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Ban the ban: Illinois’ Giannoulias pushes landmark legislation
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has spearheaded a law that made his state the first in the U.S. to effectively ban book bans.
Italy closes ports to Russian ships
Romania also previously announced a decision to ban Russian-flagged ships from entering Romanian ports from April 17
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S African president wants 'urgent' lifting of travel bans
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Nov. 28 called on countries to "immediately and urgently" reverse scientifically "unjustified" travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
Muslim headscarves can be banned at work EU top court rules in landmark decision
They will be allowed to ban them under certain conditions
Constitutional Court stays ban on public gatherings
Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court has stayed the implementation of a government decree that temporarily bans public gatherings and events, arguing in a decision published on Thursday that a new decree should be adopted with due consideration of the right to gatherings being a fundamental human right.
Facebook Algorithm accuses 81-year-old grandmother of “Hate Speech” over knitted pigs comment
Threatens to ban her account
US Supreme Court partially reinstates Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed the decision as a "victory for national security," but it's likely to set off a new round of court disputes over anti-terror efforts and religious discrimination.
Mayor of Bulgaria's Varna Prohibits Drinking Alcohol in Public
The mayor of Varna Ivan Portnih has issued a ban on the consumption of alcohol at outdoor public spaces on the territory of the Bulgarian Black Sea capital and the nearby resorts.
The ban was issued in view of the frequent cases of alcohol tourism and signals submitted by insurance companies and tour operators, daily Sega reports.
Republic of bans
From 2010 to July 2014, there were 149 publication and broadcast bans in Turkey. As of January 2015, this number exceeded 155. In four years, there have been 155 bans.
Turkey is now the hell of media bans.
Not the full 155, but several selected examples will come to mind.
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Hürriyet questions media bans in Turkey
Daily Hürriyet has released an official statement after media organizations were banned from reporting on the parliamentary inquiry into corruption allegations concerning four former Cabinet ministers.
Stressing that such media bans had been common in Turkeyâs past but were now returning, the newspaper urged the authorities to âaddress this critical question.â
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