{"id":93742,"date":"2013-05-01T08:31:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T08:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=12133"},"modified":"2013-05-01T08:31:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T08:31:21","slug":"free-speech-in-the-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=93742","title":{"rendered":"Free speech in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTRALIA<br \/>\nCrotch rule takes many by surprise<br \/>\nNews that certain &#8220;crotch&#8221; movements will be banned from performances at future Sunshine Coast Dance Eisteddfods left a Gympie instructor flabbergasted yesterday. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au\/news\/crotch-ban-startles-dance-folk-censorship\/1849730\/\">Sunshine Coast Daily<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>SRI LANKA<br \/>\nUS calls on Sri Lanka to ensure freedom of press<br \/>\nExpressing deep concern over the recent surge in attacks on Sri Lankan media organisations, the US today called on the country to ensure freedom of press. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/us-calls-on-sri-lanka-to-ensure-freedom-of-press-113050100046_1.html\">Business Standard<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>UNITED STATES<br \/>\nLawsuit targets union fees collected from nonmember teachers<br \/>\nA conservative organization has joined with a group of California teachers in an effort to overturn laws that allow teacher unions to collect fees from those who don&#8217;t want to be members. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-lawsuit-targets-union-fees-20130430,0,6960718.story\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Christian group says Muslim organization&#8217;s $30M libel suit will expose terror ties<br \/>\nMuslims of the Americas is suing the Christian Action Network for defamation and libel following CAN\u2019s recent publication of the book \u201cTwilight in America: The Untold Story of Islamist Terrorist Training Camps Inside America.\u201d Co-authored by CAN founder Martin Mawyer and Patti Pierucci, the book accuses MOA of \u201cacting as a front for the radical Islamist group Jamaat al-Fuqra.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2013\/04\/30\/christian-group-welcomes-muslim-organization-30m-suit-vows-to-put-leader-on\/#ixzz2S1jEqy26\">Fox News<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>ESPN supports Broussard after controversial Jason Collins comments<br \/>\nESPN is standing by NBA reporter Chris Broussard after his controversial comments about Jason Collins, the NBA player who on Monday became the first active participant in a major men\u2019s pro sport in the U.S. to publicly say that he is gay. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/early-lead\/wp\/2013\/04\/30\/espn-supports-broussard-after-controversial-jason-collins-comments\/\">Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A changing truth: Do online news stories about arrests constitute libel after expungement?<br \/>\nA class-action lawsuit scheduled for argument next month in Connecticut claims that the news media defamed arrestees in online news stories about criminal records that were later expunged.<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/a_changing_truth_do_online_news_stories_about_arrests_constitute_libel_afte\/\">ABA Law Journal<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Index on Censorship<\/strong>: Free speech in the news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[5500],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}