Free speech

Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan

Mahdawi, who was arrested last April for undermining US foreign policy and government counter-antisemitism efforts with his pro-Palestinian campus activism, had been ordered removed to Jordan.

Demonstrators hold placards that read "Free Mohsen" in reference to Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was detained, as they gather at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City, US, April 15, 2025.
Members of the national board of J Street U, the liberal Zionist group's campus wing, speak at their 2026 convention in Washington, D.C.

Sarah Lawrence student senate rejects J Street U chapter after fierce backlash

A Satellite image shows a likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran’s Kharg Island, earlier this month.

In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion

Banners and Palestinian flags are displayed as people attend an anti-Israel protest amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Paris, France July 31, 2025.

Proposed antisemitism laws in France, Italy stir free speech debate


US court rejects challenge to Texas anti-BDS law over lack of standing

The appellant, Haseeb Abdullah, contended that the law violated the First Amendment on free speech.

 BDS ACTIVISTS in action

US Supreme Court weighs convicted stalker's free speech claim

Billy Counterman, found guilty in a 2017 trial and sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison, is challenging his conviction under a Colorado stalking law

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Redefining freedom of speech: Protecting the right to the truth

Could a marketplace with too many ideas put access to truth at risk?

 A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this picture illustration.

A Florida bill banning ‘ethnic intimidation’ flyers aims to stop the state’s neo-Nazi rise

Hate groups’ activity has been rising in Florida for several years, according to a 2022 report by the Anti-Defamation League

 Demonstrators hold antisemitic symbols and signs as they protest outside the Tampa Convention Center, where Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit was being held, in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2022.

Twitter launches new policy against violent speech

Twitter stresses that its platform should be used for civil discussion and that cannot happen when discourse that promotes violence spreads on its site.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Egypt 168th out of 180 countries surveyed in its press freedom index

Cairo University students shout slogans against the government after the verdict of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial

SCOTUS refused to rule about anti-BDS laws and free speech. Here’s why - interview

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib accused the Supreme Court of being far right for not hearing the case and ruling on the side of the BDS.

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS take part in a demonstration against Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip, in Ottawa.

Israeli university lecturers should not push their politics - opinion

Administrations at universities in Israel have created a closed narrative on judicial reform by actively promoting protests against the government.

Tens of thousands of Israelis protests the government's judicial reform in Tel Aviv's Habima Square seen in this drone footage taken January 14, 2023

US Supreme Court convenes on petitions against anti-BDS laws

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Times in 2018. In 2019 the case was dismissed by the district court.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

Russian system to scan internet for undesired content and dissent

Fines will be imposed for those sharing "LGBT propaganda," or share anti-Russian speech

 PUTIN IS not Hitler and treating him like Hitler is a risk, says the writer.