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 ...

Nora Benavidez of the nonprofit advocacy group Free Press set out to catalog the Trump administration’s First Amendment infringements. She soon had a list of almost 200.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...