Tag Archives: Free Speech

.@DHSgov making a horrible situation even worse #PressFreedom

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Susan Chandler

Department Of Homeland Security Compiling Database Of Journalists And ‘Media Influencers’ Every day, journalists face serious consequences including physical violence, imprisonment and death. A few days ago, the Committee to Protect Journalists launched its annual Free The Press campaign to … Continue reading →

Posted in #ColorOfLaw, #SelfFetteredPress | Tagged Credo, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, FCC, Forbes, Fox, Free Speech, freedom of the press, Guardian, Jeff Bezos, LA Times, Rupert Murdoch, SEC, Sinclair Broadcasting, Washington Post | Leave a comment

@POTUS ignores Saudi Arabia’s dastardly mass executions

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Susan Chandler

The U.S. picks and sticks with bedfellows that believe that human rights are for men only, not women or children … and not even all men, at that. This used to be all about the oil. Now perhaps it’s somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in #CovertOps, #EndlessWar, #ExtrajudicialKillings, #MilitaryIndustrialComplex, Barack Obama, Uncategorized | Tagged Ali al-Ribh, Barack Obama, Equal Rights, Free Speech, human rights, mass executions, Mohammad Shioukh, Mohammad Suweimal, Reprieve, Right to Peaceful Protest, rights of the child, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law, Sheikh Nimr, UN | 2 Comments

Reprieve: Some 72% of 588 Egyptian death sentences were for attending pro-democracy protests

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve +44 (0) 7792 351 660 For immediate release: Sat Nov 14th, 2015 Egypt sentenced nearly 600 to death last year The Egyptian government has sentenced nearly 600 people to death in the last year, with the vast majority … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, coerced confession, death sentence, Egypt, Free Speech, mass trial, Reprieve, right to assemble, torture, UK, UN Committee on Human Rights, US | Leave a comment

.@FLGovScott: You’ve crossed the line. It’s time to resign.

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Susan Chandler

In Florida, officials ban term climate change | Miami Herald Miami Herald The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Big Sugar, climate change, fracking, Free Speech, global warming, Koch brothers, New Jim Crow, pipeline, prison industrial complex, Rick Scott, rising sea levels | 2 Comments

How long will world leaders pretend to believe Abdulrahman al-Sisi’s propaganda?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Reprieve: +44 (0) 207 553 8160 For immediate release: Thurs Jan 22, 2015 Sisi speech at Davos ‘hypocritical propaganda’ amid rights abuses Egypt’s President has told the World Economic Forum that he has “hope” in the country’s youth, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abdulrahman al-Sisi, death penalty, Egypt, Free Speech, Ibrahim Halawa, mass trials, Reprieve, torture, UN Committee on Human Rights, World Economic Forum | 2 Comments

No Flogging for Blogging

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Susan Chandler

Raif Badawi had not sufficiently recovered to be delivered his scheduled public flogging yesterday. How outlandish to be in the position of not wishing someone well … for their own good.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Free Speech, Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia, UN Committee Against Torture, UN Committee on Human Rights | Leave a comment

PA will get away with cruel/unusual punishment if inmates are silenced.

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Susan Chandler

Penn. lawmakers pass bill limiting inmates’ right to make public statements The Pennsylvania Senate on Thursday sent to Governor Tom Corbett a bill that allows crime victims to sue to prevent inmates from making public statements that cause “mental anguish.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ACLU of Pennsylvania, Andy Hoover, Anthony Williams, Dominic Pileggi, Free Speech, Jay Costa, Pat Browne, Pennsylvania legislature, US Constitution | Leave a comment

You CAN change the world. Demand impeachment of 5 @USSupremeCourt Justices.

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Susan Chandler

Impeach The Supreme Court Citizens United, McCutcheon And Hobby Lobby 5 Another day, another breathtakingly corrupt Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case. Now they say that corporations, the most amoral legal fictions ever contrived, can impose on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged checks and balances, Connick v Thompson, equal pay, Free Speech, Imbler v Pachtman, impeach, IRS Oversight Board, personhood, separate but equal justice, separation of church and state, unconstitutional, US Supreme Court, Van de Kamp v Goldstein | Leave a comment

Like free speech?? Help stop Internet censorship.

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Susan Chandler

There’s an International Plan to Censor the Internet in the Works — Let’s Stop It in Its Tracks | Alternet It’s time to put an end to Internet censorship now. Join the over 100,000 others who have spoken up and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Free Speech, freedom of the press, Internet censorship | Leave a comment

Please be right, Mr. Ellsberg; being in the abyss sucks.

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Susan Chandler

Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden, Saving Us From the United Stasi of America | Alternet … with Edward Snowden having put his life on the line to get this information out, quite possibly inspiring others with similar knowledge, conscience and patriotism … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aaron Swartz, Bradley Manning, Constitution, Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Free Speech, Inherent Rights, Julian Assange, Pursuit of Happiness, Self-Evident | Leave a comment