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Monthly Archives: August 2021

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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 28, 2021
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    Advancing the rights of women manual garbage collectors

    Women engaged in manual recovery continue to experience systemic discrimination and are denied access to alternative livelihoods. Concerted efforts must be made to rehabilitate them. Manual ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 28, 2021
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    Schools that fail to comply with COVID-19 mandates risk losing state funding – KIRO 7 News Seattle

    Public school districts that “willfully defy” COVID-19 health mandates risk losing state funding, said Chris Reykdal, state superintendent of public education on Wednesday, but will have ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 28, 2021
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    Daniel Darling fired from NRB after pro-vaccine remarks …… | News and reports

    Daniel Darling, an evangelical author and spokesperson for National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), spoke this month about his decision to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in an editorial ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 28, 2021
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    Censorship talk overshadows Pasadena’s new unified coronavirus protocols – Pasadena Star News

    Pasadena Unified students wishing to continue teaching in-person this year will be required to submit proof of vaccination or consent to a weekly testing regimen similar ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 25, 2021
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    Cuba: telecommunications decree restricts freedom of expression

    (Washington, DC) – A new executive order and accompanying legislation announced by the Cuban government severely restricts freedom of expression online and threatens the privacy of ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 24, 2021
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    UK tries to regulate social media platforms

    Editor’s Note: Guest columnist Kate Jones is replacing Emily Taylor this week. Efforts to regulate social media platforms are gaining momentum in the UK. In May, ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 24, 2021
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    State Auditor Finds “Bare Minimum Liability” For Seattle Black Brilliance Project | New

    Country united states of americaUS Virgin IslandsMinor Outlying Islands of the United StatesCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth ofCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People’s Socialist Republic ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 24, 2021
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    New NSO zero-click attack escapes Apple iPhone security protections, says Citizen Lab – TechCrunch

    Bahraini human A human rights activist’s iPhone was silently hacked earlier this year by powerful spyware sold to nation states, thwarting new security protections Apple designed ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 24, 2021
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    Hong Kong to amend law to step up film censorship

    Hong Kong authorities announce plans to amend film censorship law to ban screenings of films deemed to be against national security ThroughThe Associated Press August 24, ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    High school accused of censorship as officials tear yearbook pages from news

    The theme for Bigelow High School’s 2020 – 2021 yearbook was The Roaring 20s. But it appears Arkansas school officials wanted the student record of the ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    Iran denies ‘military adviser’ killed in Yemen

    Iran’s foreign ministry has denied that a member of its forces or any of its citizens was killed in Yemen. The denial is interesting because there ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    Rachel Marsden: Western leaders draw inspiration from Taliban oppression | Opinion

    Country united states of americaUS Virgin IslandsMinor Outlying Islands of the United StatesCanadaMexico, United Mexican StatesBahamas, Commonwealth ofCuba, Republic ofDominican RepublicHaiti, Republic ofJamaicaAfghanistanAlbania, People’s Socialist Republic ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    Coronavirus censorship – Santa Barbara News-Press

    BY JOHN STOSSEL YouTube has just frozen US Senator Rand Paul’s YouTube channel. This is just wrong. Small in spirit. Counter productive. YouTube said Senator Paul ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    President Biden Is Right To Make Vaccinations Mandatory For Nursing Home Workers, And Schools Should Be Next | PennLive Editorial

    President Joe Biden may be blamed for the moral chaos in Afghanistan, but he’s right in forcing people who work in nursing homes to get vaccinated. ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    Push back in the anti-masking war

    Much can be said about the campaign to stop school districts from imposing masks on students and staff. It might be noted that the subset of ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    Campus Free-Speech War: Lessons from UConn Fight

    Main quad on UConn campus. (Public domain / Wikimedia) Friends of freedom are few. But not as little as you might think. In July, free speech ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    GUEST COLUMN: The left attacks the discourse it once defended | Guest columnists

    Like those now protesting conservative voices, Wildmon’s private group lobbied advertisers in hopes that content they deemed objectionable would be banned from the public airwaves. In ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 22, 2021
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    ‘It’s about self-censorship’: Hong Kong advisers struggle to deal with security law issues

    Beijing’s national security law, which has been in effect for more than a year, has cast a shadow over many professions in Hong Kong. Teachers and ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 11, 2021
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    MARVEL’S “BLACK WIDOW” BRINGS A NEW TOUR OF FEMINISM

    WRITTEN BY KIANA KARIMI – Flickering light, cries of starving and sleep-deprived young girls in tight crates, gunmen tearing each other apart from each other, their ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 11, 2021
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    Virginia school board attends controversial and moving meeting as it assesses gender policies

    The Loudoun County Public School Board (LCPS) on Tuesday heard a public debate on a controversial policy imposing various gender-related provisions following a period of moving ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 10, 2021
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    Kathleen Stoll: Ability to Note the Truth from the Waning Straw (Opinion) | Opinion comments

    Grocery store tabloids tout sensational headlines that invariably involve at least several exclamation marks. I think of the Globe and the National Enquirer and the National ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 9, 2021
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    Biden issues decree targeting Belarusian regime on anniversary of fraudulent election :: WRAL.com

    By Jennifer Hansler, CNN CNN – President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive decree aimed at targeting members of the Belarusian regime implicated in the ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 9, 2021
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    ‘I choose freedom’ – The pink news of the report

    On Sunday, Senator Rand Paul said Americans should resist blockages and potential warrants ahead due to COVID-19. Paul made the comments in a video posted to ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 9, 2021
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    IT imposes draconian freedom of expression law, says HC plea

    The division bench heard a motion filed by legal news site The Leaflet and a PIL plea from journalist Nikhil Wagle The new information technology (IT) ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 9, 2021
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    Political parties remain engaged on Kashmir, Palestine and CPEC, says Mushahid Hussain

    Despite diverging political agendas and views, all political parties have expressed solidarity with the Kashmir issue, the timely advance of CPEC and Pakistan’s nuclear program, comments ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 9, 2021
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    Kenya: Censorship – Filmmakers Catch-22 Over Cap 222

    Acclaimed director Wanuri Kahiu has joined the Creative Economic Working Group to call for the urgent repeal of the Kenya Film and Stage Plays Act (Chapter ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Wicker and Shaheen lead bipartisan Free Belarus Caucus launch

    06 Aug 2021 Biparty group to push for democracy in Belarus ahead of first anniversary of fraudulent presidential elections (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Generalizations and absolutes – Milwaukee community journal

    There is a dearth of “good” black men. Most of them are either in prison, gay, or bow-wows. Absolute … Blacks operate on CP time; are ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    High Country: New Cannabis Industry Coalition Launches “Stop Censoring CBD” Campaign

    #freeCBDImage courtesy of Stop Censoring CBD In the midst of the ongoing battle between cannabis and social media, the industry faces a new marketing challenge. The ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Florida’s “intellectual freedom” law faces constitutional challenges

    Education unions, faculty and students demand an inquiry into “intellectual freedom and diversity of perspectives” on state college campuses, claiming opponents violate First Amendment rights. He ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Taliban kill top Afghan government media official

    KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban fighters on Friday assassinated the Afghan government’s top media and information official in the capital Kabul, an act condemned by the top ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Social Media and Big Tech: How Republicans Can Promote Decentralized Platforms

    (anyaberkut / Getty Images) If Republicans can rediscover their courage, we will likely see the emergence of larger, decentralized online social media platforms. What is the ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Across the Ohio River, Indiana’s new park will focus on sustainability

    Scott Martin doesn’t just want to design another park. The executive director of Conservation of river heritage draws inspiration from places like New York The high ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 6, 2021
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    Youm-e-Istehsal: Prime Minister and army chief condemn two years of India’s oppression to IIOJK – Pakistan

    (Karachi) Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief of Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa condemned India’s “inhuman military siege” and human rights violations in Occupied ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 5, 2021
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    Big Tech and Freedom of Expression in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

    Publicity Fueled by an explosion in the adoption of digital technologies across Southeast Asia, the digital space has become a new battleground for challenging democratic standards ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    Another point of view: the slippery slope of censorship

    In June, the Hong Kong Apple Daily, a newspaper founded “not to remain silent in the face of unreasonable restrictions and unfair treatment,” was forced to ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    Transition from ‘two-faced’ Uyghur scholar to ‘parrot’ of Party Line arouses sympathy and contempt – Radio Free Asia

    In 2018, a famous Uyghur literature and culture professor was arrested and fired from her academic post for publishing harsh criticisms of China’s policy towards Muslim ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    American freedom is complex, depending on who defines it

    Malcolm Getz is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University. With a flurry of quotes praising freedom, JC Bowman and Representative Scott Cepicky to stumble away ...
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  • Free Speech
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    Netflix says Dershowitz Epstein Doc costume targets free speech

    Law360 (Aug 3, 2021, 5:33 p.m. EDT) – Netflix and the creators of a 2020 documentary miniseries about serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have launched counterclaims ...
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  • Censorship
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    Coming Up: America’s Own Social Credit System

    The new “war on terror”, launched by the January 6 riot, has prompted several web giants to expose the predecessors of what could effectively become a ...
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  • Funding Freedom
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    GUEST FEEDBACK: Define Goals | News and Features | Weekly Style

    Of all the questions facing American activists, the most critical – the one that has marked the success or failure of countless movements in the past ...
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  • Government Oppression
    By Kathy S. Mercado
    August 3, 2021
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    Greece uses temporary closures to permanently close Turkish schools

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry says the closure of schools, permanent or temporary, in Western Thrace violates the education rights of minority children. A demonstration against the ...
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