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Swedish Artist Vilks Gets Free Speech Award After Attack

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Swedish artist Lars Vilks, the main speaker at a seminar in Copenhagen targeted by a gunman a month ago, has received a freedom of speech prize.

Denmark's Free Press Society said Vilks received its annual award on Saturday for his "staunch fearlessness."

The 68-year-old has received numerous threats for drawing the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body in 2007 and was likely the intended target of the Feb. 14 attack by Omar El-Hussein.

El-Hussein killed a bystander outside the building housing the seminar before spraying the entrance with 27 bullets, wounding three police officers. Hours later, he fatally shot a Jewish guard outside Copenhagen's main synagogue.

Separately Saturday, thousands of people formed a human ring outside Copenhagen's synagogue in a sign of solidarity with Denmark's small Jewish community.

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Swedish artist Vilks gets freedom of speech prize a month after deadly shooting in Copenhagen

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark Swedish artist Lars Vilks, the main speaker at a seminar in Copenhagen targeted by a gunman a month ago, has received a freedom of speech prize.

Denmark's Free Press Society said Vilks received its annual award on Saturday for his "staunch fearlessness."

The 68-year-old has received numerous threats for drawing the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body in 2007 and was likely the intended target of the Feb. 14 attack by Omar El-Hussein.

El-Hussein killed a bystander outside the building housing the seminar before spraying the entrance with 27 bullets, wounding three police officers. Hours later, he fatally shot a Jewish guard outside Copenhagen's main synagogue.

Separately Saturday, thousands of people formed a human ring outside Copenhagen's synagogue in a sign of solidarity with Denmark's small Jewish community.

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Seditious acts won't be tolerated: Deputy IGP

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Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia practises freedom of speech but it has to be within the limits, according to Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim.

He said the Constitution guarantees citizens the right to freedom of speech, however, those who incite hatred and tension with seditious tendency would not be tolerated.

Noor Rashid said this when referring to Sabahan Doris Jones, also known as Doris Yapp Kim Youn by the Malaysian police, alleged to be the mastermind behind the Facebook page calling for the secession of Sabah and Sarawak from Malaysia.

"The Sedition Act has nothing to do with freedom of speech because the Constitution clearly gives people to right to say whatever they want but within the limit," he said without elaborating on their progress to capture Jones who is based in London.

"If you go over the limit, then we will investigate and action will be taken under the Sedition Act," he told a media conference after officiating at the closing of a seminar organised by the Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department at the police headquarters in Kepayan, here, Friday.

Also present were Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department Director Senior Deputy Commissioner Zubaidah Md Ismail and State Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman.

The seminar is divided into two sessions, with the first attended by 108 officers, followed by the second session attended by 250 officers.

Noor Rashid said this was part of the efforts to improve the integrity and for the security force to comply with the standard operating procedures.

"The people have high hopes on the police force and we want to make sure that our men and women in the force can always be contacted, are people-friendly, prepared to listen and at the same time be ready to provide assistance, give advice and take appropriate action," he said.

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Federal constitution guarantees freedom of speech, however it has its limits, deputy IGP says

KOTA KINABALU: The Deputy Inspector-General of PoliceDatuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim has stressed that the police will not compromiseon acting decisively against anyone who tries to incite the public on seditiousissues.

Noor Rashid said decisive action must be taken by the police to ensurethat the people and country remained prosperous and secure.

If we refer to the definition of Section 2 in the Sedition Act, (it is)called seditious tendency.

Anyone who disputes the position of the (Malay) rulers, anyone who disputesthe integrity of the courts that exist in our country, anyone who incites racialtension, we define (these acts) under Section 2 of the Sedition Act (1948), hesaid.

Noor Rashid said this to reporters after closing the Police Station HeadsIntegrity Seminar (Sabah contingent) here today. Noor Rashid was commenting on police investigations against Doris Jones, who is associated with the SabahSarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) movement.

According to Noor Rashid anyone who disputed articles under Section 2 ofthe Sedition Act would be subject to police investigations and appropriateaction would be taken against them including being charged in court.

Noor Rashid said that although the Federal Constitution guarantees freedomof speech in the country, the freedom does, however, have its limits.It means if we want to talk, we need to know the limits. If you cross thelimits, then as police officers, with a view to maintain peace and order in thecountry, we will take action accordingly, he said.

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REKS @ Blackout 21st Birthday rapping with no sound system – Klub KSET Zagreb – Video

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Move to ban US flag at California university sparks uproar, free speech-vs.-hate speech debate

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IRVINE, Calif. When student government representatives at the University of California, Irvine voted to ban all flags including the American one from their tiny office, they thought they had found a solution to a battle over freedom of speech that began when someone first tacked a U.S. flag to the wall in January. The flag had been at the center of an increasingly bitter game of cat-and-mouse, with some students taking it down repeatedly and others replacing it in the dark of night.

Last week, six student legislative council members passed a resolution banning all flags from their office space, saying the U.S. flag could be viewed as hate speech because some consider it a symbol of colonialism and imperialism. The executive cabinet of the Associated Students organization vetoed the legislation two days later but it was too late.

The vote prompted a furor: Taxpayers protested on the campus plaza, the school was bombarded with angry comments on its social media sites, and one state lawmaker proposed a constitutional amendment that would prohibit state-funded colleges and universities from banning the U.S. flag on campus. On Thursday, student government meetings were canceled for the second day in a row because of an unspecified threat.

The debate resonated on the ethnically and religiously diverse suburban campus south of Los Angeles, where tensions over freedom of speech have taken the national stage several times before. For years, Jewish students and members of the Muslim Student Union have sparred in a dispute that came to a head in 2011, when 10 Muslim students were arrested and prosecuted for disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. In 2007, federal civil rights investigators looked into complaints of anti-Semitic speeches given at the university by invited Muslim speakers, but they found the comments were directed as Israeli policies, not Jewish students.

"It's the nature of young minds questioning and activism at a young age. I think people notice it at UCI more because they think, 'Oh, that's the quiet conservative campus in the middle of Orange County.' But the reality is the students are from all over the place, and they're testing out their ideas just like they are at any other campus," said Cathy Lawhon, a university spokeswoman. About 14 percent of the university's nearly 30,000 students are from other countries.

The tension between Muslim and Jewish undergraduates has calmed recently, and President Barack Obama gave the university commencement speech last spring. So current students said they were dismayed to be in the national spotlight again on freedom of speech issues. Some students and professors reacted to the national criticism by defending the six students in an online petition that said, in part, that the "resolution's perspective has been completely borne out by recent events."

Daniel Kellogg, a fourth-year cognitive sciences major, wore a muscle shirt emblazoned with the American flag as he walked across campus to drop off a term paper. The attention was unsettling, he said, particularly because UC Irvine was being portrayed nationally as a hotbed of anti-American fervor because of the actions of six students.

"We have a lot of international students, and I could see how somebody could possibly be uncomfortable by a gigantic flag in the middle of the common area. But at the same time, this is the United States, and they should just get used to that," Kellogg said.

Meeting minutes show legislative council members grappled with whose rights were more important as they voted: those offended by the flag or those who were offended by its removal. One council member noted that an anonymous letter that criticized the flag was free speech but taking it down was impinging on the free speech of others who wanted it left up.

Associated Students President Reza Zomorrodian did not respond to emails nor did any of the legislative council members involved in the vote or the resolution's author. But in a statement earlier this week, three of the six students who passed the resolution said that they were grateful to be "privileged enough to even have these kinds of conversations" and said they had meant to create a "safe, inclusive space" for all students.

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Move to ban US flag at California university sparks uproar, free speech-vs.-hate speech debate

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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - When student government representatives at the University of California, Irvine voted to ban all flags - including the American one - from their tiny office, they thought they had found a solution to a battle over freedom of speech that began when someone first tacked a U.S. flag to the wall in January. The flag had been at the center of an increasingly bitter game of cat-and-mouse, with some students taking it down repeatedly and others replacing it in the dark of night.

Last week, six student legislative council members passed a resolution banning all flags from their office space, saying the U.S. flag could be viewed as hate speech because some consider it a symbol of colonialism and imperialism. The executive cabinet of the Associated Students organization vetoed the legislation two days later - but it was too late.

The vote prompted a furor: Taxpayers protested on the campus plaza, the school was bombarded with angry comments on its social media sites, and one state lawmaker proposed a constitutional amendment that would prohibit state-funded colleges and universities from banning the U.S. flag on campus. On Thursday, student government meetings were canceled for the second day in a row because of an unspecified threat.

The debate resonated on the ethnically and religiously diverse suburban campus south of Los Angeles, where tensions over freedom of speech have taken the national stage several times before. For years, Jewish students and members of the Muslim Student Union have sparred in a dispute that came to a head in 2011, when 10 Muslim students were arrested and prosecuted for disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. In 2007, federal civil rights investigators looked into complaints of anti-Semitic speeches given at the university by invited Muslim speakers, but they found the comments were directed as Israeli policies, not Jewish students.

"It's the nature of young minds questioning and activism at a young age. I think people notice it at UCI more because they think, 'Oh, that's the quiet conservative campus in the middle of Orange County.' But the reality is the students are from all over the place, and they're testing out their ideas just like they are at any other campus," said Cathy Lawhon, a university spokeswoman. About 14 percent of the university's nearly 30,000 students are from other countries.

The tension between Muslim and Jewish undergraduates has calmed recently, and President Barack Obama gave the university commencement speech last spring. So current students said they were dismayed to be in the national spotlight again on freedom of speech issues. Some students and professors reacted to the national criticism by defending the six students in an online petition that said, in part, that the "resolution's perspective has been completely borne out by recent events."

Daniel Kellogg, a fourth-year cognitive sciences major, wore a muscle shirt emblazoned with the American flag as he walked across campus to drop off a term paper. The attention was unsettling, he said, particularly because UC Irvine was being portrayed nationally as a hotbed of anti-American fervor because of the actions of six students.

"We have a lot of international students, and I could see how somebody could possibly be uncomfortable by a gigantic flag in the middle of the common area. But at the same time, this is the United States, and they should just get used to that," Kellogg said.

Meeting minutes show legislative council members grappled with whose rights were more important as they voted: those offended by the flag or those who were offended by its removal. One council member noted that an anonymous letter that criticized the flag was free speech but taking it down was impinging on the free speech of others who wanted it left up.

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