Some Journalists and Bloggers Released, Others Still in Detention, Fears for Safety
Nizar Ben Hassan and Hamma Hammami Hassan, who had been arrested by Special Presidential Security officers, were released on January 16, 2011. More
Journalists and Bloggers Abducted, Detained and Jailed, Fear for Their Safety
Several journalists, bloggers, writers, lawyers, and other activists in the course of protests in Tunisia have been abducted and detained. More
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Another bit of sound legal judgement this week, from TX, where a judge found that conservative library board members had likely exercised unconstitutional content-based restrictions when banning books from the Llano public library. The books ordered back.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/31/texas-llano-library-books/
Talking to @AliVelshi, historian @TimothyDSnyder likens book bans in #Florida to Communism: “All this stuff is supposed to be anti-communist but as a historian of communism, that reminds me of some of the basic things that were wrong about communism.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yale-professor-ron-desantis-book-bans_n_642696c7e4b02a8d518df5a9
Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights. Mackey sent fraudulent messages encouraging supporters of Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media which was legally invalid. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016