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Saudis Arrest Woman over Photo Deemed Un-Islamic
December 16, 2016
Saudi Arabia's religious police recently arrested a young woman who tweeted a photo of herself in public without a body-length robe called an abaya, an act deemed incompatible with the Kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam.
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IS Assault on Egypt's Coptic Christians Reveals Impunity
December 16, 2016
The lethal weekend attack by Islamic State (IS) militants against the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Egypt spotlighted the institutionalized discrimination and climate of impunity that unites Islamist, secularist, and military regimes in Egypt in endorsing the second-class status and sectarian repression of the country's ancient Christian community.
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UN Agent Condemns Australian "Hate Speech"
December 15, 2016
During a recent visit to Canberra, Australia, UN Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere, called on Australian politicians to avoid supporting "xenophobic hate speech" and anti-migrant opinions and called on the country's government "to take pre-emptive action against" so-called "fringe" parties moving to the mainstream.
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German Businesses Pull Ads from Breitbart
December 15, 2016
AP reports that, responding to pressure from a social media campaign called "“No Money for the Right," a group of German companies has pulled advertisements from news and opinion website Breitbart, citing "discriminatory actions and statements" on the site that frequently covers topics related to migration and Islam.
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CoE Chief: Free Speech Does Not Include "Hate Speech"
December 14, 2016
In remarks ahead of the international celebration of Human Rights Day, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland asserted that "hate speech," ranging from incitement to "hostility or discrimination" to "posting offensive comments online," is not a protected form of free speech.
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