Judge Affirms Freedom Of Expression In Northern Ireland
In 2008 Sandown Free Presbyterian Church placed an advert in a newspaper in Northern Ireland which referred to homosexuality as ‘an abomination’ and invited people to join in a peaceful public prayer...
View ArticleWORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
The White House Correspondents Association annual dinner is a chance for the President or Vice President and their administration to schmooze the press corps, during an evening of ironic and sometimes...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and the case of Eynulla Fatullayev
Protesters gathered in front of the Azerbaijani Embassy on 20 April to commemorate the anniversary of the imprisonment of journalist Eynulla Fatullayev in 2007, and to support the Azerbaijani citizens...
View ArticleA reawakening of free speech in Egypt?
In the wake of the January 2011 Egyptian revolution, harmonies of free speech and reform echoed through the crowds of Tahrir Square and were heard around the world. One Egyptian lyricist, Hany Adel,...
View ArticleSticking up for God? The Case for freedom of expression encompassing...
Religious defamation as a legal concept was first proposed in 2009 by the UN Human Rights Council on the submission of Pakistan. It broadened the individualistic nature of human rights protection to...
View ArticleMexico: Code of Ethics v Freedom of Expression
Ms Carmen Aristegui, a well-known Mexican journalist was fired from a major Mexican radio station MVS Noticias, in February 2011, for “violating the station’s code of ethics” by “broadcasting rumour as...
View ArticleInternet: A Fundamental Human Right?
The internet shutdown in Egypt in January 2011 sparked a lively debate on whether access to the internet is a fundamental human right or not? This discussion has re-emerged with the recent release of...
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