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‘Where Is Humanity?’: Stabbed Christian Bishop Speaks Out Against Online Censorship

‘For us to say that free speech is dangerous, that free speech cannot be possible in a democratic country—I’m yet to fathom this.’
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‘Where Is Humanity?’: Stabbed Christian Bishop Speaks Out Against Online Censorship
An undated supplied image obtained on April 16, 2024 of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. Police were called to the Christ the Good Shepherd Church at Wakeley, in Sydney's west, about 7pm on Monday after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed during a live-streamed sermon. AAP Image/Supplied by Christ of Good Shepherd Church
By Nina Nguyen
4/28/2024Updated: 4/29/2024
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An Orthodox Christian bishop attacked during a live-streamed sermon has delivered a message to the Australian government after returning from hospital.

Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who suffered eye injuries following the attack, said that censorship went against the principle of integrity, morality, and democracy—the values which the “Western world, more-so, have been fighting for,” he argued.

Nina Nguyen
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Nina Nguyen is a reporter based in Sydney. She covers Australian news with a focus on social, cultural, and identity issues. She is fluent in Vietnamese. Contact her at [email protected].
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