Litigation Developments in Tunisia 2015
Brief View on General Context Throughout 2015 Tunisia continued to mark progress in the area of human rights, rule of law and transitional justice. Promotion…
Internet Censorship 2020: A Global Map of Internet Restrictions
Introduction: Almost 54 percent of the world’s population (4.1 billion people) uses the internet. It’s our source of instant information, entertainment, news, and social interactions.…
Jamal Khashoggi: The latest act in a parody of justice but not the final act for justice
May 22 2020 – while shocking, today’s announcement that the family of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has forgiven his killers, was anticipated. All of…
Russia’s Double Standard on Dealing with “Fake” News
Russia’s efforts to flood the media landscape in both the United States and the European Union with hacked emails and fake news have been well…
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.…
Analysis of 2016 Decisions on Free Expression of the European Court of Human Rights
Amalie Bang published an article outlining Case Law from the European Court of Human Rights in 2016 on the National Law Review. This article provides…
But Facebook’s Not a Country: How to Interpret Human Rights Law for Social Media Companies
Published in Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin 38 (86-111), 2020 Abstract: Private social media companies regulate much more speech than any government does, and their…
Oman: Freedom of expression continues to be targeted
This report was originally published by The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and is re-posted here with permission and thanks. Freedom of expression remains…
IBAHRI Report: Advice on Promoting More Effective Investigations into Abuses Against Journalists
This report was first published by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. It is reproduced here with permission and thanks. The Panel is considering…