In Re: Banners Placed on Roadside in the City of Lucknow v. State of Uttar Pradesh
HIDE AND SEEK: Tracking NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware to Operations in 45 Countries
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Shuangjiang Autonomous County People’s Prosecutor v. Yu et al.
Shakil-Ur-Rahman v. ARY Network Limited & Fayaz Ghafoor
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The U.K. High Court ruled in favor of Mir Shakil-Ur-Rahman, Chief Executive of Pakistan’s largest media group, awarding him “top of the bracket” damages of £185,000 in a defamation suit brought against rival network ARY Network Ltd. and its Chief Operating Officer in respect of programs broadcast in the U.K. Mir Shakil claimed that over a twelve month period the ARY Network mounted a “campaign” of harassment and defamation against him. The Court rejected the harassment claim but found that ARY had failed to establish sufficient defenses for the alleged defamation. The Court said the offending allegations were distinctive and very serious and went to “the core attributes” of the Claimant’s personality. Furthermore, they were published to tens of thousands of people within the U.K. and there had been no withdrawal or apology.
Fighting Through Cartoons
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CensorWatch: On the Implementation of Online Censorship in India
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Israeli Impact on Palestinian Digital Rights During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Global Trends and Cases in Global Freedom of Expression and Information
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Sep 19 – Oct 23: Online Course on Information and Elections in the Digital Era
UNESCO, UNDP, and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas are introducing a free massive open online course (MOOC) on Information and Elections in the…