"But today I changed my mind, completely," Ai said. "The West (is) not even (in a) position to accuse China. (They must) just check on their record (of) what they did on international human rights, (their) freedom of speech record."

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago* (5 children)

How did you arrive on that conclusion? I read several UK-based news sites and they criticize the government on a daily basis.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    Someone told another person to "speak clearly" because they're deaf and got arrested for hate speech

    Someone was discussing the problems of immigration in public and was arrested for the same

    Thousands have been arrested for opposing genocide in Gaza under terrorism laws

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Thousands have been arrested for opposing genocide in Gaza under terrorism laws

    Do you have a source for this claim?

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    Thank you. That's something I did not know about. I read the timeline of events.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Action

    It seems like an abuse of power by the government, parliament and cops, suggesting that several branches of power structures are capable of using violence against speech they don't like.

    However, in my eyes, this does not sum up to "China has better freedom of speech". In the UK, the ban was publicly debated and opposed by several people and media channels, and is being reviewed by a court, with outcomes still unknown. In China, treatment would be more severe.

    But it definitely pushes the UK towards the low end of the freedom of speech scale.

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