Sheikh Maytham Al Salman: Freedom of Expression in Bahrain
Sheikh Maytham Al Salman’s video message on the state of freedom of expression in Bahrain was presented at the Justice for Free Expression in 2015…
Sheikh Maytham Al Salman’s video message on the state of freedom of expression in Bahrain was presented at the Justice for Free Expression in 2015…
This decision of the Madras High is binding on the lower courts in the State of Madras. However, it needs to be noted that this decision was taken at a pre-trial stage while determination of the request to quash criminal proceedings under various hate speech enactments. Thus, the arguments relying on the observations of the Court for advancing arguments on merits would have limited persuasive value.
The First Amendment (and the rest of the Bill of Rights) was ratified in 1791, but largely ignored by the U.S. Supreme Court for 128…
Argentina has developed strong protections for the right to freedom of expression, especially through the Supreme Court’s rich and vast jurisprudence in this area. During…
The so-called “Iuventa case” (aka “Trapani case”) provides insights into the conventional frameworks that protect journalistic sources in Italy. In March 2021, after a nearly…
U.S., Bano v. Union Carbide Corp., 361 F.3d 696 (2d Cir. 2004)
Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2): Prosecution of An Opposition Leader in Turkey
The 2015 Significant Legal Ruling Prize went to the judgment of Rolfsen and Association of Norwegian Editors v. the Norwegian Prosecution Authority delivered by the…
by Atmaja Tripathy[1] In an era where expression via the internet is recognised as a quintessential part of freedom of speech and expression[2], sovereigns are…
Corresponding Law Reference – Sunday Times v UK 2 E.H.R.R 245 (1979), is a lower court reference. It may be unnecessary because it was of the higher ECtHR.