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‘Prisoner X’ Case Strains Israelis’ Longtime Acceptance of Censorship

The ‘Prisoner X’ story coming out of Israel is great evidence that censorship in other countries threatens free speech rights everywhere. The secretly jailed Australian-Israeli was censored eve though his dual citizenship should have protected him. Michael Sfard, a prominent Israeli civil rights lawyer, said “I truly thought that this kind of thing doesn’t happen here. Someone was arrested, interrogated, charged … and then he killed himself, and then it was held secret with a gag order.” Read more…

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