“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.”
“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.”
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
Do you have a source for this claim?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/uk-police-arrest-about-900-at-protest-palestinian-action/105745058
900 on one day alone
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.
There’s probably a little hyperbole on my part but it’s not looking good for basic speech in the UK