The Case of Ayupov R.N.
Fighting Through Cartoons
Fighting Through Cartoons Charged with nine counts of sedition, Zunar, Malaysia’s famous political cartoonist once vowed, “How can I be neutral, even my pen has…
The Protection of Journalistic Sources in Italian Criminal Proceedings: The “Iuventa Case”
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…
MENA region battles the infodemic: From fake news to hashtag-washing in the region’s ongoing information wars
This report was originally published by IFEX and is re-posted here with permission and thanks. While the world grapples with a global health pandemic, in…
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,…
Global Trends and Cases in Global Freedom of Expression and Information
I was asked to reflect on ‘important’ cases in the last year or so – and to indicate why they’re important; to indicate trends; and…