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Palestine Action prisoners may be sentenced as “terrorists”

Source: Asa Winstanley, Palestine is Still The Issue on Substack — All opposition is terrorism now. Campaigning for the restriction of weapons sales to Israel…

freespeechnewsJune 6, 2026

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Bolivian government charges labor leader with terrorism as police crack down on protests

Source: Julia Conley, Common Dreams — A leader of Bolivia’s main labor federation, the Bolivian Workers’ Union, said late Monday that the country’s public prosecutor…

freespeechnewsJune 5, 2026

Censorship

UK hates protests

Source: @ShadowofEzra on X — Keir Starmer says protests must now be fully approved by the government and must not offend Israel in any way.…

freespeechnewsMay 26, 2026

Censorship War

Mass arrests under the Terrorism Act in London’s Trafalgar Square

Source: Defend our Juries on X — Britain is arresting peaceful protesters again. The police are knowingly unlawfully arresting peaceful protestors for holding placards which…

freespeechnewsMay 4, 2026

Censorship War

523 people were arrested for showing support for a proscribed organisation

Source: Metropolitan Police on X — What distingushes the UK from, say, East Germany? We have seen a group of people sit down with signs…

freespeechnewsMay 3, 2026

Europe News Abroad

France’s new law prohibiting Israel criticism

Source: Arnaud Bertrand on X — France is on the eve of voting one of the most shameful laws in its history: it would effectively…

freespeechnewsApril 30, 2026

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Victory in Australia

Source: Prof. Steve Keen on X— The Australian Appeals court found new anti-protest laws "impermissibly burden" implied constitutional rights. The political class globally is divorced…

freespeechnewsApril 29, 2026

Europe News Abroad

The UK government tried to smuggle through a police ban on protests

Source: Clive Lewis MP on X — The right to protest isn’t a gift from government. It’s a democratic principle, hard-won and easily lost. From…

freespeechnewsApril 29, 2026