Posts Tagged ‘freedom of speech’
2009
“…The Internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance. Below are six basic ideas for those attempting to speak without falling
victim to authoritarian surveillance and censorship, and four ideas for the rest of us who want to help support them…
1. Understand Risk Assessment
2. Beware of Malware
3. Choose the Least-Risky Communications Channels
4. Use Encryption to Prevent Surveillance and Censorship of your Web Usage
5. Be Careful of What and Where You Publish
6. Should I use a Tor Bridge…”
source: eff.org
“Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).In the interview, Sibel says that the US maintained ‘intimate relations’ with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, ‘all the way until that day of September 11.’
These ‘intimate relations’ included using Bin Laden for ‘operations’ in Central Asia, including Xinjiang, China. These ‘operations’ involved using al Qaeda and the Taliban in the same manner “as we did during the Afghan and Soviet conflict,” that is, fighting ‘enemies’ via proxies. As Sibel has previously described, and as she reiterates in this latest interview, this process involved using Turkey (with assistance from ‘actors from Pakistan, and Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia’) as a proxy, which in turn used Bin Laden and the Taliban and others as a proxy terrorist army.”
source: infowars.com
“Official correspondence, released under the United Kingdom’s Freedom of Information law, reveals that U.S. radio talk-show host Michael Savage’s name was placed on a list of people banned from Britain in order to provide “balance” to a “least wanted” list dominated by Muslim extremists, and the decision was made “at the highest level of government,” the London Daily Mail reported today.
‘We will want to ensure that the names disclosed reflect the broad range of cases and are not all Islamic extremists,’ reads a draft recommendation, marked ‘Restricted,’ that was obtained as part of Savage’s libel lawsuit against the government and former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. “
source: wnd.com
“The Press Office of the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. confirmed in an interview with me today that San Francisco talk show host, Michael Savage, still remains “persona non grata” in Great Britain. Savage repeatedly warned his listeners yesterday that neither he or his attorneys have received any official indication that the ban had been lifted.
A weekend newspaper report appears to have been inaccurate. The press representative indicated that while no visa is required of Americans visiting England, Michael Savage, would be detained by immigration authorities if he attempted to enter the country, and refused entry.As recently as yesterday the British Home Office informed the embassy office that there has been no change in Michael Savage’s ban.”
via examiner.com
“BERLIN – A court has ordered psychiatric care for a man who staged a short-lived protest before Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin during his campaign for the U.S. presidency. The 41-year-old German man drove through barricades around Berlin’s Victory Column the day before Obama was to speak in July 2008 and poured red paint from his car.
The Berlin state court says the man was protesting “injustice and poverty in the world” and is not guilty of any offenses for the reason of mental illness. The court says its ruling Tuesday that the man suffers from manic depression. He was remanded to a psychiatric institute for care.”
via yahoo.com