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World news | The Guardian

3 weeks ago

World news | The Guardian
3 weeks ago

Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’ theguardian.com/world/2026/jun… #FreedomOfSpeech #WorldNews #HomeOffice #Sxsw #Politics #UsPolitics #UsNews #UkNews #Culture #Festivals

Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’

Cenk Uygur was due to appear at SXSW alongside streamer Hasan Piker but Home Office cancelled travel authorisation

^{Geneva Abdul (the Guardian)}

#uknews #worldnews #culture #uspolitics #usnews #politics #freedomofspeech #homeoffice #festivals #sxsw

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World news | The Guardian

3 weeks ago

World news | The Guardian
3 weeks ago

Leftwing US pair refused entry to UK will address Oxford Union remotely theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j… #UkNews #HomeOffice #Politics #FreedomOfSpeech #UsNews #WorldNews

Leftwing US pair refused entry to UK will address Oxford Union remotely

Home Office barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker on grounds their visit was ‘not conducive to the public good’

^{Helena Horton (the Guardian)}

#uknews #worldnews #usnews #politics #freedomofspeech #homeoffice

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World news | The Guardian

4 weeks ago

World news | The Guardian
4 weeks ago

Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur theguardian.com/media/2026/jun… #DigitalMedia #UkNews #HomeOffice #Sxsw #Podcasting #UsNews #FreedomOfSpeech #SocialMedia #Internet #Media #WorldNews #Politics #Labour

Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur

Two leftwing US commentators, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for event

^{Kevin Rawlinson (the Guardian)}

#uknews #worldnews #usnews #politics #socialmedia #labour #digitalmedia #media #internet #freedomofspeech #homeoffice #podcasting #sxsw

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World news | The Guardian

4 weeks ago

World news | The Guardian
4 weeks ago

Meta whistleblower’s lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book theguardian.com/technology/202… #Meta #Facebook #HayFestival #FreedomOfSpeech #Technology #Books #UkNews

Meta whistleblower’s lawyer says he too is prevented from promoting her book

Ravi Naik says legal ruling that forced Sarah Wynn-Williams to make silent appearance at Hay festival also applies to him

^{Dan Milmo (the Guardian)}

#uknews #technology #meta #freedomofspeech #Books #facebook #hayfestival

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World news | The Guardian

1 month ago

World news | The Guardian
1 month ago

‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back theguardian.com/world/2026/may… #Iran #Internet #Censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Technology #WorldNews

‘This isn’t freedom’: anger, anxiety and tears as Iran’s internet flickers back

After 88 days of near-total blackout, first reactions to the return of partial connectivity were not celebratory

^{Deepa Parent (the Guardian)}

#worldnews #iran #middleeastandnorthafrica #technology #internet #freedomofspeech #censorship

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World news | The Guardian

1 month ago

World news | The Guardian
1 month ago

Calls for release of Sierra Leonean singer jailed in ‘crackdown on free speech’ theguardian.com/global-develop… #GlobalDevelopment #SierraLeone #FreedomOfSpeech #WorldNews #Africa #Activism #HumanRights

Calls for release of Sierra Leonean singer jailed in ‘crackdown on free speech’

Opposition figure Zainab Sheriff unjustly sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and threatening language, say activists

^{Sarah Johnson (the Guardian)}

#worldnews #africa #activism #freedomofspeech #globaldevelopment #humanrights #sierraleone

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany theguardian.com/world/2026/apr… #JimmyLai #HongKong #China #FreedomOfSpeech #PressFreedom #Media #Newspapers #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #NewspapersMagazines #Germany #HumanRights #Law #Europe

Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai wins freedom of speech award in Germany

Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security law

^{Guardian staff reporter (the Guardian)}

#asiapacific #europe #worldnews #media #china #newspapers #newspapersmagazines #pressfreedom #germany #freedomofspeech #law #humanrights #hongkong #jimmylai

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim theguardian.com/education/2026… #UniversityOfSussex #OfficeForStudents #FreedomOfSpeech #Law #Universities #HigherEducation #UniversityAdministration #DepartmentForEducation #Education #UkNews #Transgender #Society

Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim

Ruling is blow to Office for Students after it issued record fine for allegations over professor’s trans rights views

^{Richard Adams (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #highereducation #education #freedomofspeech #law #transgender #universities #departmentforeducation #officeforstudents #universityofsussex #universityadministration

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal theguardian.com/world/2026/apr… #Belarus #Poland #UsForeignPolicy #DonaldTusk #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech #Europe #UsNews

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut freed from prison in Belarus in US-brokered swap deal

Sakharov prize winner was given eight-year sentence after process widely condemned as politically motivated

^{Jakub Krupa (the Guardian)}

#europe #usnews #usforeignpolicy #pressfreedom #freedomofspeech #donaldtusk #poland #belarus

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

After blows to his anti-protest laws, Minns considers retreat from ‘globalise the intifada’ ban theguardian.com/australia-news… #NewSouthWalesPolitics #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns #NewSouthWales #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #FreedomOfSpeech #QueenslandPolitics #Protest #Antisemitism

After blows to his anti-protest laws, Minns considers retreat from ‘globalise the intifada’ ban

NSW premier was unequivocal about ban on ‘hateful, violent rhetoric’ in wake of Bondi terror attack, but has now linked fate of his state’s laws with those of Queensland

^{Penry Buckley (the Guardian)}