Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe

✍ Scribed by Peter Molnar (editor)

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 560
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on regulatory challenges of creating and sustaining freedom of speech and freedom of information two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, in global, comparative context. Some chapters overview, others address specific issues, or describe country case studies. Instead of trying to provide an exhaustive assessment which in one volume might not reach deeper analyzes of contextual details, this book will shed light on and help better understanding of general challenges for freedom of speech and information through varying comparative examples and highlighting important regulatory questions.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page, Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1989, 2011, and Strategic Narratives
Four Dangers for Freedom of Expression and the Internet: An Interview with Frank La Rue by Pￃﾩter Molnￃﾡr
Freedom of Speech in the OSCE Countries: An Interview with Dunja Mijatoviￄﾇ
Revisiting the Three Europes: Diverging Landscapes of Media Freedom
Freedom of Expression, Media and Journalism under the European Human Rights System: Characteristics, Developments, and Challenges
Jurisprudential Advances and Persistent Challenges for Freedom of Expression in the Americas
The Right to Information in Latin America
Freedom of Speech and Access to Information in Africa: An Interview with Pansy Tlakula
A Right Emerges: The History of the Right of Access to Information and Its Link with Freedom of Expression
The Right to Information and the Expanding Scope of Bodies Covered by National Laws since 1989
The Rabat Plan of Action: A Critical Turning Point in International Law on "Hate Speech"
Free to Hate? Anti-Gypsyism in 21st-Century Europe
The Role of the Mass Media in the Spanish Transition to Democracy and Its Subsequent Consolidation
Russia￢ﾀﾙs Supreme Court as Media Freedom Protector
Access to Information in Kenya: The Law and Practice Since 1991
Freedom of Expression in Ferment: A Cursory Look at the Ethiopian Media Regime
Philippines: Expanding the Contours of Free Speech in an Environment of Impunity against Journalists
The Fragile Complexity of Protecting Freedom of Speech in Australia
The Impact of New Media on Freedom of Expression in China and the Regulatory Responses
Eavesdropping on the Freedom of Expression in India
The ￢ﾀﾜTurkish Model￢ﾀﾝ of Freedom of Speech
Forging Ahead: A Contemporary Review of Egyptian Press and Media Laws
Media, Freedom of Expression and Democratization in Morocco
The Danish Cartoons Controversy: Hate Speech Laws and Unintended Consequences
The UN Defamation of Religions Resolution and Domestic Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan: Creating a Culture of Impunity
A Right to Be Free from Religious Hatred? The Wilders Case in the Netherlands and Beyond
List of Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index