Kazakhstan: Recent Freedom of Expression and Information Cases
Case 1 – Suspension of publications based on mistakes in imprint information Facts Alia Ismagulova, 22, is the editor and publisher of Pravdivaya gazeta (Newspaper…
A Review of the European Court’s Freedom of Expression Cases in 2013
Introduction The European Court of Human Rights issued 916 judgments on the merits during its 2013 term. While this number may seem quite high, half…
Russia: Current Trends on Freedom of Expression and Information
OSCE Perspective: Important Freedom of Expression and Information Cases and Relevant Legal Trends
I have been asked to describe some of the most important cases and relevant legal trends from the OSCE perspective. I have decided to look…
Argentina: Current Trends in Freedom of Expression Jurisprudence
Argentina has developed strong protections for the right to freedom of expression, especially through the Supreme Court’s rich and vast jurisprudence in this area. During…
Brazil: Litigating on the Free Flow of Information
It is important for you to know that the most notorious and emblematic case of Judicial censorship (still active!) in Brazil envolves the newspaper I…
Freedom of Expression in the Gulf Region
Judges and the court systems in the Arabian Gulf countries do little protect freedom of expression, ruling nearly always with government security forces and their…
Litigating on the Free Flow of Information in Thailand
Following is an excerpt from McCargo’s presentation, please see the full pdf version with footnotes. 1. Most important 5 case laws and why? The most…