FreeSpeakers was a opposition movement on the planet Donico II who opposed the Donican government's policy of banning certain expressions of thoughts, ideas, and facts. As of 2267, the leader of the FreeSpeakers was a man named Kurning. That year, the FreeSpeakers kidnapped government spokesperson Kyo-Ina, to pressure the government to release Starfleet Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott and allow him to help repair Donico's faltering power distribution Grid. (TOS short story: "See No Evil")