* 1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

In the 2011 Freedom House Freedom of the Press report, Belarus scored 92 on a scale from 10 ( most free ) to 99 ( least free ), because the Lukashenko regime systematically curtails press freedom.

Freedom of the press does not mean freedom to tell lies ".

* Freedom of the press

In the Soviet Union ( USSR ), voices against nuclear weapons were few and far between since there was no widespread Freedom of speech and Freedom of the press as political factors.

Freedom of the press also opened the door for the first honest look at Czechoslovakia ’ s past by Czechoslovakia ’ s people.

Freedom of press was expanded, university autonomy recognised, and restrictions on overseas travels were lifted.

" Freedom of the press, like freedom of speech, is subject to restrictions on bases such as defamation law.

Freedom of speech and press are guaranteed by law, but authorities sometimes interfere with the news media through different forms of pressure.

Liebling promulgates Liebling's Law in The New Yorker magazine: " Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

* August 14 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is not acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.

* December 2 – Sweden introduces its Freedom of the Press Act, becoming the first country of the world to protect freedom of the press in the Constitution, and the first country in the world to grant a wide-ranging freedom of information.

* Freedom of speech and press

* Freedom of the press is granted by the British government which had already relaxed censorship following the Bill of Rights in 1689.

The sole exception, since 1815, is in cases involving freedom of the press, prosecuted under Chapter 7 of the Freedom of the Press Act, part of Sweden's constitution.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association were guaranteed in the newly written constitution as with the already firmly established freedom of religion doctrine.

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (, VVD ), often referred to in the English language press as the Liberals or by its initials from its official Dutch name, is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands.

Freedom of the press is officially guaranteed and condoned, however, independent press remains restricted, as does a substantial amount of web content.

* Freedom of the press

The Charter of 1814 that Louis created entailed all that Saint-Ouen wished for and more: Freedom of Religion, a legislature composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers, the press would enjoy a degree of freedom, the biens nationaux would remain in the hands of their current owners.

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media and published materials.

A court case allowing the União do Vegetal to import and use the tea for religious purposes in the United States, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on November 1, 2005 ; the decision, released February 21, 2006, allows the UDV to use the tea in its ceremonies pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

During apartheid there was violence between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party.

Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by Ignazio La Russa, who managed to merge the party into The People of Freedom ( PdL ).

* New Alliance ( Nuova Alleanza ), formerly called Right and Freedom ( Destra e Libertà ), headed by Altero Matteoli and Adolfo Urso, was formed by the staunchest supporters of Gianfranco Fini within the party and supported a liberal political agenda.

After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

For the next five years he and the Northern Alliance were busy fighting the Taliban until the 2001 US-led Operation Enduring Freedom in which the Taliban government was toppled.

Freedom was maximised when the government took a " hands off " attitude toward industrial development and supported the value of the currency by freely exchanging paper money for gold.

* In 1991, Powell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George H. W. Bush.

* On September 30, 1993, Powell was awarded his second Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton.

* On November 9, 1993, Powell was awarded the second Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, by President Ronald Reagan.

Freedom to Learn was revised two times.

Crystal Eastman was a noted anti-militarist, who helped found the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

It was replaced after the 1980 elections by a government led by the Dominica Freedom Party under Prime Minister Eugenia Charles, the Caribbeans first female prime minister.

In February 2010, he was named to the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Honorary Board of distinguished achievers.

During the same year, British author George MacDonald Fraser published Flash for Freedom !, the third novel in the Flashman series that was set partially in Dahomey.

* On 23 June 1987, Kaye was posthumously presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan.

Thomas was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003.

While in the service, he was assigned to write for the Manila Freedom and Soldier's Letter.

The first, " The Fight for Freedom ", was based on film from a Spanish government documentary Spain and the Fight for Freedom.

Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Muhammad Ali JinnahNotwithstanding the self-promotion of his own part in Indian independence — notably in the television series The Life and Times of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma, produced by his son-in-law Lord Brabourne and Dominique Lapierre, and Larry Collins's Freedom at Midnight ( of which he was the main quoted source ) — his record is seen as very mixed ; one common view is that he hastened the independence process unduly and recklessly, foreseeing vast disruption and loss of life and not wanting this to occur on the British watch, but thereby actually causing it to occur, especially in Punjab and Bengal.