The borough president said he had no issue flying the colors of a nation
where freedom of press and assembly are curtailed, political dissidents are arbitrarily arrested and do not enjoy due process rights, rival political parties are forbidden from campaigning, gay marriage is illegal and where LGBT persons were until relatively recently deported or placed in labor camps.
And that's
where the freedom of the press erodes, and you have a much more cowed state media type environment that exists.»
Not exact matches
A number
of media outlets, including several TV networks, have tried to present a united front and argue that penning journalists up is not acceptable conduct in a country
where press freedom is enshrined in the Constitution, but so far they have made little progress.
The Kaduna State governor has been accused
of trying to restrict
press freedom and silence voices that draw attention to violence in southern Kaduna,
where for over a year Fulani herder militia have attacked communities, killing over 800 people and seizing land and property with relative impunity.
Even in Arab countries
where shari'a (Islamic law) is not enforced by the government, Islam's influence prevents
freedom of speech,
of the
press,
of religion, and
of conscience.
The Clinton State Department has been notoriously lax in
pressing the question
of religious persecution, especially
where Christians are involved, and the resolution calls on the President to «expand and invigorate» this country's advocacy
of religious
freedom and to «initiate a thorough examination
of all U.S. policies that affect persecuted Christians.»
Plainly, I believe in the
freedom of the
press and
freedom of speech in this country, even when it is sometimes exercised provocatively, as it is supposed to be in a free country, but there are also areas
where an individual is entitled to have their privacy protected.
Her story, in addition to the scuttlebutt about protecting the first amendment and
freedom of the
press and so on and so forth, is navigating a man's world
where no one thinks she belongs.
He is a member
of the Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the
Press and the Cato Institute,
where he is a senior fellow.
Artist Statement «I believe we?re at a time in the U.S.
where not only is
freedom of the
press threatened but also the very concept
of truth.
2011 Spann, Maria, My space: Yinka Shonibare, artist, tells us how and
where he works, The Times, 10 December Singh, Anita, Museum campaign to buy Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, The Telegraph, 1 December Kennedy, Maev, Message in a big bottle - appeal to save fourth plinth HMS Victory, The Guardian, 30 November Jury, Louise, Setting Sail Again, London Evening Standard, 30 November Shaw, Anny, Flags
of Freedom, The Art Newspaper Art Basel Daily Edition, 14 June, p. 10 Wallis, William, Anger as black artist's pieces held, The Financial Times, 28 May, p. 6 Olurin, Titilayo, A Revolution in the Studio, next, 1 May Alakam, Japhet, Art - inculating Yinka Shonibare's Hope in Hopelessness, Vanguard, 1 May Greenstreet, Rosanna, Q&A: Yinka Shonibare, The Guardian, 30 April Coxhead, Gabriel, Exhibition
of the Week, Time Out, 7 - 3 April, p. 52 Shaw, Anny, Yinka Shonibare Fires all Cannons in Madrid, The Art Newspaper, 15 March Wullschlager, Jackie, I Know Something About Love, Financial Times, 12 March Adamson, Glen, Issues / Commentary: Tsunami Africa, Art in America, March, pp. 67 - 72 Jarque, Fietta, Como Artista, Tienes que ser el Mejor Menitroso, El Pais, 5 February, pp.17 - 18 Alvarado, Esther, Un ano de exposiciones, Madrid
Press, February.
2011 Spann, Maria, My space: Yinka Shonibare, artist, tells us how and
where he works, The Times, 10 December 2011 Singh, Anita, Museum campaign to buy Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, The Telegraph, 1 December 2011 Kennedy, Maev, Message in a big bottle — appeal to save fourth plinth HMS Victory, The Guardian, 30 November 2011 Jury, Louise, Setting Sail Again, London Evening Standard, 30 November 2011 Shaw, Anny, Flags
of Freedom, The Art Newspaper Art Basel Daily Edition, 14 June, p. 10 2011 Wallis, William, Anger as black artist's pieces held, The Financial Times, 28 May, p. 6 2011 Olurin, Titilayo, A Revolution in the Studio, next, 1 May 2011 Alakam, Japhet, Art - inculating Yinka Shonibare's Hope in Hopelessness, Vanguard, 1 May 2011 Greenstreet, Rosanna, Q&A: Yinka Shonibare, The Guardian, 30 April 2011 Coxhead, Gabriel, Exhibition
of the Week, Time Out, 7 — 3 April, p. 52 2011 Shaw, Anny, Yinka Shonibare Fires all Cannons in Madrid, The Art Newspaper, 15 March 2011 Wullschlager, Jackie, I Know Something About Love, Financial Times, 12 March 2011 Adamson, Glen, Issues / Commentary: Tsunami Africa, Art in America, March, pp. 67 - 72 2011 Jarque, Fietta, Como Artista, Tienes que ser el Mejor Menitroso, El Pais, 5 February, pp.17 - 18 2011 Alvarado, Esther, Un ano de exposiciones, Madrid
Press, February.
Seemingly contradicting this statement, Michael Halpern, CSD program manager and author
of Freedom to Bully, says open - records laws should be amended to limit information available to the public, including limits on public access to e-mails between scientists, research notes, and primary data, telling the Associated
Press, «We don't want to work in an environment
where every keystroke is subject to public records.»
While Ex-Im Bank's mission might not be to alleviate poverty, Friends
of the Earth hopes that it would not use taxpayer dollars in countries
where there have been serious concerns about
freedom of the
press, safety
of their citizens and corruption.
The court also noted that protections
of freedom of expression and
freedom of the
press could provide valid defences
where communication
of facts are in the public interest.