By MDLI (Media Legal Defence Initiative) In its first judgment on free speech, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that imprisonment for defamation violates the right to freedom of expression while criminal...
Read MoreBy Patrick Kingsley in Cairo The Guardian, Thursday 13 November Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste could be returned to Australia before the end of his prison sentence in Egypt, after the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah...
Read MoreUK INDEPENDENT REVIEWER OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION CRITICISES TOO-BROAD DEFINITION OF TERRORISM David Anderson Q.C., the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, published his annual report on 22 July on the operation...
Read MoreSource: Council of Europe Council of Europe urges states to protect whistleblowers and journalists Strasbourg, 02.05.2014 –The Council of Europe today called on its 47 member states to fulfil their obligation to protect...
Read MoreSource: Geo.TV Geo News senior anchor Hamid Mir has issued his first formal statement after regaining consciousness. In his statement Hamid Mir said it was due to the grace of Allah and the prayers of the people of Pakistan that...
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