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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The free press thus emerges not as a private right of journalists but as a structural necessity for democratic governance and a powerful instrument for protecting human rights by ensuring governmental ...

The proper limits of free speech, then, are those that prevent government overreach while promoting a public sphere where citizens can exercise autonomy, pursue truth, and govern themselves with ...

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 ...

Human Rights Day 2025 is observed on December 10 with the theme “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials.” Here's the meaning, ...

Liberal MPs on the justice and human rights committee voted Tuesday evening to approve a controversial Bloc Québécois amendment to Bill C-9 that removes the religious speech defence from Canada’s hate ...

"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 ...

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 ...