free speech

Ontario law would blacklist BDS activists

Ali Abunimah 18 May 2016

Quick introduction of bill, while Canadian province’s premier is in Israel, may be effort to circumvent public opposition. Read more about Ontario law would blacklist BDS activists

Ali Abunimah 12 May 2016

Activists aim to send US Secretary of State thousands of messages calling for action to oppose Israel’s clampdown on Omar Barghouti. Read more about US, EU wink at Israel's travel ban on BDS co-founder

Ali Abunimah 10 May 2016

Human Rights Watch says move appears to be an effort to punish him for exercising his right to engage in peaceful, political activism. Read more about Israel imposes travel ban on BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti

Charlotte Silver 11 April 2016

Civil rights attorney Jordan Kushner says accusations against him couldn’t stand up. Read more about Minneapolis drops case against lawyer who filmed Israel protest

Charlotte Silver 8 April 2016

100 writers protest PEN American Center’s acceptance of Israeli government funding for 2016 World Voices Festival. Read more about Writers pull out of PEN festival over Israel sponsorship

Ali Abunimah 28 March 2016

US official says right to free speech on Palestine “cannot be curtailed.” Read more about Israeli settlement goods "welcome" in Europe, says EU envoy

Charlotte Silver 22 March 2016

Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) 18 March 2016

Israel’s campaign against the BDS movement threatens basic freedoms all over the world. Read more about Boycotting Israel is a free speech right

Asa Winstanley 16 March 2016

Ali Abunimah 11 March 2016

Undercover police monitoring International Women’s Day march in Paris grabbed activist wearing “Boycott Apartheid Israel” shirt. Read more about Woman arrested in France for T-shirt critical of Israel