Clik here to view.
State responsibility for Mexico’s self-censored media
The current climate of self-censorship among journalists in Mexico is unusual as an example of a limit on freedom of expression, as it is born not of armed conflict or revolution, but of a government’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The growing problem of impunity for attacks against journalists
2010 seems, so far, to be a particularly bloody year for journalists. In countries all around the world journalists have been attacked and killed by private citizens, without the States in question...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cuba, Twitter and Freedom of Expression
Cuba’s contemporary history on violations of freedom of expression is broad. The island runs second in the ranking of countries with more journalists in prison (right after China). Just in 2009, 22...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why is Venezuela ranked in the 133rd position in the 2010 World Press Freedom...
Of the 178 countries ranked in the 2010 World Press Freedom Index Venezuela was situated in 133rd place, plunging nine places compared to the 124th place it occupied in 2009. The reasons for this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Conflict of Interests: a discussion on David Cole’s recent article, “Chewing...
The main point of the David Cole’s article “Chewing Gum for Terrorists” is this: a constant thirst for profit encourages hypocrisy as the US trades with but will not allow discussion of named terrorist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fired over Facebook: Employer Regulation of Speech on Social Media Sites
Experts have stated that “the intersection of social media and the office is a potential minefield,” creating numerous possibilities for a wide variety of lawsuits. A manager “poking” an employee on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book Burning and Gay Bashing: The continuing First Amendment struggles in the...
In the recent decision of Snyder v Phelps the Supreme Court of the United States of America, acting in an 8 – 1 majority has affirmed the right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The value of free expression in the UK: defamation reform and conditional fee...
“We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spoke: the faith and morals hold Which Milton held. – In everything we are sprung Of Earth`s first blood, have titles manifold.” William...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mexico: Code of Ethics v Freedom of Expression
Ms Carmen Aristegui, a well-known Mexican journalist was fired from a major Mexican radio station MVS Noticias, in February 2011, for “violating the station’s code of ethics” by “broadcasting rumour as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple and Net Neutrality – Relevant?
In recent months the legal and ethical debate over net neutrality and its implications for freedom of expression has drawn quite a bit of attention. Net neutrality is of utmost cultural, societal, and...
View Article
