The US Library of Congress Federal Research Division reported it in 2006 as having generally good freedom of speech and human rights records, while Freedom House listed it as " free " in 2011, giving it scores of 2 for political rights and 2 for civil liberties.

In February 2011 during one of three town-hall meetings on the ROTC ban, former Army staff sergeant Anthony Maschek, a purple heart recipient for injuries sustained during his service in Iraq, was booed and hissed at by some students during his speech promoting the idea of allowing the ROTC on campus.

On 3 May 2011, Michael O ' Flaherty with the United Nations Human Rights Committee published General Comment No. 34 on the ICCPR, which among other comments expresses concern that many forms of " hate speech " do not meet the level of seriousness set out in Article 20.

In 2011, a South African court banned " Dubulu iBhunu ( Shoot the Boer )," a derogatory song degrading Afrikaners, on the basis that it violated a South African law prohibiting speech that demonstrates a clear intention to be hurtful, to incite harm, or to promote hatred.

In Italy, the EVALITA campaign was conducted in 2007 and 2009 to compare various NLP and speech tools for Italian ; the 2011 campaign is in full progress-EVALITA web site.

Hunter ( 2000 ) states that in relation to King Bridei I of the Picts in the sixth century AD: " As for Shetland, Orkney, Skye and the Western Isles, their inhabitants, most of whom appear to have been Pictish in culture and speech at this time, are likely to have regarded Bridei as a fairly distant presence .” In 2011 the collective site, " The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland " including Broch of Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof joined the UKs " Tentative List " of World Heritage Sites.

In a November 2011 speech to the United Nations, UAE President Ahmed Al-Jarman stated that " The UAE … is keen to strengthen its active participation in regional and international efforts aiming at combating acts of piracy and armed robbery of ships and tankers as part of its comprehensive national strategy.

Although most people were celebrating among the protesters after the King's speech, the leaders of the 20 February Movement rejected the proposals as insufficient and called for continuing protests on 19 June 2011.

In 2011 Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron said in a speech that " state multiculturalism has failed ".

In a speech in 2011, Lessig revealed that he was disappointed with Obama's performance in office, criticizing it as a " betrayal ", and he criticized the president for using " the ( Hillary ) Clinton playbook ".

Bunning gave his farewell speech to the Senate on December 9, 2010, and was succeeded by current Senator Rand Paul on January 3, 2011.

* Lupe Fiasco samples part of Howard Zinn's speech " War and Social Justice " on the Introduction track of his 2011 mixtape " Friend of the People: I Fight Evil "

* Free speech in the media during the 2011 Libyan civil war

On December 6, 2011, President Barack Obama gave an economic speech reprising many of Roosevelt's themes in Osawatomie High School.

The United States Supreme Court in March 2011 ruled in Snyder v. Phelps that church members had a free speech right to picket.

President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Cannon Falls on August 15, 2011, as part of a three-day bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.

In Snyder v. Phelps ( 2011 ), dissenting Justice Samuel Alito likened the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church members to fighting words and of a personal character, and thus not protected speech.

* Mikis Theodorakis speech against International Monetary Fund and greek government, May 31 2011

Following the 2011 Nakba Day riots, when a number of Palestinian refugees were killed during clashes with Israeli security forces as they attempted to breach Israel's borders as part of protests demanding the implementation of the Palestinian right of return, Kaufman gave a speech criticizing Israeli actions, claiming that Palestinians were " slaughtered ", and said that " the way in which Israeli soldiers maltreat Palestinians is appalling ".

In a May 2011 speech in the Senate, Wyden sharply criticized the use of Patriot Act, stating: " The fact is that anyone can read the plain text of the Patriot Act, and yet many members of Congress have no idea how the law is being secretly interpreted by the executive branch, because that interpretation is classified.

In a July 2011 speech, Blair stated that New Labour died when he left office and Gordon Brown assumed the party leadership, claiming that from 2007, the party " lost the driving rhythm ".

As of 2011, the Brandenburg test is still the standard used for evaluating attempts to punish inflammatory speech, and it has not been seriously challenged since it was laid down in 1969.

In his maiden speech to the Senate on 25 August 2011, Madigan denounced " inhumane " abortion laws and committed to help restore Australia's dwindling manufacturing sector.

Research published in 2005 has suggested that children and adults can benefit from bilateral cochlear implants in order to aid in sound localization and speech understanding, and a 2011 study indicated that the language skills of children with two implants was within the normal range for the age.

It also hosted a live edition of WCW Monday Nitro on October 28, 1996 following WCW Halloween Havoc, a taped Smackdown / ECW on August 25, 2009, and on March 29, 2010, a live episode of RAW that saw Shawn Michaels give his farewell speech to the WWE the night after losing to The Undertaker in a Streak vs Career match at WrestleMania XXVI, and the July 1, 2011 edition of Friday Night SmackDown taped on the June 28, 2011 live episode of WWE NXT.

The current Patriarch ( since March 2011 ) is Bechara Boutros Rahi, while Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir is Patriarch Emeritus.

In December 2011 the UK's Minister of State for Schools, Nick Gibb, voiced concern that children can become " too dependent " on the use of calculators.

In 2011, Parton voiced the character Dolly Gnome in the animated film Gnomeo and Juliet.

In December 2011, Viz produced three animated shorts with Baby Cow for Channel 4's Comedy Blaps, voiced by Steve Coogan, Sarah Millican, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster.

In December 2011, Viz produced three animated shorts for Channel 4's Comedy Blaps with Baby Cow, voiced by Steve Coogan, Sarah Millican, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster.

Ebert's most recent show, Ebert Presents: At the Movies, premiered on January 21, 2011, with Ebert contributing a review voiced by someone else in a brief segment called " Roger's Office ".

Smaug will appear in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, and on 16 June 2011, it was announced that he will be voiced and interpreted with performance capture by Benedict Cumberbatch.

He voiced Finn McMissile in Pixar's 2011 film Cars 2 and also voiced a supporting role in the animation, Gnomeo and Juliet.

He has voiced Piglet in Kingdom Hearts II, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie ( only for the newest material since much of the dialogue is still voiced by Fielder ) the My Friends Tigger & Pooh television series, and the 2011 film Winnie the Pooh.

* The Looney Tunes Show ( 2011 ), voiced by Jeff Bergman

In May 2011 Speedy Gonzales appears in The Looney Tunes Show episodes " Best Friends ", " Monster Talent ", " Devil Dog ", " That's My Baby ", " Sunday Night Slice ", " The DMV ", " French Fries ", " Beauty School ", " The Shelf " and " The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder " voiced by Fred Armisen.

Also in 2011, Buffett voiced Huckleberry Finn on Mark Twain: Words & Music, which was released on Mailboat Records.

Pink voiced the character of Gloria in Happy Feet Two, which premiered on November 18, 2011 in the United States.

He was also the voice of Satan on Neighbors from Hell. In December 2011, Coogan voiced Roger Mellie and Tracey Tunstall of the Fat Slags in three Viz Comedy Blaps for Channel 4.

Also in 2011, Sheen starred in Beautiful Boy, an independent drama focusing on the aftermath of a school shooting, voiced a character in a Doctor Who episode written by his friend Neil Gaiman and made cameo appearances in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Resistance.

To coincide with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a projection of Captain Blackbeard from the film ( voiced by original actor Ian McShane ) temporarily replaced the 2006 projection of Davy Jones in the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom version of the attraction beginning on May 20, 2011.

Castafiore invariably sings her signature aria in Hergé's books, in the 2011 Spielberg / Jackson film The Adventures of Tintin, the character ( voiced by soprano Renée Fleming ) presents a different aria, " Je veux vivre ..." from Gounod's Romeo et Juliette.

Freddy Krueger later appeared as an extra playable character for Mortal Kombat ( Komplete Edition ) in 2011 / 2012, where he was voiced by Patrick Seitz.

In 2011, she voiced the character of Jaesa Willsaam in the MMO game, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

More recently, Dec 2011, Darrow has voiced the character of Overseer Tremel in the Bioware MMORPG release Star Wars: The Old Republic.

During the Syrian uprising which began in 2011 UNESCO voiced concerns that the conflict might lead to the damage of important cultural sites such as Krak des Chevaliers.

* Lovelace, voiced by Robin Williams in the 2006 and 2011 films Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two is a Rockhopper

* In the 2011 direct-to-DVD animated film Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, the Wizard is voiced by Joe Alaskey.