Freedom of speech and protest? Of course they're allowed, as long as these "protests" doesn't get out of the hand. have you seen one of the Korean protest a couple years ago? They were attackign the police with bricks, bottles and sticks while police did nothign. If the protests gets to that stage, the force will be applied agasinst the protesters, and i am sure, protesting right or freedoms of press will not be interfered in anyway. Plus no need to worry about this, The Empire has 2 news casting stations, GIN (Geradin Imperial News) and ISN (International Security News) i'm sure you can keep the tab on them. Kinda getting off topic here...
Anyways, basic civil rights of freedom of speech, press and freedom of protest will not be interfered.