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Bahrain Sentences Medical Workers for Treating Protesters

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Edward Yeranian | Cairo A security court in the Gulf state of Bahrain has sentenced 20 doctors and medics to long jail sentences for treating wounded demonstrators during unrest earlier this year. The court sentence is expected to further enrage…

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Posted in Human Rights

Copyright Censorship versus Free Speech and Human Rights; Excessive Fines and the Eighth Amendment

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Written by Stephan Kinsella In a recent Techdirt post, France: Copyright Is More Important Than Human Rights, Mike Masnick points out that France’s Nicolas Sarkozy, “a strong supporter of more draconian copyright laws, … has also been talking about the…

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Posted in Corporate Censorship, Human Rights, Internet Censorship, Political Censorship

War on Women: Anti-Choice Movement Resorting to Shameless Tricks to Shutter Abortion Clinics

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

Despite lawsuits and activism, women’s health clinics are shutting their doors, thanks to “regulations” coming, in one case, from secret origins. In Arizona, three clinics have stopped providing abortions thanks to a new law that makes it illegal for nurse…

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Posted in Human Rights, Political Censorship

The Definitive Guide to Racism, Sexism, and Homophobia in the 2012 Republican Primaries (So Far)

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

The Republican field for 2012 is pretty competitive–when it comes to regressive statements and bigotry, that is. Written by Sally Kohn There is a reflecting pool between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital. Stretched out…

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Posted in Human Rights, Political Censorship

Facebook Loses “Cool Points” – Censoring Art Getting Ridiculous

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 34 Comments

Did you know that the CBS Morning Show, Twitter, the local art gallery, and high school art class are way cooler than Facebook? Well, they are, and here is why. Andrew Zar, owner of Dark Brain Comics (darkbrain.com), has had…

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Posted in Corporate Censorship

Indian Health Minister Sees Homosexuality as ‘Disease’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Just when you thought the world was finally starting to get it…this idiot opens his mouth and a big pile of poop falls out. Think before you speak much? HIV and gay-rights activists are sharply criticizing India‘s health minister for…

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Posted in Human Rights

Censors Should Grow Up: Adults Can Handle Sex

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

The Australian censorship system blanches most consistently not at violence, but at sex. Torturing people to death presents relatively little problem to the censors. But dare to show actual sex on film or in print? Unless it’s animal copulation of…

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Posted in Human Rights

Syria Expands Crackdown on Dissent

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Syrian tanks stormed the town of Bdama near the border with Turkey Saturday, wreaking destruction, according to witnesses. Residents of the border region also continue to flee to neighboring Turkey, which is housing them in several refugee camps. Witnesses say…

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Censorship Gone Too Far? Canadian Catholic School Bans Rainbows

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

When it comes to (man-made) rainbows, students are told to stick it where the sun don’t shine. An Ontario Catholic high school is so adamant about pushing gay issues under the rug that it’s banned rainbows. According to Xtra!, a…

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Posted in Human Rights, Religious Censorship

Shocking Video: Americans Arrested Violently at the Jefferson Memorial — for Dancing

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

So now the Jefferson Memorial is a “protected area” per the Patriot Act? Watch what happened on May 29, 2011 at the Jefferson Memorial in DC. CodePinker Medea Benjamin and others were arrested for “dancing,” and others were body slammed…