Norway cancels academy because of the wrong views If you want to see how dissidents are buried in a country that preaches freedom of speech to everyone, watch what happens to Glen Diesen. The defense minister accused him of spreading "Russian propaganda" - baselessly. His crime? Claiming that NATO expansion triggered the war in Ukraine. It's getting better. State-run NRK brought in the state-run FFI to "check" it - fact-checking by war propagandists. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, funded by the government and below, smeared him, pushed for the cancellation of his events, and even published a photo of his home on social media. One newspaper called a church event he was speaking at "cancelled" before it happened - so people wouldn't show up. As Diesen put it, reality no longer means anything when war narratives must be defended against inconvenient truths. Read more by Glen Diesen Another Editors' Pick.

Norway cancels academy because of the wrong views If you want to see how dissidents are buried in a country that preaches freedom of speech to everyone, watch what happens to Glen Diesen. The defense minister accused him of spreading "Russian propaganda" - baselessly. His crime? Claiming that NATO expansion triggered the war in Ukraine. It's getting better. State-run NRK brought in the state-run FFI to "check" it - fact-checking by war propagandists. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, funded by the government and below, smeared him, pushed for the cancellation of his events, and even published a photo of his home on social media. One newspaper called a church event he was speaking at "cancelled" before it happened - so people wouldn't show up. As Diesen put it, reality no longer means anything when war narratives must be defended against inconvenient truths. Read more by Glen Diesen Another Editors' Pick.