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Archive for November 25th, 2008

Where free speech is at stake, the boat must be rocked

November 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Saudi billionaire and banker to the Saudi royal family Khalid bin Mahfouz took a serious dislike to Dr Rachel Ehrenfeld’s book Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed — and How to Stop It. Even though Dr Ehrenfeldt is American and her book was published by an American firm, he decided to sue her for libel [...]

China pans new Guns N’ Roses album

November 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

The long-delayed Gun N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy has finally been released. China is not amused. A newspaper published by China’s ruling Communist Party is blasting the latest Guns N’ Roses album as an attack on the Chinese nation. […] In an article Monday headlined “American band releases album venomously attacking China,” the Global Times [...]

Human Rights Act has devalued human rights

November 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment

So says British Conservative MP Nick Herbert. Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Herbert said the controversial act, brought in by Labour, has had the opposite effect of its intentions by devaluing human rights and led to “distorted prioirities” [sic]. He said the result has been to devalue the very language of rights by associating serious violations [...]