JX Fund Report: A New Phase in the Fight for Press Freedom in Russia
JX Fund, an initiative that supports exiled media, published a report Locking Down the Windows: A New Phase in the Fight for Press Freedom in…
The Florida Star v. B. J. F.
On June 21, 1989, the Supreme Court of the United States held that imposing damages on a newspaper for publishing an article detailing the facts…
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…
Third Time Lucky?: Section 66A and the Afterlife of Strategic Litigation
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of India struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 as unconstitutional, in Shreya Singhal v.…
Resetting the Relationship Between Police and Press: New Guidelines
This article was first published by the European Journalist Observatory and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, and is reposted here with permission and thanks. The…
License to Protest: Examining the Role of Constitutional Courts in Upholding the Right to Protest
Part III Action Research & Resource Centre, an organization based in New Delhi, India, that works with intersectional themes of law, human rights, and social…
Civil Defamation Reform Bill in Greece to Eliminate “Press Killer” laws
As reported by the International Press Institute, new draft legislation, recently introduced in Greece could pave the way for wider freedom of the press in…
Eon v. France
Though the judgment of the majority in the present matter does expand expression on merits, the extent to which it does so could have been enlarged had the reasons offered by Judge Power-Forde’s in her partly Dissenting Opinion – on the applicant’s entitlement to more than a mere moral victory due to the anxiety suffered by him on being convicted for exercising his freedom of expression and on the need for the affirmation of the principles established in Colombani and Others v. France [ECHR] (2002) 51279/99 – formed part of the reasoning and decision put forth by the majority.
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…
Content Moderation and Self-Regulation Mechanisms: The Facebook Oversight Board and its Implications for Latin America
This is a post from The Dialogue: Leadership from the Americas and the post is also available in: Spanish The role of social media in…