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Newsline - 18th May 2012

secularismuk wrote 4 days ago: Newsline is the weekly newsletter from the National Secular Society.  Every week we collate the stor … more →

Tags: Newsline, Audio, NSS, Secularism, secularist, Secular, National Secular Society, Podcast, child abuse

Do You Find This Insulting?6 comments

catastrophicfindings wrote 5 days ago: Did you know that under Section 5 of the Public Order Act the police and the courts can decide if yo … more →

Tags: Politics, Section 5 Reform, Church of Scientology, cult, kyle little, British law, free speech, Insults, Feel Free To Insult Me

David Mead: Be careful what you wish for….it may never happen: the curious incident of peaceful protest under the coalition

Constitutional Law Group wrote 1 week ago: If a week’s a long time in politics, then two years is surely a couple of lifetimes? Hidden away – i … more →

Tags: UK Parliament, Judiciary, Human Rights, Austin v UK, libel, occupy movement, police powers, right to assemble on the highway, right to protest

Now Steady On !1 comment

The Ed wrote 1 week ago: The Incumbent tells me that she was once arrested for calling a Policeman a wanker. On what grounds … more →

Tags: police, racism, Russia, SWEARING, Violence, Christian Institute, National Secular Society, Peter Tatchell

Feel free to insult me!5 comments

Gillan @ God and Politics in the UK wrote 1 week ago: Every now and then an issue comes along that unites groups who will normally have nothing to do with … more →

Tags: Government 2, The Law & Legal Issues, Government, National Secular Society, Reform Section 5, Insult, Christian Institute, jamie murray, dale mcalpine

Violent Sexual Deviant Stan Collymore Joins the Censorship Brigade

Ed wrote 2 months ago: Ex-footballer Stan Collymore, who is better known for assaulting his then Girlfriend, Ulrika Johnson … more →

Tags: free speech, Francis Muamba, Stan Collymore, Liam Stacey, section 5

The Tyranny of Niceness5 comments

Campbell wrote 4 months ago: I am not a nice person. I have no wish to be a nice person. The next person who tells me that the wo … more →

Tags: church, Progressive, censorship, Toleration, free speech, niceness, index on censorship

A comment worth a post............ all of the "tests" below would be allowed in Australia or NZ.3 comments

fijitoday wrote 4 months ago: An unsigned comment…..   I would like to propose some  practical tests to see if we are m … more →

Tags: Fiji, coup, Bainimarama, POA

Trying to justify the unrestricted powers it (POA) gives to a the police and military is impossible for anyone who believes in the rule of law.9 comments

fijitoday wrote 4 months ago: There’s none so blind The Public Order Act Amendment Decree is the greatest test the 2006 coup … more →

Tags: Fiji, coup, POA

Ambushed in the Riots8 comments

mattdelito wrote 5 months ago: There was glass everywhere. I could feel it sticking into my shoulders where it had gotten caught un … more →

Tags: Violent Crime, use of weapons

The A-hole who dropped the N-bomb3 comments

mattdelito wrote 6 months ago: “I have my first amendment right”, the man shouted. “You can’t tell me what … more →

Tags: racism

"Come, to the streets" – A message to friends across the Causeway4 comments

Kirsten wrote 6 months ago: Tomorrow, Malaysians will take to the streets to walk for freedom. “I haven’t seen socia … more →

Tags: World, Activism 2, Other issues, Malaysia, Human Rights, Protests, kill the bill, peaceful assembly bill, jom ke jalan

Police Distressed by Court Judgement...Police unlikely to be harassed, alarmed or distressed by the word 'fuck'

melonf wrote 6 months ago: Read more UK News at MelonFarmers.co.uk See article from telegraph.co.uk The decision by the Court o … more →

Tags: Police Censorship, Law Court Censorship, police, Courts

Good News from Theresa May...Proposal to withdraw much abused police censorship power from the Public Order Act

melonf wrote 7 months ago: Read more UK News at MelonFarmers.co.uk Thanks to pbr See article from guardian.co.uk See consultati … more →

Tags: Theresa May

Preventing Abuse...Campaign to remove 'insult' as justification for prosecution under the Public Order Act

melonf wrote 12 months ago: Read more UK Parliament Watch at MelonFarmers.co.uk See article from lifesitenews.com When Dale Mcal … more →

Tags: UK Parliament

Law and Order?3 comments

Anne Archist wrote 1 year ago: by Anne Archist David Cameron once said “We are the party of law and order”. Similarly, … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Anti Royal Wedding, anti-monarchism, Bureaucracy, Cameron, Communities and Local Government, conservative party, Conservatives, Criminal Justice

A Burning Question

ovalnails wrote 1 year ago: So an inconsequential Florida pastor burns a book, a Quran and thousands of miles away Muslims riot  … more →

Tags: Sharia, Islam, Islam is a Religion of Peace, Quran-burning, Bible, Afghanistan. Pastor Terry Jones, Christianity, serrano, glasgow gallery of modern art

Standing on the picket line1 comment

Phil Dickens wrote 1 year ago: During the election campaign that saw Labour sweep to power in 1997, Tony Blair boasted that his gov … more →

Tags: Debate and discourse, Direct action, militancy, industrial action, Tony Blair, C!nt@, Solidarity, scabs, picket line

Singapore: Hocus Pocus Hides Rights Abuses - HRW

Icarus wrote 1 year ago: This report by Human Rights Watch serves as another timely reminder that Singapore is not at all … more →

Tags: Politics - Singapore, Singapore, Human Rights, Singaporeans for Democracy, Politics - Asia, Alan Shadrake, Human rights in Singapore, Once A Jolly Hangman, Singapore judiciary


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