Freedom of speech
Lund municipality ends collaboration with residency author Bisan Edwan
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Politicians in Lund's culture and leisure committee propose ending the collaboration with residency author Bisan Edwan following revelations of her support for the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Edwan will lose her stipend and housing but receive three months' notice. The decision draws criticism for threatening freedom of speech.
Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, pardoned after a year in Algerian prison, announced on Saturday his intent to sue President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He spoke at the Political Book Day event at the National Assembly. He states that the procedure has already been initiated.
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São Paulo's Public Ministry has dropped a civil action against influencer Monark over a four-year-old statement on a Nazi party. The prosecutor ruled it falls within freedom of expression limits. The decision came at the end of March.