The Constitutional Court has ruled that the penalization of Academics for Peace on the charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” has violated their freedom of expression.
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Charlie Hebdo and the Limits of the Republic
Immediately following the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, commentators denounced an attack on "Democracy and the West," an attack..
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Iraqi Authorities Turn Their Sights on Journalists
[The following briefing was published by Reporters Without Borders on 26 March 2014]
Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about the growing hostility that the..
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Urgent Concern Related to Arbitrary Restrictions on Freedom of Expression and of Association in Qatar
[The following briefing was written by the Gulf Center for Human Rights and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Issued by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 28 March 2014]
Submission to the UN Unive..
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Human Rights Watch Briefing on Saudi Arabia's New 'Terrorism Laws'
[The following briefing was published by Human Rights Watch on 20 March 2014]
Saudi Arabia’s new terrorism law and a series of related royal decrees create a l..
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Freedom of Expression in Turkey: Problems and Challenges (London School of Economics, 3 March)
“Freedom of Expression in Turkey: Problems and Challenges”
LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies Conference
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Letter from Associated Press to US Department of Justice: Massive and Unprecedented Intrusion
[The following letter was issued by the Associated Press on 13 May 2013 in response to revelations that the Justice Department had seized the personal and professional telephone records of reporters and editors of ..
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Bahrain: Silence Is a War Crime
[The following report was issued by the Bahrain Press Association on 2 May 2013.]
Bahrain: Silence Is a War Crime
Forward
The 2012 Annual Report ..
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FIDH Condemns Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in Egypt
[The following statement was issued by the International Federation for Human Rights on 3 April 2013.]
FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) deplores the increasing c..
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Reporters Without Borders Enemies of Internet Report Features Iran, Bahrain, and Syria
[The following report was issued by Reporters Without Borders on 11 March 2013.]
The Enemies of Internet -- Special Edition: Surveillance
Introduction: Era of the Digital Mercenaries ..
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Morsi's Democracy Devoid of Press and Media Freedoms
“No one will touch media freedoms. There will be no pens broken, no opinions prevented, no channels or newspapers shut down in my era.”
This confident claim was uttered by Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi soon a..