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No arrests have been made in an attack on four Daily Bruin journalists
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Fast Forward Evan Gershkovich’s pretrial detention extended through late March, one year after his arrest
The Wall Street Journal condemned the court’s decision, which was made in a closed hearing on Friday
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Opinion I’m a rabbi who witnessed the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua. Here is how we can combat this type of hate
The brutal assault on the famed author in Chautauqua is a potent reminder of the power of civics education
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Opinion Salman Rushdie — like Jewish history — shows how wars against ideas end in bloodshed
The first step in the genocide of a people is often a war against their ideas. For leaders who aim to hold their own people hostage, censorship of free expression is the quickest way to fake absolute power, dominance and control.
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Fast Forward Heshy Tischler pleads guilty to inciting mob against journalist
A Borough Park firebrand and New York City Council candidate pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of “inciting to riot” for whipping up a crowd that attacked a Hasidic journalist last fall during a protest against coronavirus restrictions that morphed into a pro-Trump rally. During a virtual hearing, the candidate, Heshy Tischler admitted that he…
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Culture 38 Nobel Laureates, In Letter To Erdoğan, Protest Turkey’s ‘Wrongful Conviction Of Writers And Thinkers’
Today, 38 Nobel Laureates published an open letter in The Guardian urging Turkey’s President Erdoğan to reverse course on the steady erosion of civil liberties seen under his administration since an attempted coup in 2016. The letters signatories include 2015 Nobel Laureate in Literature Svetlana Alexievich, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics Serge Haroche, 2004 Nobel…
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News A Former Forward Writer May Face Criminal Trial For Exposing Poland’s Defense Minister
When Thomasz Piatek’s publisher released his explosive book last month about Poland’s defense minister, the well-known investigative journalist was braced for a defamation suit. What he didn’t expect was a criminal complaint, lodged with the military bureau of Poland’s prosecutor-general’s office, charging him with “using force or threats against a public official” and “public insults…
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