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Freedom of expression still faces major limits in Kenya. Perhaps that’s not the right expression –“limits” suggests something clear. But challenges to expression are varied and not always ...
Leading journalists were among dozens of people who marched through the Dominican Republic’s capital to decry a bill that critics warn could lead to government censorship.
This week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report titled “We Can’t Write the Truth Anymore,” detailing the decline in academic freedom and ...
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression and to receive and impart information. This right also covers the freedom of the press. Freedom of expression is one of the essential foundations of a ...
That would be no threat to freedom of expression, as those in defence of Mukwevho’s reckless utterances claim. It would be like connecting a right to a responsibility, as indeed all freedoms ...
Free and safe expression and dissemination of information are pillars ... Oleg Orlov's trial is a travesty of justice Oleg Orlov - a prominent human rights defender and long-time partner of my office ...
Thus was the unequivocal conclusion of the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC ... The Board argued that these had crossed the line between legitimate expression of opinion and incitement to hatred and ...
In terms of the Amendment Act, the blanket ban was imposed on all 350,000 municipal employees from holding office at any level in a political party, an unlawful assault on the right to freedom of ...
“It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” These words written by U.S. Supreme Court ...
A powerful collage for press freedom in Paris Young volunteers and artists displayed a united front to raise awareness of the ...