It certainly has! With the rise of the internet one would think that people have never been so free in being able to express their views but we’re seeing a lot of cases such as this, many of them unrelated to religious belief. China is leading the way in oppressing Chinese journalists and bloggers. Google doesn’t seem to be helping the cause much either but that’s another story….

But it’s nothing new. Aung San Suu Kyi has been in prison for 11 years now (?) for what exactly?

I do think however, freedom of expression is becoming more difficult in the West, partly due to religion’s intolerance of criticism. It doesn’t matter whether you’re atheist or a Christian criticizing Islam, you’re not going to find favor in a world where religion is seen as being immune from questions we ask of any other belief system.