How anti-terror laws threaten free speech
CounterPunch
by Joanne Mariner
01/30/08
Restrictions of all sorts have multiplied in the heightened security environment of the last six-and-a-half years, so it should be no surprise that, around the world, legal restrictions on speech have tightened. Since 2001, there has been a clear trend toward prohibiting speech perceived as supporting terrorism, and toward barring the dissemination of materials–including books, videos, and other forms of written and graphic communication–that are believed to be of use for terrorist activity...
http://counterpunch.org/mariner01302008.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Joanne Mariner
01/30/08
Restrictions of all sorts have multiplied in the heightened security environment of the last six-and-a-half years, so it should be no surprise that, around the world, legal restrictions on speech have tightened. Since 2001, there has been a clear trend toward prohibiting speech perceived as supporting terrorism, and toward barring the dissemination of materials–including books, videos, and other forms of written and graphic communication–that are believed to be of use for terrorist activity...
http://counterpunch.org/mariner01302008.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 31. Jan, 11:35
