Turkey: the Dissident Prison
With the 2023 presidential elections looming, the Turkish government is escalating its aggression against dissident journalists, human rights defenders, and Kurdish political activists in the country.
Uzay BulutAugust 26, 2022
On Ukraine, Outright Lies in the Epoch Times
Troubling distortions from the right wing outlet The Epoch Times on the Ukrainian Invasion.
Simon MaassAugust 3, 2022
Does Free Speech Exist in Turkey?
The Turkish government struck another hard blow against civil society and human rights advocates in the country.
Uzay BulutJune 3, 2022
Free Speech and Healthy Politics
Now what is here symbolized has been the most fundamental idea in our American democracy. Ours is a government by discussion.
Christianity & Crisis MagazineMay 12, 2022
With the End of Apple Daily, Hong Kong’s Freedoms Take Another Blow
Hong Kong’s well-known pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was forced to run its final edition on June 24 after authorities used the new national security law to freeze the company’s assets without a court order. It is yet another sign that the light of the city’s freedom is flickering out.
Arielle Del Turco & Tyler WattJune 30, 2021
The NBA and the Long Arm of China
The NBA’s groveling reaction to Daryl Morey’s high crime of tweeting “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong” sent shockwaves…
Mike WatsonOctober 17, 2019
No Justice for Journalists Murdered in Turkey and Cyprus
On the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in Turkey, deputies from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) rejected in January a parliamentary motion from a deputy of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) that aimed to shed light on the murder.
Uzay BulutFebruary 19, 2019
Frontlines or Sidelines for America’s Values?
After reading Secretary Tillerson’s recent address, which tried to explain how “this administration’s policies of ‘America first’ fit into our foreign policy,” I am struck not so much by Tillerson’s attempt to decouple American interests and ideals, but by the chasm separating this speech from one given more than 75 years ago.
Alan DowdMay 16, 2017
History will not Absolve Fidel Castro
Had Castro been executed while in prison, history may indeed have absolved him for his role in attempting to overthrow the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Instead, Castro would live to become an even more brutal and ruthless despot than the one he replaced.
Joe CarterNovember 29, 2016
