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 ...

I'm delighted to report that Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University will be guest-blogging this week about this new book of hers. Here is ...

Finnish parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen announced Thursday that she is appealing to the European Court of Human Rights after ...

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 ...

Finland MP Päivi Räsänen plans to appeal her criminal hate speech conviction over a 2004 pamphlet to the European Court of ...

Free speech isn’t just political—it’s essential to mental health. A free speech culture strengthens cognitive resilience, ...

(Beirut) – Lebanon’s parliament should ensure that a draft media law it is considering upholds the right to freedom of expression, 14 Lebanese and international rights organizations, including Human ...

Free speech is a bulwark of open societies, because it allows ideas and information to be shared, authority to be questioned, and abuses of power exposed. In "On Liberty" (1859), John Stuart Mill gave ...

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A free, independent and responsible media is essential for democracy, human rights and state accountability, said Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). The organisation made the remarks ahead of World Press ...