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Czech politics and libel: Insects crushed | The Economist

Roman Smetana, a bus driver from the eastern city of Olomouc, defaced several dozen campaign posters plastered on city buses before the 2010 general election. Deeply disillusioned with Continue Reading

Indian cartoonist arrested for sedition, writes @GreensladeR in @guardian

The arrest of a renowned cartoonist in India on charges of sedition has triggered a wave of criticism across the country. Aseem Trivedi - see his Wikipedia profile - was arrested in Continue Reading

Freedom of expression, the ECHR, and Turkey: recent developments

Two recent cases in the European Court of Human Rights demonstrate that there are still large gaps in the protection of freedom of expression in Turkey. Terrorist speech In Gözel and Özer v Continue Reading

Free Speech, Terrorism, and European Security

For those interested in my earlier posts on free speech and national security and terrorism and speech, a new paper on SSRN: Free Speech, Terrorism, and European Security: Defining and Defending the Continue Reading

New kids on the block

I've just discovered the wonderful new(ish) blog Human Rights in Ireland, a group blog about - well, the clue is in the name - human rights issues in Ireland and Irish scholarship about human rights Continue Reading

FoE in the EHRLR

The current issue of the European Human Rights Law Review ( 3 EHRLR | table of contents (pdf) | hat tip ECHR blog) contains a wonderful piece by my colleague Dr Ewa Komorek entitled "Is Media Continue Reading

Cowengate caricatures “didn’t bother” Cowen: why the fuss?

On the top right hand corner of a cover of Hot Press (pictured left) runs a quote from the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Brian Cowen: Those paintings didn't bother me It is a teaser for a full Continue Reading

Cowengate: no use crying over spilt milk

Silvio Berlusconi and Mara Carfagna, though not by Filippo PansecaYesterday's Times Online has a short piece which begins A scarf is the only thing protecting the modesty of Silvio Berlusconi, Continue Reading

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Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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