Freedom Defense

Born in China, Kuzzat Altay fled to the U.S. after the CCP threatened to kill him for his faith and ethnicity. Now an American citizen and successful businessman, Kuzzat advocates for the human rights of the Uyghur people and all those facing oppression. His story is a stark warning: a nation without freedom of religion or free speech is a...

His extradition would turn journalism into an act of treason. Officially, Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one of computer misuse. But his only actual 'crime' is to have published things that are true and that have embarrassed people in power. The persecution of Julian Assange brings shame on both Britain and America. Extraditing and...

My view is that neither of these cases should have got anywhere near a courtroom. No one should be criminalised for expression. Yes, that includes expressing admiration for the scum of Hamas. Using a picture of a paraglider to give a sly nod of approval to pogromists will be repulsive to the vast majority of Brits, especially British Jews. But...

In 1925, John Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution. He lost. It was called the trial of the century and captured the nation's attention. For Americans, assaults on free speech are intolerable. Speech is the lifeblood of freedom. It is the hill we will die on because, instinctively, we know that without it, it would also mean death....

In the labyrinth of government interventions during the infamous COVID-19 debacle, one might mistakenly believe we've seen every conceivable overreach. Yet, the audacity of the Biden White House to engage in a brazen tango with Amazon, pressuring the titan to sideline books disfavored by the administration, adds a fresh chapter to this saga of...

After four years of resisting tyranny without respite, we could use a rejuvenating shot of good news. Here is a double espresso to recharge you for the battles ahead. I learned the news of the Canadian protesters' victory on the heels of discovering CJ Hopkins had been acquitted of thoughtcrimes in his Kafkaesque trial in Berlin—also on January 23....

Last November, Dublin was in flames. Protests against immigration turned into a riot and videos of the carnage went around the world. The inexcusable violence has been leapt on by an Irish elite desperate to demonise all opposition to immigration and push through new hate-crime laws. But as Ella Whelan explains in our latest video polemic, this...

The conviction of Patriotic Alternative activist Sam Melia is an outrageous affront to liberty. It's a depressing scene. The establishment seems to have abandoned any pretence of caring about the right to free speech. It is a right that desperately needs defending, even in cases like Sam Melia's, where the opinions being expressed are genuinely...

Unlike the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits any governmental infringement on the right to free speech or free press, UNESCO points to various international "human rights" instruments that it says should determine what speech to restrict.