Call for Proposals: CYRILLA Applied Research and Advocacy Grants
CYRILLA Applied Research and Advocacy Grants Contact Grant Baker, CYRILLA Project Director (grant@smex.org) Background The CYRILLA Collaborative will be awarding 5 grants of $5,000 to…
SMUG v. Lively: Expert Opinion of Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni
Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni drafted an amicus brief in support of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) in the pending case of SMUG v. Lively. Sexual Minorities…
Rights Groups in Pakistan File Petition for Public Hearing on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015
Pakistan’s Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, first proposed by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology last April in an effort to update…
M.D. and Others v. Spain
The main issues for the Third Section of the ECtHR to analyze in this case were two. On the one hand, whether the Police report…
Freedom of Expression in Thailand During 2016
It is more than two years since the military seized control in Thailand and established a military junta called the National Council for Peace and…
New Podcast Series! Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech
Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express…
Working Paper: Does Freedom of Expression Cause Less Terrorism?
This paper was first published by The Future of Free Speech. It has been reproduced here with permission and thanks. Overview It is often assumed…
2016 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes – Recipients Announced!
2016 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes Recognize Legal Advocates in Turkey and Supreme Court in Norway NEW YORK, N.Y. (Mar. 14, 2016) — The…
Court case strengthens workers’ right to keep correspondence private
By Emil Weber The case of a Romanian who was sacked from his office job in Bucharest has created stronger privacy protection standards, thanks to…