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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