Paul Coleman

Dec 10, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Paul Coleman

From Barbados to Australia, governments, NGOS and corporations are bulldozing free speech. Share Topics Free Speech World Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. Across the world, censorship is on the march.

Dec 2, 2024 | plough.com | Paul Coleman |Elyssa Koren

Just before dawn on August 19, 2022, police surrounded the home of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, the Catholic prelate of Matagalpa, a city in central Nicaragua. Without obtaining a warrant, they arrested the bishop and seven other members of the Catholic Church. For the fifteen days before his arrest, he had been confined to his house and unable to leave, even to celebrate Mass in the cathedral just down the road. The charges that the government brought against the bishop were serious.

Sep 15, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Paul Coleman |Fraser Myers

Elites all across the West are waging all-out war on free speech. Share Topics Free Speech World Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. A Rubicon was crossed last month when X was banned in Brazil. What happened is truly egregious.

Apr 22, 2024 | freeread.causeaction.com | Paul Coleman

We support our Publishers and Content Creators. You can view this story on their website by CLICKING HERE. The effort to shut down a mainstream conservative conference in Brussels last week shows partisan censorship is a serious and mounting problem in the West. Although the attempted cancellation failed—thanks to a legal challenge supported by ADF International, the faith-based legal advocacy organization I lead—it is part of a broader, deeply concerning trend.

Apr 18, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Paul Coleman

When I was first scheduled to speak at this year’s National Conservatism conference (NatCon) in Brussels, I expected it to be a routine speaking engagement. After all, it is a mainstream conservative gathering that has hosted an event in Brussels before, as well as similar conferences in London, Washington DC, Rome, and Miami.