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#GazaProtests #UK #FreedomOfSpeech = #Illegal

#UKpolitics has gone completely mad !
While [white supremacist] racist can roam the streets giving NAZI-saluts and threatening muslims. A Palestine doctor gets arrested for speaking her mind. And possibly loses her license to practice medicine. Apparently the NHS has enough personel.
Beating up a Muslim is not as bad as having an opinion.

"UK police arrest British-Palestinian doctor for criticism of Israel” [ ± 1-3 min]
by trt world

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzygsChJMts

Quote by trtw:
“Oct 21, 2025
British-Palestinian NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan was arrested by UK police on October 21 for voicing criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza and joining pro-Palestine protests.
Her arrest came just two days before a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing that will decide whether she can continue to practise medicine in the UK."

#KeepYourEyeOnGaza
#NeverAgain #STOPtheGenocide
#JUSTICEforHindRajab #JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan
#LIFEfor#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich

JdeB

@JdeB@climatejustice.social · last week

#GazaProtests #UK #FreedomOfSpeech = #Illegal

"UK police arrest British-Palestinian doctor for criticism of Israel” [ ± 1-3 min]
by trt world

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FzygsChJMts

#KeepYourEyeOnGaza
#NeverAgain #STOPtheGenocide
#JUSTICEforHindRajab #JUSTICEforRifaatRadwan
#LIFEfor#Netanyahu#Gallant#Gvir#Smotrich

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Fitness Foundry (Coach Julio)

@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to · 2 weeks ago

📸🇺🇸Photos and signs from the #NoKings Rally in Boston.

The revolution started here—and it never left. No kings since 1776🗽

📣 🇺🇸 True patriots choose democracy over authoritarianism. Country over party. Humanity over hate.

#Boston #Democracy #freedom #photography #Patriotism #history #freedomofspeech #usa #america

Fitness Foundry (Coach Julio)

@Fitnessfoundry@mas.to · 2 weeks ago

📸🇺🇸Photos and signs from the #NoKings Rally in Boston.

The revolution started here—and it never left. No kings since 1776🗽

📣 🇺🇸 True patriots choose democracy over authoritarianism. Country over party. Humanity over hate.

#Boston #Democracy #freedom #photography #Patriotism #history #freedomofspeech #usa #america

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MárciaW

@MarciaW@ohai.social · 3 weeks ago

The zionist lobby flexing its tentacles in the Brazilian judiciary to stifle any unfavorable opinion about the criminal state: "Prosecutor Fabretti, of the Fed Public Prosecutor’s Off, accepted the request of the Israeli Confederation of Brazil and filed a complaint against the journalist and founder of Opera Mundi, BAltman, for criticism against the genocide promoted by the State of Israel in the Gaza Strip." 1/2 in Pt
#Zionist does not like #FreedomOfSpeech #Genocide
https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/10/12/mpf-se-alinha-a-conib-e-denuncia-breno-altman-por-criticas-a-israel/

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Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · 3 weeks ago

WE HAVE
FRIENDS
EVERYWHERE

NO KINGS - OCTOBER 18

NOKINGS.ORG — WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE NO KINGS - OCTOBER 18 NOKINGS.ORG

MárciaW

@MarciaW@ohai.social · 3 weeks ago

Church of Jeff

@jeffowski@mastodon.world · 3 weeks ago

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Wen

@Wen@mastodon.scot · 3 weeks ago

What the funk do these universities Glasgow, Loughborough and Herriot Wattthink they are doing.

Prospective student should shun them.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/08/uk-universities-offered-to-monitor-student-social-media-for-arms-firms-emails-show

#Universities #UkPol #spying #trust #FreedomOfSpeech

Wen

@Wen@mastodon.scot · 3 weeks ago

What the funk do these universities Glasgow, Loughborough and Herriot Wattthink they are doing.

Prospective student should shun them.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/08/uk-universities-offered-to-monitor-student-social-media-for-arms-firms-emails-show

#Universities #UkPol #spying #trust #FreedomOfSpeech

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

A new Pentagon policy mandating pre-approval for unclassified information poses a serious threat to press freedom and government transparency, potentially undermining established First Amendment protections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/world/pentagon-press-policy-a-threat-to-free-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #firstamendment #usconstitution #freedomofspeech #petehegseth #penagon

The Japan Times

Hegseth tries turning back 94 years of press freedom

The history on his side has been discredited by the Supreme Court for a century.

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Dave Rahardja

@drahardja@sfba.social · 2 months ago

#Banksy is a genius. The more the government paints over the mural depicting a protester being silenced by a judge, the more poignant its message becomes.

Absolute artistic masterpiece.

#art #censorship #protest #freedomOfSpeech

The graffiti after it has been scrubbed. The outline of the original artwork remains clearly visible as a gray shadow on the wall.

The original Banksy graffiti. It’s a grayscale paintwork of a protester on the ground getting beaten by a judge in a robe and wig and swinging a gavel. The protester’s white sign in splattered in red blood.

Dave Rahardja

@drahardja@sfba.social · 2 months ago

#Banksy is a genius. The more the government paints over the mural depicting a protester being silenced by a judge, the more poignant its message becomes.

Absolute artistic masterpiece.

#art #censorship #protest #freedomOfSpeech

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Tobia Alberti

@tobiaalberti@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it // Sally Rooney – The Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2025/08/16/sally-rooney-i-support-palestine-action-if-this-makes-me-a-supporter-of-terror-under-uk-law-so-be-it/

#UK #TerrorismAct2000 #PalestineAction #RightToProtest #FreedomOfSpeech #Palestine #GazaGenocide

Tobia Alberti

@tobiaalberti@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it // Sally Rooney – The Irish Times

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2025/08/16/sally-rooney-i-support-palestine-action-if-this-makes-me-a-supporter-of-terror-under-uk-law-so-be-it/

#UK #TerrorismAct2000 #PalestineAction #RightToProtest #FreedomOfSpeech #Palestine #GazaGenocide

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social · 2 months ago

I guess that settles the "is BlueSky decentralized" debate?
https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3lwzadikbrc2u

#BlueSky

Second post in the same trhead by @bsky.app:

With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure.

For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi.

To learn more, read our blog post

Blogpost title:
Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law

Blogpost fragment shown on the screenshot:
A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s … — Second post in the same trhead by @bsky.app: With legal challenges to this law pending, we cannot justify building the expensive required infrastructure. For now, we have made the difficult decision to block access in Mississippi. To learn more, read our blog post Blogpost title: Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law Blogpost fragment shown on the screenshot: A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s …

Boerps ☑️

@Boerps@nrw.social replied · 2 months ago

@rysiek
Freedom of speech in the US

#uspolitics #freedomofspeech

Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@malmorrow@mastodon.africa · 6 months ago

In the 1980s I lived in #Malawi. These were the years of Hastings Banda, aka His Excellency, the Life President of Malawi, Ngwazi Dr H Kamuzu Banda.

My brother and I were expatriate teenagers. We were explicitly warned not to make comments about the regime, but it didn't take at all long for us to internalise that.

It was very clear that we were not materially repressed as Malawians were. The worst that would happen to us was deportation. But the strictures were easy to rationalise: don't get into trouble, because you don't want your Malawian friends to get into trouble by association. That was the real risk.

In my time in #SouthAfrica, as an adult, I have rarely needed to temper my voice out of concern for myself or others. That changed quite a bit when Ntando and I started a relationship. She is a #Zimbabwean with relatively fragile tenure in SA. Pissing off the wrong people would make her more vulnerable than either of us wants her to be.

And this is my point. For all that people bang on about freedom of speech being a right, it doesn't exist because of a guarantee in law. It exists only when anyone has the surrounding liberty. In our case, it comes down to whether what we say prejudices Ntando's residence.

You can see the operation of this in #America now. The #FirstAmendment means nothing to a university, an institution or individual when #Trump threatens defunding or deportation.

#FreedomOfSpeech is not only a fundamental right - it's a barometric right. You know society is fucked when people are unable to speak due to infringements of their other rights.