Earlier this week, it was reported that Russia is expanding the legal definition of treason potentially to outlaw any criticism of the government. Another troubling indication of Russia’s trend toward authoritarianism is the official campaign to rehabilitate Josef Stalin.
Stalin, the brutal Soviet dictator responsible for the deaths of millions of his citizens, has been [...]

Yesterday in the British House of Commons, several MPs accused judges and lawyers of using libel laws to clamp down on free discussion of terrorism and its wealthy and powerful financiers.
The Labour MP Denis MacShane, said in Westminster Hall: “The practice of libel tourism, as it is known – the willingness of British courts to [...]

Ten days ago, a Muslim mob burned two churches and dozens of houses and businesses in Letwaru village, Central Maluku, Indonesia, following vague allegations that a Christian teacher had insulted Islam. Government officials have now promised to re-build the burned buildings before Christmas.
The promises came after hundreds of activists from a local youth organization [...]

Plainclothes police last week entered and ransacked several Christian homes in the “Maryam Town” slum of Sargodha, Pakistan’s 10th-largest city. During the raid, they assaulted residents, leaving some “critically injured”, vandalised property, and stole cash and household goods.
Police, arriving in two vehicles, allegedly made their way into at least two Christian homes on December [...]