(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…
Kyrgyzstan: Freedom of Expression in Transition
In June 2010, Kyrgyzstan’s Southern region experienced horrific inter-ethnic violence between Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups. Some foreign voices who attempted to shed light on the…
Open Letter in Support of Prof. Füsun Üstel and All Other Academics in Turkey Facing Imprisonment for Advocating Peace
March 11, 2019 As members of academic communities around the world, we strongly condemn the sentencing of Professor Zübeyde Füsun Üstel of Galatasaray University in…
UNESCO Issue Brief: Safety of Journalists Covering Protests
Safety of Journalists Covering Protests: Preserving Freedom of the Press During Times of Protest This brief comes as part of the UNESCO series World Trends…
The case of Roberta Chiroli, No TAV movement
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.…
Nearly 100 public interest organisations urge Council of Europe to ensure high transparency standards for cybercrime negotiations
Yesterday, 3 April 2018, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, along with 93 civil society organisations from across the globe, sent a letter to the Secretary…
Brazil: New Law on the Right of Reply Puts News Entities at Risk
In 2009, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) struck-down the Federal Press Act, a law enacted during the country’s military dictatorship period. Since the STF decision,…