#CANADA: Civil Liberties Groups Outraged Over Police Threats To Arrest Reporters

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Civil liberties and legal rights groups are expressing outrage after Ottawa Police threatened members of the media with arrest for reporting on the ongoing crackdown of peaceful protesters calling for an end to COVID-19 mandates. 

On Friday, the official Ottawa Police Twitter account warned that media attending the protest zone would be “subject to arrest.” 

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#SLOVAKIA: Two-Week National Lockdown Ordered As Cases Spike

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Slovakia began a two-week lockdown on Thursday as new COVID-19 cases have spiraled out of control, Economy Minister Richard Sulík said Wednesday.

The central European nation followed neighboring Austria, which locked down all unvaccinated people earlier this week.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Sulík said all restaurants and shops will be closed for 14 days, except for essential stores, such as groceries and pharmacies.

“We all wish and hope that the situation will improve by then,” he said. “We will evaluate the situation again in 10 days.”

Photo: A protest against COVID-19 measures in Košice, Slovakia, on September 1, 2021

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#USA: Plans To Combat Covid Vax "Misinformation" Include "Fact-Checking" Text Messages

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The White House is preparing to characterize “conservative opponents of its Covid-19 vaccine campaign as dangerous and extreme," reports Politico. The plan includes the possibility of "fact checking" personal text messages the government deem to be "misinformation.,"

The decision to ramp up the information war against vaccine skeptics was made after conservatives showed resistance to the Biden administration’s plan to go “door-to-door” to increase vaccination rates.

“Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages,” states the report.

The report will be seen as a chilling and dystopian government response by civil rights groups and conservatives alike.

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#CANADA: Ontario Medical Chief Says Those Not Taking Vaccine Won't Have "Freedom To Move Around"

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Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer says that those who refuse to take the COVID vaccine won’t have “freedom to move around” and will have to continue to wear masks.

Dr. David Williams acknowledged that “we can’t force someone to take a vaccine,” but when on to explain how people who didn’t take it would have their freedom of mobility severely restricted.

“What we can do is to say sometimes for access or ease of getting into certain settings, if you don’t have vaccination then you’re not allowed into that setting without other protection materials,” said Williams.

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#IRAN: Pres. Rouhani Signs "Charter of Citizenship Rights"

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Pres. Hassan Rouhani has signed into law a landmark bill of rights, guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy, saying the achievement was "one of my oldest dreams" despite Iran being considered one of the biggest human rights violator with an unprecedented number of executions in the past three decades. Although many of the rights are already enshrined in Iran’s constitution written after the 1979 Islamic revolution, Rouhani said it offered the first clear list of principles that could be used to check the performance of state institutions.

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#RUSSIA: Anti-Gay Head Of TV Network Voices Support For Gay Civil Partnerships

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Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of Russia's pro-Putin Rossiya television channel, surprised many last week when he advocated civil partnerships between homosexuals. Saying it was for reasons of "guardianship" he added, "After all, love can work miracles. Who is against that?" Kiselyov has said organs donated by gays should be burned.

#RUSSIA: Politician Calls #Gays "Mentally Ill" After Lesbian Selfie Photo-Bombs Him

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A St. Petersburg politician known for proposing anti-gay legislation says he will retaliate after a selfie went viral showing two lesbians kissing on a plane, with him sleeping in the background. Vitaly Milonov called the women "stupid" and said he'd investigate a gay club one of them runs.

#TURKEY: Oppo. Parties Criticize Bill Allowing Police To Detain Citizens for 24 Hrs. Without Charges

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Nationalist Movement Party parliamentary group deputy chair Oktay Vural 

#EGYPT: Legal Experts Blast Speed, Number of Pres. Edicts Restricting Rights

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#CHINA

As Activist Xu Zhiyong Goes on Trial, Issues "Manifesto" To End One-Party Rule [world politics news]