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Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023.

A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the 2020 beheading teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamic extremist.

A British police force backed down after they arrested an autistic girl over saying that a female officer looked like her “lesbian nana”.

The EU announced that a slew of social media platforms and other websites that will come under stricter content moderation measures.

Populist French Senator Stéphane Ravier faces a criminal trial after publishing a tweet in January of last year in which he stated that “immigration kills the youth of France.”

A Christian teacher has been accused of “misgendering” one of his “transgender” pupils during a misconduct hearing.

Four pupils have been suspended from a high school in the UK after a Quran they purchased was said to have sustained a small tear.

A group of hackers linked to Sudan took credit for denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the websites of Swedish rail companies in revenge for burnings of the Islamic Qur’an.

The head of a mosque in the Swedish city of Gothenburg has called for a law to ban the destruction of holy books and texts in the aftermath of the burnings of the Islamic Qur’an.

A Canadian Catholic school pupil who was suspended last November for saying there are only two genders was arrested this week after attempting to return to class without renouncing his beliefs.

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt has criticised Swedish police in Stockholm for allowing Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan to carry out the burning of the Qur’an. Bildt, who served as Swedish Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994 and later

Salman Rushdie has spoken out for the first time since a radical Islamic terror attack in New York prompted by a decades-old Iranian fatwa left him near death.

The government is reportedly considering a measure to force social media companies to ban misogyny online as a part of the Online Safety Bill.

Finnish police shut down the burning of the Islamic Qur’an in a demonstration against the country joining NATO.

The Russian government’s embassy in Denmark has condemned protests in the Scandinavian country that saw the Qur’an burned, declaring the “mockery” of Islam should not be covered by the freedom of expression.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Europe’s largest journalist association, has expressed concern about a new Ukrainian law that could arbitrarily censor media in the country.

A Bible verse painted on a Florida high school employee’s parking space angered a co-worker to the point where she complained to the school administration.

Legendary Greek footballer Vassilis Tsiartas has been given a 10-month suspended prison sentence over comments critical of child sex changes. 

A teacher was subjected to death threats after discussing freedom of expression and cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed.

A British police force which arrested a veteran for causing someone “anxiety” with a sardonic Pride flag meme has been making people not convicted of any crime attend “re-education” lessons on racism, sexism, and transphobia.

Turkey Demands Finland Help Prosecute Resident Who Insulted Erdogan

A police force has been chastised by its own elected commissioner for arresting a British Army veteran for posting a meme while burglaries are ignored.

Police in Britain were filmed arresting a military veteran for posting a meme critical of woke gender ideology on Facebook.

Half of the police officers who attended the Muslim Easter riots in the city of Örebro say they have experienced mental health problems following the violence that saw several officers attacked and injured.

British movie The Lady of Heaven has been banned in Morocco after Islamic authorities condemned it for presenting a version of Islamic history they disagree with and “hurting the feelings of Muslims”.

Muslims in London have mobbed a cinema for showing an allegedly “blasphemous” film already pulled nationwide by one major chain amid safety fears.

Bowing to pressure from protests from Muslim groups, a British cinema chain has pulled all screenings of a film over “safety concerns”.

A now-fired British police officer and former prison guard faces imprisonment for sending “grossly offensive” memes about George Floyd on WhatsApp.

Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has suggested that Elon Musk loosening speech restrictions on Twitter would be “incredible and dangerous narcissism”.

A survey done by Germany’s pro-censorship federal government has found that almost half of people in the country feel that accusations of racism and “political correctness” can stifle free speech.

The mayor for the city region of Liverpool, England has claimed advertisements on buses promoting an appearance by American evangelist Reverend Franklin Graham constitute “hate speech” and should be removed.

Almost a third of Swedes say they are for banning political demonstrations that are offensive to sections of the community following multi-day riots over Easter sparked by anti-Islam protesters burning copies of the Qur’an.

Nigel Farage says it is “crazy” that Donald Trump was banned from Twitter but the radical Islamic extremist Taliban remained on the platform even as it stormed Kabul.

Another big tech clampdown on free speech online appears to be forthcoming after the European Union agreed in principle more online censorship laws on Saturday.

Swedish police have reported that 104 officers were injured in the riots that took place across the country last week in reaction to Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan and his followers burning a Qur’an.

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil issued a presidential pardon late Thursday for Congressman Daniel Silveira, who the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), the nation’s top court, had sentenced to eight years in prison for criticizing the court in a YouTube video.