Book review: A Retrospective review of “Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now”, by Joshua Wong with Jason Y. Ng (2020)

This book tackles both the local and international narrative regarding global protest, freedom of speech, and Hong Kong’s particular place in the meta-discourse of human rights.

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“For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law”: Poland’s “confusion” between the Rule of Law and the Rule by Law

The rule of law in Poland is under threat after the ruling party lodged a series of lawsuits attacking freedom of speech.

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Is The Brazilian Government Using Covid-19 As A Cover For Environmental Deregulation?

Just as the coronavirus can leave lasting lung damage in its wake, excessive deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest, often called the ‘Lungs of the Earth’, is causing lasting damage to the Earth's lungs.

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Protesting in a pandemic: Australia’s Black Lives Matter movement

As the world continues to deal with the impact of COVID-19, governments are facing a new dilemma born out of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests: the right balance between exercising the right to freedom of assembly and protecting public health during a pandemic.

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