Today our freedom of speech seems virtually unrestricted: from online forums to raunchy TV comedy and burgeoning media investigations, the channels for free expression are greater than ever. But controversies over how far we can take this First Amendment right are alive and well. In our region, protests over a D.C.-based play have set off…
The recent killing of Bangladeshi blogger Ananta Bijoy Das on May 12 was not the first of its kind in Bangladesh. In fact, there have been at least seven assassination attempts on secularist bloggers and activists like Das since 2013. Three of these murders have been in the past four months and the death threats…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” I am reminded about this timeless quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as hatred and violent attacks fill the airwaves. As an American and as an Ahmadi Muslim, I condemn the attack in Garland,…
We do have the freedom of free speech in America. Which means that Lonnie Bailey can say anything he wants to even if he doesn’t know what he is talking about and makes no sense at all what so ever. Adam and Eve did have free will and that is why He allowed the serpent…
Boycott Chinese Goods (as much as you can). The worst aspect of communism has always been the totalitarian control of the people. Chinese people have no freedom of speech. They have little or no say in their government. How old is the person who made your shoes? How much money is he or she paid…
Intel in India and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) announced the call for entries for the Intel & DST- ‘Innovate for Digital India Challenge’. The challenge is aimed at fostering a culture of innovation, create solutions that can address local needs and build an empowered ecosystem for pervasive technology adoption in the country.…
India’s ambitious Digital India programme could get derailed due to the financial challenges faced by telcos, apart from the low quantities of spectrum deployed for commercial use and the absence of a road map for releasing more airwaves, telcos and experts say. Mobile phone operators in India face multiple challenges lowest spectrum holdings in the…
The Internet Society of Australia had changed its name to Internet Australia. What’s in a name? The Internet Society by any other name would represent the Internet. But it wants a “more contemporary image.” President George Fong said the change of name is in keeping with the board’s determination to take a higher profile in…
Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah on Sunday took notice of manhandling of cameramen and crime reporters outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) and appointed Traffic Police DIG Dr Ameer Shaikh as inquiry officer of the incident. He took this decision while presiding over a meeting of crime reporters and cameramen who were subjected…
21 May 2015 – The United Nations education envoy told journalists in New York today that “shocking figures” relating to the position of children in emergency situations underlined the need for a new humanitarian fund to ensure the education of millions of children. “This is not the year of the child but the year of…