The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...

This book demonstrates that, with few exceptions, the ECtHR's general approach to hate speech has been overly expansive, often undervaluing both the significance of free speech and the harms resulting ...

In recent weeks, congressional hearings targeting bloggers and social media personalities have raised deep concerns – not just about decorum, but about democracy itself. While some may find the ...

In 1977, American Nazis fought for the right to march in Skokie, Illinois—a town filled with Holocaust survivors—and won. Nearly fifty years later, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for jokes ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance sent shockwaves across Europe in February when he used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to say that free speech is "in retreat" across the continent. The event ...

"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the ...

Last week, Sen. Charles Schumer, the leader of the Democrats in the United States Senate, introduced a resolution on behalf ...

George Caldwell is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to George. The Trump administration is accusing the United Kingdom of a number of human rights abuses in a negative human ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea. Human rights issues—from equal treatment for ...

SAN SALVADOR, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch expressed concerns on Thursday about two new laws in El Salvador related to cybersecurity and data protection, which the group said could threaten ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...