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'Who're you to censor me?' Activist attacks Pak FM Qureshi at Global Confe
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 11 : An activist, advocating free speech at the Global Conference for Media Freedom here on Thursday, lashed out at Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claiming that the Government of Pakistan had shut down his Twitter handle.
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov condems Facebook ban on TV channel
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia] Dec 20 (ANI): A day after Facebook blocked a page run by state-funded RT television, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday denounced the act by citing it as another example of pressure against the country's media and free speech but restrained from taking action
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In remembrance of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Jaitley attacks Congress on free
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): On the 117th birth anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on Friday, Union Minister Arun Jaitley criticised the Congress party for amending the Constitution in 1951 to restrict the Jan Sangh founder from advocating 'Akhand Bharat'.
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Trump can't block people on Twitter: Judge
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 24 (ANI): A Federal Judge on Wednesday ruled that United States President Donald Trump cannot block his critics on microblogging platform, Twitter, as doing so violates their right to free speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
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UK must be more strident in criticising Pakistan's assault on free speech
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan.16 (ANI): There is a rising concern in Britain that its government is inexplicably keeping quiet about Pakistan's assault on free speech.
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Mersal row: BJP must respect free speech, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Congress Party on Sunday said that instead of criticising the Tamil film 'Mersal', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must respect the Freedom of Speech.
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'Secularism, free speech' in danger: Sonia Gandhi attacks BJP-RS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 09 (ANI): In a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha today, that there are some organizations in the country which have no role in the freedom struggle and had vehemently opposed the Quit India Mov
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UN accuses Saudi Arabia of using terror law for violating free speech
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.N.], May 5 (ANI): United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights Ben Emmerson has accused Saudi Arabia for suppressing free expression and failing to carry out independent inquiries into its Yemen bombing campaign.
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Judge rejects Trumps's defence over violence at campaign rally
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Apr. 2 (ANI): President Donald Trump's free speech defense in a lawsuit in which he is accused of inciting violence against protesters during his campaign, has been flatly rejected by a federal judge.
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Freedom of speech, right to disagree under threat: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 1(ANI): After the official accounts of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Indian National Congress twitter handles got hacked, the grand old party on Thursday said that free speech and right to disagree are under threat and shows extremity of intolerance.
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Universities must be bastions of free speech and expression: President Muk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug. 27 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said universities must be the bastions of free speech and expression, adding that they must be the arena where diverse and conflicting schools of thought contend.
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