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Shit students can't say (about Israel)

After "sh*t homophobic people say," more real sh*t is hitting the fan: the crazy sh*t you can't say on campus about Israel because of intimidation, censorship and legal threats. More information: 

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Shaw bans video of peace activist author's book reading

VICTORIA, B.C. -- "Program Our Way to Fight," the record of an evening with Canadian author Michael Reardon recently hosted by the Victoria Chapter of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada, is being censored by Shaw Cable in Vancouver.

Pasifik.ca, who recorded the event and wishes to release it as an independent community program, has received an email saying that Shaw TV cannot broadcast the video of Our Way to Fight: Peace-work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine by Michael Riordon, as it is too "unbalanced" and "controversial."

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Columnists

Media and human rights in Egypt after the uprising

BEIRUT - We're talking revolution in Egypt, and pessimism and optimism are duking it out. For these couple of hours, a hotel meeting room in Beirut is the forum for a handful of Egypt's human rights luminaries to assess the trajectory of their country's chaos.

I am at the general meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). Catchy titles have never been the strong point of civil society groups, but don't let the boring moniker fool you.

If the global human rights firing line were Hollywood, pretty much everyone here would be walking the red carpet (myself excluded). All present stand up for critical speech against great odds in Uganda, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Congo, Yemen -- you name it.

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Live from the International Freedom of Expression Exchange

Okay, I'm shallow. But meeting Bashar Al-Mandalawy, the first thing I notice is how cool he looks. He'd be so at home on Queen West. But actually, he lives in Baghdad -- born and bred -- and there's little comfort in that.

Being here in Beirut with an international phalanx of human rights leaders is just a short reprieve. He works full-tilt for the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory and the way he quietly says he's seen a lot, speaks volumes.

Right now, the worries are piling up.

World Press Freedom Day

May 3, 1991, marked the first World Press Freedom Day.  Since that date, the occasion, recognized by the United Nations General Assembly, continues to be acknowledged internationally on an annual basis.

The day’s intention is to garner awareness of the importance of a free press. Further, the event seeks to remind governing bodies of their responsibility to uphold their citizen’s right to the freedom of expression.

http://www.un.org/en/events/pressfreedomday/

http://www.wan-ifra.org/microsites/3-may-world-press-freedom-day

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Pivot Legal Society

City of Vancouver fails to include homeless rights

April 21, 2011
| Pivot lawyer Scott Bernstein explains to Carolyn Wong how a new City of Vancouver by-law will limit the type, length and area of many protests.

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rabble.ca live blogs G20 public hearings Nov 10 and 11

| November 8, 2010

Indie Inside: Listen to the Banned

Listen to the Banned is a unique collection of contemporary songs by artists from around the world who have been censored, persecuted, taken to court, imprisoned and even tortured for a very simple reason -- their music. 

Presented by Freemuse and Deeyah, the compilation is a musical statement by artists who are united in one single, important issue - the protection of the freedom of musical expression, a freedom many take for granted. 

David J. Climenhaga

Right on, Mr. Rathgeber! An opportunity presents itself for Conservative advocates of free speech

| April 21, 2010
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