutsche Welle and other media ends
Deutsche Welle 13 February 2010
International broadcasters like Deutsche Welle are broadcasting again in Iran and the surrounding region, after their programming was jammed, apparently by the government in Tehran. The Iranian
The crooked judges of Amsterdam
patcondell 8 February 2010
Europe's cultural inquisition begins in Amsterdam.
Wilders on trial / Geert Wilders' statement in court
Top Egyptian cleric issues Facebook fatwa
Ha'aretz 5 February 2010
Social networking site 'breaks up families,' says Cairo Sheikh after survey links online surfing to divorce. One man's profile certainly does not appear on Facebook - Abd al-Hamid al-Atrash, an
HRW to Libya: Stop blocking websites
Bikya Masr 4 February 2010
Libya’s moves in late January, 2010, to block access to at least seven independent and opposition Libyan web sites based abroad and to YouTube is a disturbing step away from press freedom, Human
Austria: Freedom of Expression, Farewell
Gates of Vienna 02 February 2010
A few days ago our Austrian correspondent AMT wrote about the erosion of free speech in Austria, and quoted the diarist Andreas Unterberger in reference to the EU Framework Decision and the Austrian government’s proposed new law, which “will mimic China’s approach to freedom of speech.”
Censorship: EuropeNews banned in the United Arab Emirates
By Henrik R Clausen 27 January 2010
This is what you will get if trying to read EuropeNews from an address in the United Arab Emirates:
For a while now, EuropeNews has been banned in the United Arab Emirates. This is unfortunate, for also citizens of the Emirates deserve access to a broad overview of relevant news. Below are some details on the situation, as well as some technical tips.
Islam Is ... Finally Being Fixed on Google
Fox News 27 January 2010
By Jeremy A. Kaplan
A glitch in the "don't be evil" company's search engine appeared to censor searches for information about Islam. And after nearly three weeks, the company is finally fixing the problem.
We Have A Hero: Geert Wilders
LivingScoop 27 January 2010
By Hollandse_Nieuwe
In times like these we have to ask ourselves several important questions:
How can you, I, our friends and children really trust that what we see on TV and hear on the radio is true? How do we know that our opinions are really our own?
Crowd protesting the trial of Geert Wilders 2
Vlad Tepes blog 27 January 2010
Here is a wonderful clip of Dutch people protesting for Geert WIlders in front of the court where his political trial is taking place.
