State Department to focus on freedom of speech in next human rights report, likely targeting European governments

The US State Department will focus on “natural rights” like freedom of speech in its next human rights report, a senior State ...

Trump admin moves focus of key human rights report away from persecuted identity groups

The State Department’s human rights report will move away from noting persecution of marginalized groups, including women and ...
Reason

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: An Overview of My New Book

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 ...

Whatever Happened To Human Rights?

Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...
Reason

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: The Low Threshold Hatred Paradigm—When "Offence" Is Enough to Restrict Speech

In this third post in The Volokh Conspiracy guest series, I examine a critical issue in the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) hate speech jurisprudence: its embrace of what I term the "low ...
The Baltimore Sun

Armstrong Williams: Freedom of speech is our deliverance from terror | STAFF COMMENTARY

Freedom of speech protects speech that is both loved and hated. The United States Supreme Court instructed in Terminiello v. Chicago (1949), “[A] function of free speech under our system of government ...
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch’s Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Human Rights Watch is pleased to have the opportunity to offer input for the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression’s upcoming thematic report on freedom of expression ...
Human Rights Watch

Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions

(Beirut) – The Egyptian authorities have in recent weeks arbitrarily detained and referred for prosecution at least four critics of the government on charges stemming solely from their legitimate ...
The Daily Signal

State Department Accuses UK of Free Speech Violations

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 ...
The Conversation

Freedom of thought is being threatened by states, big tech and even ourselves. Here’s what we can do to protect it

Simon McCarthy-Jones receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program via a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Network. The idea of free speech sparked into life 2,500 ...
Newsday

Trump administration calls out human rights records of some nations accepting deported migrants

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday released human rights reports for countries worldwide, which eliminate mentions of discrimination faced by LGBTQ people, reduce a previous focus on ...

Contextualizing claims State Department declared abortion, DEI and LGBTQ+ rights 'human rights violations'

Outlets reported U.S. diplomats are now required "to scrutinize the prevalence of abortion and gender-transition surgery among children." ...