1ºIn a democratic society Your voice matters. You have the right to say what you think, share information and demand a better world. You also have the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests.
Exercising these rights – without fear or unlawful interference – is central to living in an open and fair society; one in which people can access justice and enjoy their human rights.
Yet governments around the world routinely imprison people – or worse – for speaking out, even though almost every country’s constitution refers to the value of ‘free speech’.
Governments have a duty to prohibit hateful, inciteful speech but many abuse their authority to silence peaceful dissent by passing laws criminalizing freedom of expression. This is often done in the name of counterterrorism, national security or religion. More recently, freedom of expression has come under threat by authorities clamping down on activists, NGOs and individuals helping refugees and migrants.
How governments tolerate unfavourable views or critical voices is often a good indication of how they treat human rights generally. Freedom of Expression is protected by Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which sets out in broad terms the human rights that each of us has. It was later protected legally by a raft of international and regional treaties.
Defending freedom of expression has always been a core part of Amnesty International’s work and is vital in holding the powerful to account. Freedom of expression also underpins other human rights such as the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion – and allows them to flourish.
It is also closely linked to freedom of association – the right to form and join clubs, societies, trade unions or political parties with anyone you choose; and freedom of peaceful assembly – the right to take part in a peaceful demonstration or public meeting.
However, these very freedoms come under regular attack by governments that want to stifle criticism.
Under the premise of counter-terrorism and Israeli security journalism critical of the Israeli position is now being forced out of the narrative, Leaving only state approved coverage by the perpetrators of the attrocities. How can Israel possibly still be viewed as a democratic state when the cruelty and oppression of Apartheid and dehumanization permeates its every fabric.
2ºTheo Horesh While AlJazeera does have its flaws, no one can say that Fox or CNN don't. When it comes to international news, AlJazeera is a lot better, and gives needed perspectives. Israel is banning Al-Jazeera because the war is losing it supporters in the U.S. The could use this to kill more journalists and make it harder for people to see what's going on in the West Bank. It's kind of like how the US elites want to ban Tik Tok because they don't want people to see the truth. The truth affects their power, their power to keep the United States more of a corporate oligarchy advancing so many foreign conflicts rather than a constitutional republic as it's supposed to be.
3º️ It's antisemitic not to condemn Israel's terror acts against the semitic Palestinians
????Israel is a TERRORIST zionist tyrannical colonial occupation state created by illegal immigrants & settlements with help from foreign forces. Thus it should not be allowed to claim the right neither to exist nor to defend itself.
Those who knowingly and willingly choose to continue supporting and financing terrorist acts committed by such a tyrannical occupying state share responsibility for its criminal actions.
The land has been referred to as "Filistin" since before the time of Abraham (around the 18th century BC), long before the alleged Israelite kingdoms, the Torah, and Judaism were established. Genesis 21:34.
4ºIsrael has just prostituted democracy in my opinion. Similar happened with RT News Russia. When having a argument with someone, you have to win the argument by coming up with a better argument rather than by not allowing the other party having a say or by using censorship. Democracy and free speech is about democracy and free speech and not about censoring others because you don’t like what they are saying. This ends up making you a heavy duty hypocrite. This is exactly why I kind of respect people like Putin cause people like Putin are not hypocrites and don’t pretend to be what they are not. If we want to be the leaders of the so called “ free world “ then we should start behaving as such and not behaving as hypocrites. We should not be censoring news coming from countries that we have disagreements with if we are at the same time lecturing those countries about freedom and democracy. If we think that we are better than them, then we should also be behaving better than them and not like them.
5ºrepeat after me : an "unwinnable war"! you can shut all the channels and control editorial narrative in mainstream Media, but you wont shut down the entire social media system which where actual facts are being visualised and circulated by the whole world... ... vietnam was an "unwinnable war"..and this war is unwinnable.... if we learnt anything from history..is that the 68 anti -war protests were correctly on the right side of history. but today our countries are led by special interest groups and lobbies against people's best itnerests and despite what people want or protest for. its clear in sight... democracies have been hijacked. American foreign policy and the White House are enforcing illegal arms transfers and giving criminal diplomatic cover to a rogue terrorist state AGAINST their own domestic law and international law provisions.
6ºThis is from a Senior Hamas official, Musa Abu Marzouk:
"The leaders of the occupation have already admitted Defeat to Hamas and only Netanyahu is still insisting.
The positions of the American Government are related to the interests of November Election and therefore the government makes contradictory statements.
Our demands are to stop the war, withdraw the occupation, restore the Gaza Strip, lift the blockade and deal with prisoners.
The opposition insists that there be a permanent ceasefire.
As far as we are concerned, the American guarantees cannot be trusted! So, We aim to add Russia, Turkey and China as guarantors."
7ºIsrael just got 30 Billion dollar aid . former president Obama gave them 40 Billion American tax money that add to the staggering national deficit . passed like a butter in the senate without any accountability of a string attached . freedom of speech in the US is being silenced . Students are accused of being antisemitic for being anti war yet news failed to mention that lot of protesters were jews and human right activists . not to mention that Arab are as semitic . now freedom of press stopped . Genocide is taking place in front of our eyes and we decided to reload their war machine and complicit with human cleansing and give them excuses after excuses . " the only democratic country in the region " is not behaving any different from its neighbors with Tyrants and genocidal policy of dictatorships.
8ºOh, Israel doesn't want its genocide broadcast to the world?
I suppose when they blew up the Associated Press offices in Gaza, in 2021, that waa a sign of things to come.
But the world had better pay attention because they're not finished by a long shot, and will keep slaughtering children until they are stopped.
If the US cut its funding, the killing would stop.
But Biden is complicit.
If he wants reelection in the country he's supposed to represent, he'd better do something fast.
Cut AIPAC's backing of representatives, and cut the funding now!
As it is, he's unelectable.
#GazaGenocide
#CeasefireNow
9ºIh Storiesreviewexpert yeah sure, so by your logic Palestinians, Hamas, Lebanon, Iran Eygypt etc have the right to defend themselves also from the common aggressor in Isreal. Isreal is only trying to control the narrative and propaganda. But it's too late. The world knows the truth. The truth always reveals itself and Israel's days of genocidal, murderous demonic evil are numbered. Good will prevail. Israel needs no protection when in fact it is the aggressor the perpetrator the thief liar and settler, the colonizers etc. It's like saying a seriel killer has the right to defend him or herself and the right to stop anyone from telling the public about the serial killers crimes.
10ºIsrael is not only killing Palestinians. Israel is killing freedom of speech and free media, democracy, human rights, and UN. This conflict is not new. It is a conflict that exist for 75 years now. How come Israel is called “the only democracy in the Middle East”? Is it because Israel is striking with democratic bombs or what?
UN must be reformed under any circumstances, as it serves only the interests of the world elites, and bribes the world politicians. Where are the politicians from around the world to condemn Israel? Where are the leaders of the Arab world? Where are the European leaders? Where is the US leader? Nowhere! Isn’t this the best proof that we do not have neither democracy, nor free-speech or free media.
Some would say that media’s are saying that Hamas is attacking Israel. But what do you expect? To wait to die or be slowly killed? Just look the map of Palestine. Palestine has disappeared and Palestinians are in pushed in two corners. The world elites are organized criminals from the highest rank.