Read more freedom of speech stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25559/freedom-of-speech.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:22:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74165/china-censors-obama-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s entreaty for greater personal freedoms in China did not reach most of nation’s residents, apparently because of a last-minute decision by censors. Though authorities initially agreed to broadcast the speech, which Obama hoped would be the central event of his China visit, all national transmission was cut after...http://www.newser.com/story/74165/china-censors-obama-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 14:41:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe usually repressive Chinese government has been surprisingly tolerant of—and even responsive to—a wave of Internet petitions protesting local injustices and corruption. Online campaigns have gotten accused killers freed, officials fired, and charges dropped against a motorist who cut off his own finger to protest police entrapment, then...http://www.newser.com/story/73583/web-protests-win-surprise-traction-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 9:20:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63024/ky-church-praise-the-lord-pack-your-heat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 200 pistol-packing parishioners filled a church in Louisville, Ky., yesterday to celebrate the somewhat unlikely combination of freedom of religion and the right to bear arms, reports the Courier-Journal . Church members checked to ensure the weapons were unloaded and holstered before pastor Ken Pagano led the congregation in patriotic...http://www.newser.com/story/63024/ky-church-praise-the-lord-pack-your-heat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Jun 2009 7:09:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62877/anti-porn-curbs-mask-chinese-crackdown-on-dissent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Chinese government ramped up restrictions on Internet use yesterday, sharply curtailing access to medical research on sexual health. It's the latest escalation in what Beijing calls an anti-pornography campaign that will culminate in new filtering software, called the Green Dam, that will be installed on all new computers from...http://www.newser.com/story/62877/anti-porn-curbs-mask-chinese-crackdown-on-dissent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 6:39:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55075/uk-bans-ad-with-lusty-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British advertising commission has blocked the use of a dancing, beer-guzzling photo-manipulated "Pope John Paul II" in an advertisement promoting a nightclub, reports the Telegraph . "It was hugely offensive," said a spokeswoman for a Polish organization, one of several Catholics who complained about the brochure. "They cannot be allowed...http://www.newser.com/story/55075/uk-bans-ad-with-lusty-pope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 4:02:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49337/democratic-petition-gains-support-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn online human-rights manifesto has been gaining support in China, the Washington Post reports. Charter 08 has gathered 8,100 signatures, from ordinary citizens as well as known advocates for democracy. The document, modeled after a document put together by intellectuals in the former Czechoslovakia, demands China’s constitution be rewritten...http://www.newser.com/story/49337/democratic-petition-gains-support-in-china.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 11:42:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47045/playboy-snowboards-arouse-debate-in-vermont.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRacy snowboards have created a snowball of protests in liberal Vermont, the Boston Globe reports, where manufacturer Burton makes a Playboy line plastered with giant images of naked women. While some in Burlington say free speech guarantees their right to ride what they want, others worry about the effect of...http://www.newser.com/story/47045/playboy-snowboards-arouse-debate-in-vermont.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 12:53:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45366/shoe-thrower-is-instant-hit-on-arab-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands marched across Iraq today to demand the release of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the little-known Shiite journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush yesterday. Though Bush spent last night making shoe puns—I have my assailant’s “sole,” he quipped—Iraq’s government was less amused, charging al-Zaidi with insulting a visiting...http://www.newser.com/story/45366/shoe-thrower-is-instant-hit-on-arab-street.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 11:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44863/student-sues-over-facebook-suspension.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the help of the ACLU, a Florida high school grad is suing a former principal for violating her constitutional rights in suspending her for “cyber-bullying” a teacher, the Miami Herald reports. Katherine Evans created a Facebook page railing against her “worst teacher,” and asked classmates to contribute “feelings of...http://www.newser.com/story/44863/student-sues-over-facebook-suspension.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 15:39:01 CST