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Free Speech at Texas State University – Video

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Free Speech at Texas State University
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Net Neutrality Is a Trojan Horse For Free Speech Regulation – Video

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Alexey Shved @ Denver – Highlights – Video

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Bellevue City Council addresses free speech issue Monday – Video

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The Bellevue City Council heard its residents loud and clear Monday night about a free speech issue. Subscribe to KETV on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1emyaD5 Get more Omaha news:...

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2015 is proving to be another deadly year for free speech

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There's no question that free speech has been under attack across the globe in 2015.

The year started off with the mass killing of editorial staff at the Paris headquarters of satirical newspaperCharlie Hebdo. Most recently, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot dead near the Kremlin in Moscow.

Globally, at least 17 journalists have been killed in 2015, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

The trend appears to be continuing from previous years.

"The total number of deaths in 2014 demonstrates the sustained level of risk to journalists over the past decade," CPJ's news director Shazdeh Omari wroteof last year's numbers. "The past three years are the most deadly period CPJ has recorded."

From social media censorship to crackdowns on political dissent, governments and militant groups alikecontinue to target voices they disagree with. Writers, cartoonists, photographers, filmmakers, bloggers, protesters and opposition figures can all become targets.

Here are the main incidents that have already made headlines in the first months of 2015.

France

On Jan. 7, 12 people, most of them editorial staff, were gunned down at and near the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the shootings, which were carried out by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi. A third gunman and friend of the Kouachis, Amedy Coulibaly, killed four hostages at a kosher market two days later in what appeared to be a related attack. Video later emerged that showed Coulibaly declaring allegiance to the Islamic State.

The string of killings amounted to the worst terror attack on French soil in 50 years. The assault on Charlie Hebdo was widely seen as targeting free speech; the weekly paper is known for running offensive and provocative content, including depictions of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.

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A message to Sasenarine: Laugh and Funny by the Freedom of speech – Video

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…FREEDOM of SPEECH – FREEDOM of EXPRESSION – Video

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Sacramento, California-Saturday February 28th, 2015: Local resident, "Doug" expressed his views under the Freedom of the U. S. Constitution. Local radio talk show host, Pat Walsh does the same...

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Eddie Griffin Stand Up Comedy Freedom Of Speech Stand Up Comedy Full HD – Video

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Watch Noam Chomsky School Ezra Levant On Free Speech (VIDEO)

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Noam Chomsky may be 86, but he doesn't pull his punches.

In a recent interview with Ezra Levant, the famed U.S. linguist and social justice activist took the Canadian commentator to task over freedom of speech.

Levant interviewed Chomsky in a video chat for his new website, The Rebel, and free speech was at the top of the agenda. Levant wasted no time in asking why the left doesn't care as much about freedom of speech now as it did in the 1960s.

"Why [is it] today's leftists are the enforcers of speech codes?" Levant asks.

"I don't think that's true at all," Chomsky answered.

Levant then asks Chomsky "aren't there more speech codes being enforced by leftists now than ever before?"

"That's a dramatic exaggeration," Chomsky said. "The restrictions on freedom of expression come from the corporate sector and the state sector and they're pretty rigid."

The two don't find a lot of common ground on the issue. Watch the full interview at The Rebel.

Just after the 20-minute mark, Levant moves on to foreign affairs and asks Chomsky if it's a sign of anti-Semitism that the international community is "obsessing" over Israel while "ignoring" Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and the Islamic State.

"That's like asking me do I agree that the moon is made out of green cheese," Chomsky replied without missing a beat.

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World leaders denounce Copenhagen shootings as attack on freedom of speech, offer condolences

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Published February 15, 2015

Dansh Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt pays respects Sunday Feb. 15, 2015, at the Copenhagen Synagogue for the victims for the Saturday nights shootings in Copenhagen. Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (AP Photo / Thomas Borberg, Polfoto) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan)(The Associated Press)

Police working at the scene where police shot and killed the alleged shooter in Copenhagen. Shooting took place early Sunday morning close to Noerrebro commuter station. Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (AP Photo / Jens Dresling, Polfoto) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in front of the Synagogue in Copehagen, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. A man opened fire Saturday killing a Danish documentary filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian countrys Jewish community and wounding five police officers in the attacks. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Jens Dresling) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Public figures across Europe and beyond on Sunday condemned the attack by an unidentified gunman against a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen that left three people dead, including the suspected perpetrator. Investigators in the Danish capital say the gunman could have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris last month, in which three Islamic radicals killed 17 people at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, a kosher grocery store and elsewhere.

Here's a look at some of the reactions to the events in Copenhagen:

"Denmark has been hit by terror."

"As a nation we have experienced a few hours that we will never forget. We have tasted the nasty taste of fear and powerlessness that the terrorists want us to taste."

"We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech." - Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

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