No surprise then that once the liberals broke their silence over how they felt about Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's conservative views and policies, an explosion of expression followed in the form of satire, irony and outright mockery of the popular leader on Istanbul's streets and social media.
These groups, in fact, do the essential work of protecting Russian citizens' rights, encouraging transparency in public policy and safeguarding freedom of expression.
"The university is committed to a freedom of expression policy that recognises the right of all members of the AUC community to express their views as they wish, as long as they do not do so in such a way as to disrupt university activities or damage university property," wrote Anderson in an email to all staff and students earlier this week.
"Here is the big question for Apple: Is this an ad-hoc approach or is there a fundamental policy, balancing the freedom of expression and information with the demands of the government?" It is easy to get swept up in the utopianism embedded in new technologies.
Human rights organisations have lashed out at Saudi Arabia for failing to address abuses and implementing repressive policies that stifle freedom of expression, association and assembly.
These include abiding by its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, holding free and fair elections and "implementing policies to protect freedom of expression, association and religion and due process of law".
Now Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, is required to certify that Egypt is making democratic progress — carrying out "policies to protect freedom of expression, association and religion, and due process of law" — before releasing the aid this fiscal year.
One administration official said that with the prosecution still under way, it was impossible for Mrs. Clinton to certify Egypt under the new law, which says that its leaders must carry out "policies to protect freedom of expression, association and religion, and due process of law".
James Moeser, the chancellor at Chapel Hill, called the new policy "an expression of our values at this university".
"And it tied together a few things that were very important to me -- debate, policy and expression of emotion". .
