Hate speech: The Dark Twin of Free Speech
On October 20 2014, an unemployed fifty-seven year old white Norwegian man entered a supermarket in an Eastern suburb of the Norwegian capital of Oslo.…
Russia: Content Analysis Serves as a Tool of Biased Courts
Magomednabi Magomedov, a Salafist imam, received a five-year prison term from a military court for giving an allegedly unlawful sermon in 2016 in Dagestan. To help…
The Attacks on Palestinian Digital Rights
This report was originally published by 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Development of Social Media and is re-posted here with permission and thanks.…
Bahrain: An Analysis of the Legitimacy of Charges Against Sheikh Maytham Al Salman
This statement is concerned with the legitimacy of the charges laid by the authorities of Bahrain against human rights defender and cleric Sheikh Maytham Al…
(De)Liberalizing Judicial Independence in Egypt
Texas A&M University School of Law September 13, 2015 Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Liberalism, Intelligentsia, and the Future of Egyptian Democracy (2016), Forthcoming…
Vidar Stromme: Freedom of Expression and Information in Norway
Following are the issues discussed in Vidar Stromme’s presentation from the annual Justice for Free Expression Conference held on April 4-5, 2016. Please see the…
Bahrain: An Analysis of the Legitimacy of Charges Against Sheikh Maytham Al Salman
Download Full Statement in English or Arabic On January 6, 2016, Bahrain’s authorities charged Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, a human rights defender and cleric,…
Catherine Anite: Free Speech in Uganda, Progressive or Retrogressive?
Below is the introduction of Catherine Anite’s presentation written for the 2016 Justice for Free Expression Conference. Download below the full pdf version with footnotes.…
Security, Creativity, Tolerance and Their Co-Existence: The New European Agenda on Freedom of Artistic Expression
Executive Summary The protection and promotion of freedom of artistic expression is crucial to both ensure that artists can express themselves freely through various artforms…