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Trump Plans Executive Order Directing DOJ to Seek Alternate Charges in Flag-Burning Cases

The reported directive attempts a workaround to the 1989 Supreme Court ruling that protects flag burning.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Threatens to Eject Spectators Who Don’t Stand for Senate Prayer

Judge Blocks FTC Investigation Into Media Matters on Free Speech Grounds

Hong Kong Court Again Postpones Closing Arguments in Jimmy Lai’s Security Trial

Stanford Daily Sues Trump Administration Over Deportation Threats for Student Speech

Batumi Court Sentences Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli to Two-Year Prison Term

Over 2,300 WGA Members Condemn Trump’s Free Press Attacks

Brazil’s Supreme Court Rejects US Sanctions as Trump Tariffs Loom

Macau Arrests Veteran Pro-Democracy Lawmaker Under Expanded Security Law

Hong Kong Issues Warrants and Bounties for 19 Exiled Activists

Russia Advances Law Criminalizing Searches for 'Extremist' Content

Nearly 100 Arrested in UK Protests Over Banned Palestine Action

Bombay High Court Upholds UAPA, Sedition Law; Issues Detailed Verdict

Hong Kong Appeals Court Opens '47' Activists' National Security Law Hearings

Jagan Accuses Naidu of Authoritarian Crackdown on Farmer Protests

Allahabad HC Grants Bail, Says Support for Pakistan Alone Not a BNS Sovereignty Offence

X Challenges India’s Parallel Censorship Mechanism in High Court

Puebla Legislature Passes Cyberstalking Reform Shielding Criticism of Public Officials

Algeria Bars Clemency for Boualem Sansal After Appeal Upholds Five-Year Term

50th Anniversary of India’s Emergency Exposes Political Rift Over Commemoration