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Charter at a turning point as it turns 44
Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/charter-rights-freedoms-turns-44-9.7166036?cmp=rss

CBC World 4d ago

EU president calls Hungary election a 'victory for fundamental freedoms' as world leaders congratulate Magyar
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary's election as "a victory for fundamental freedoms," and compared the ousting of nationalist Viktor Orbán to the country's 1956 ‌anti-Soviet uprising and its 1989 break with communism.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-magyar-world-reaction-9.7161463?cmp=rss

TheQuietObserver Apr 8

Freedom to vote should never be taken for granted.
#vote #freedoms #blackandwhitephotography

Amanda✨️Apr 1

Green lights for protests 💚🩵
Photos by me from the No kings rally from June 14, 2025. Every visible face captured will always be blurred to protect others privacy 🩵

#protest #activism #FreedomToPeacefulProtest #freedoms #FreedomOfSpeech #journalism #ProtestSigns #signs

Protyus A. Gendher Mar 26

#rights #freedoms

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/25/%f0%9f%97%9d%ef%b8%8f-what-rights-and-freedoms-mean-inside-a-managed-democracy/

🗝️ What “Rights” and “Freedoms” Mean Inside a Managed Democracy –

1. Rights Become Theoretical, Not Operational On paper, you still have: the right to speak the right to assemble the right to petition the right to participate But when the system moves deliberatio…

Survivor Literacy

Farista Sairuv Mar 15

Want to learn about how #Trump is becoming increasingly #authoritarian and #eroding #HumanRights, #democracy, and #freedoms for the people of #America?

https://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/ringing-the-alarm-bells-rising-authoritarian-practices-and-erosion-of-human-rights-in-the-united-states/

Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States

One year into President Trump’s second administration, the United States of America is showing a recognizable pattern of authoritarian practices and erosion of human rights that Amnesty International has documented for decades across countries worldwide.

Amnesty International USA

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Grassroots Joe Feb 17

@thenewsdesk @politics-thenewsdesk

Up is down, down is up and the White Supremacy Rubio and the rest of the fascists in the Trump regime is peddling is a massive threat to the #Freedoms of every person in the world.

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Mark Feb 16

“And also for reminding us that what has become a boring everyday reality for the West, such as #rights and #freedoms, constitutions and #democracies, #prosperity and predictability, which we stopped caring about and began to undermine and question, is something you are ready to fight for,” Tusk noted.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/15/we-must-not-stop-being-good-tusk-says-in-munich

#RussianAggression #USAggression #Europe #peace

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Tusk in Munich: "We have to be strong. We must not stop being good".

'Those who think that everything can be bought should also remember that, according to this philosophy, everyone can be sold,' Donald Tusk said at the Munich Security Conference.

euronews

Grassroots Joe Feb 13

More coal, massive corruption, the erosion of our #Freedoms and the dismantling of our democracy, that's the clear legacy of the Trump regime.

The Criminal in the White House making America immeasurably weaker and the vast majority of Americans sicker, poorer, and less secure.

February 12, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-12-2026