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EuroPalestine: Free speech legal victory for BDS activists in France

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on EuroPalestine: Free speech legal victory for BDS activists in France

“Criticism of a State or its policies cannot be regarded, in principle, as infringing the rights or dignity of its nationals, without seriously affecting freedom of expression in a world now globalized, whose civil society has become a major actor, and since no ‘criminal offence against a Foreign State’ has ever been established under substantive law or international common law, because this would be contrary to the commonly accepted standards of freedom to express opinions”.

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Haaretz: British orchestra suspends 4 over call to boycott Israel

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on Haaretz: British orchestra suspends 4 over call to boycott Israel

The London Philharmonic Orchestra has suspended four of its musicians for nine months after they called for a boycott of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this month, in what cultural commentator Norman Lebrecht called, in his blog, “the most severe public penalty inflicted on London orchestral musicians in memory.”

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Georgia Straight: See some banned Palestinian children’s art

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on Georgia Straight: See some banned Palestinian children’s art

Click here to see some more of the images that were part of an exhibit of art by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. The images were supposed to be shown at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, but the show, entitled A Child’s View from Gaza, was cancelled on September 8.

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SF Chronicle: Oakland museum cancels Palestinian kids’ war art

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on SF Chronicle: Oakland museum cancels Palestinian kids’ war art

Jill Tucker, SF Chronicle Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — An Oakland children’s museum, citing pressure from the community, canceled a planned exhibit of artwork by Palestinian youth that depicted the Israeli assault during the 2008-09 Gaza conflict.
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MECA: Oakland Museum of Children’s Art Shuts Down Palestinian Children’s Exhibit

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on MECA: Oakland Museum of Children’s Art Shuts Down Palestinian Children’s Exhibit

The Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland (MOCHA) has decided to cancel an exhibit of art by Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), which was partnering with MOCHA to present the exhibit, was informed of the decision by the Museum’s board president on Thursday, September 8, 2011. For several months, MECA and the museum had been working together on the exhibit, which is titled “A Child’s View of Gaza.”

MECA has learned that there was a concerted effort by pro-Israel organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to pressure the museum to reverse its decision to display Palestinian children’s art.

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Electronic Intifada: Israel’s role in planned US lawsuit to fight BDS

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on Electronic Intifada: Israel’s role in planned US lawsuit to fight BDS

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 September 2011

A group of pro-Israel activists, backed by StandWithUs, a national US pro-Israel US organization, is planning to take legal action to force the Olympia Food Co-op to rescind its historic decision to boycott Israeli products.
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Electronic Intifada: Australia’s repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Seriously Free Speech Committee| Comments Off on Electronic Intifada: Australia’s repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel

Australian police confirmed during a bail variation hearing at the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria (local District Court) for some of the BDS activists arrested on 1 July that a decision had been made to arrest the protesters before the demonstration. This decision was made after discussions with Zionist organizations, the Victorian government, shopping center managements and state and national management of Max Brenner.
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