{"id":823,"date":"2012-11-01T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T12:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/01\/greece-free-speech-faces-abyss-index-on\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:27:59","slug":"greece-free-speech-faces-abyss-index-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/11\/01\/greece-free-speech-faces-abyss-index-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece: Free speech faces abyss | Index on Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See on <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/3166423517\/greece-free-speech-faces-abyss-index-on-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/2012\/10\/censorship-greece-press-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/KmXzADvx25kqKS263i-XHzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><\/a><br \/>The arrest of editor Kostas Vaxevanis for exposing alleged tax cheats is just the latest attack on free speech in Greece. Democracy itself is now in danger, say Asteris Masouras and Veroniki Krikoni<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/2012\/10\/censorship-greece-press-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See on indexoncensorship.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See on Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; LibertiesThe arrest of editor Kostas Vaxevanis for exposing alleged tax cheats is just the latest attack on free speech in Greece. Democracy itself is now in danger, say Asteris Masouras and Veroniki KrikoniSee on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/11\/01\/greece-free-speech-faces-abyss-index-on\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2016\/10\/21\/free-speech-triumphs-over-pro-israel-bullies-in-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":823,"position":0},"title":"Free speech triumphs over pro-Israel bullies in US universities | The Electronic Intifada","author":"aslam","date":"October 21, 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Free speech triumphs over pro-Israel bullies in US universities | The Electronic Intifada","rel":"","context":"In \"free speech\"","block_context":{"text":"free speech","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/free-speech\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1074,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/03\/09\/honest-hyperbole-and-free-speech-adam-liptak\/","url_meta":{"origin":823,"position":1},"title":"Honest Hyperbole and Free Speech &#8211; Adam Liptak","author":"aslam","date":"March 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesIt started when the Ohio Election Commission received a complaint against a mechanical engineer who, on Twitter, asked voters to stop a streetcar project.Via nytimes.com","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1127,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/01\/31\/free-speech-means-the-freedom-to-offend\/","url_meta":{"origin":823,"position":2},"title":"Free speech means the freedom to offend","author":"aslam","date":"January 31, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesBurning a flag or a religious or political book is an expression of an opinion, usually a deeply held opinion, that the item symbolises, or is the cause, of malign actions or beliefs. 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