Campaigns to silence people whose views we dislike endanger a fundamental freedom.

This includes even PISSI, the Pseudo-Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

The Australian government nullified environmental planning requirements for a giant coal mine by saying the environmental impact study could be done after the mine is running.

The governor of Missouri declared an emergency, preemptively attacking expected protests over the expected decision not to prosecute the thug that killed Michael Brown.

The governor was asked to appoint a special prosecutor but refused. Looks like he's on the side of the thugs.

A Briton was convicted of possessing a copy of a book about how to make a bomb, after a secret trial.

This case illustrates the principle that possession of a copy of a publication must never be illegal. Such prohibitions are outright tyranny, and so is a secret trial.

Deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon proceeds over the murder of land defenders.