A long war, and a hard-won victory: after a decade-long battle, we have won our free speech lawsuit against Detroit for our ads offering help to people who had left Islam or wanted to leave Islam and were facing threats. “After Ten Years, Court Strikes Down Ruling Banning Ads Offering Help to Those Leaving Islam,” […]
AFDI Applauds the Drone Strike That Killed Iranian Military Leader Qassem Soleimani
NEW YORK, January 3, 2020: The American Freedom of Defense Initiative (AFDI), one of the leading human rights organizations in the United States, on Friday applauded President Trump’s decision to target General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iran-backed militias […]
On Giving Tuesday, America’s Foremost Defender of Human Rights Needs Your Help
#GivingTuesday is devoted to aiding organizations that work for truth and justice. That’s why there is no more fitting recipient of your tax-deductible donation today than the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), America’s foremost human rights activist group. AFDI is groundbreaking and unique among human rights organizations. Since our founding, AFDI has been a gamechanger […]
They’re Coming For Us
For years now, the hate-filled Leftist propaganda group known as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has defamed our American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), one of the foremost organizations fighting to preserve freedom in America today, as a “hate group.” The smear has been irritating, but ultimately ineffective in stopping our work. Now, however, House […]
AFDI Applauds the Banning of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from Israel
NEW YORK, August 15, 2019: The American Freedom of Defense Initiative (AFDI), one of the leading human rights organizations in the United States, on Thursday applauded the Israeli government’s decision to ban Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) from entering the country. The Israeli government announced that Tlaib and Omar would be […]
EU election day: tens of millions turn out to vote in battle between “populists” and “globalists”
“Tens of millions of Europeans in 21 countries are voting Sunday [today] in the European Parliamentary election in a continent-wide battle between euroskeptic populists and proponents of closer EU unity.” French leader Emmanuel Macron “whose country has been rocked in recent months by the populist yellow vest movement, has called the elections ‘the most important […]
Miscarriage of justice: Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging FBI role in 2015 jihad attack on AFDI free speech event
The FBI clearly knew the attack on our free speech event was coming (although it didn’t bother to inform us or our security team), as this undercover FBI agent was right there, following behind the jihadis, whom he had encouraged to “tear up Texas.” But even though they knew the attack was coming, they didn’t […]
Free speech victory: 9th Circuit rules that Seattle’s rejection of AFDI anti-terror ad violates First Amendment
An important victory for the increasingly embattled freedom of speech. Read Pamela Geller’s reaction and background on this case here. “AFLC Victory Over Government Apologists for Islamic Jihad: Ninth Circuit Unanimously Rules that King County’s Rejection of ‘Faces of Global Terrorism’ Ad Violates the First Amendment,” American Freedom Law Center, September 27, 2018: Seattle, Washington […]
Video: Key free speech case argued, American Freedom Defense Initiative vs. Seattle King County
This video shows Robert Muise of the American Freedom Law Center arguing that when Seattle refused to run our AFDI counter-terrorism ad, it violated our First Amendment rights. Our ad was a close copy of an ad that the FBI had originally run, before it was taken down after complaints from Leftists and Muslims. Both […]
AFDI Responds to Absurd Seattle King County Claim That We Are AGAINST Free Speech In Trying to Run Counterterror Ad
This all started back in 2013, when the FBI was running a terrorism awareness campaign featuring bus ads depicting photos of sixteen of the world’s Most Wanted Terrorists. This was a publicity campaign sponsored by the Joint Terrorism Task Force for the State Department’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program. The ad featured the world’s leading […]