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					Don’t blame news polarisation on the internet…it’s not the technology, stupid!
				
The internet does not guarantee polarised news, argues Richard Fletcher.

					Free speech debates are more than ‘radicals’ vs ‘liberals’
				
Eric Heinze argues that the radicals and liberal grounds for free speech are not mutually exclusive.

					Wikipedia at 15: The sum of human knowledge?
				
Martin Poulter, Wikimedian in residence at Oxford University, considers the active encyclopedia’s first 15 years.

					Hyperreality beats free speech in Turkey
				
Kerem Öktem describes the dramatic deterioration of Turkey’s media landscape after the attempted coup of July 2016.

					Noam Chomsky: Does America have uncensored, diverse, and trustworthy media?
				
Noam Chomsky talks about Edward Snowden, laws regulating historical memory, no-platforming, internet echo chambers and the lack of diversity in the American media.

					From another spectrum: the net neutrality debate in India
				
Nikhil Pandhi discusses the debate about net neutrality in India.

					A Turkish newspaper is shut down, condolences accepted
				
Ezgi Basaran cries out at the forced end of Radikal, the Turkish newspaper she used to edit.

					Citizens United: how the US Supreme Court struck down limits on corporate electioneering on the grounds of free speech
				
Max Harris analyses the case and the applicability of US First Amendment rights to corporations.

					Chicago university’s free speech policy
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces the report of a committee on freedom of expression at the University of Chicago

					‘No-platforming’ on university campuses: political correctness and the subversion of free speech
				
Monica Richter argues that no-platforming is more about censoring unpalatable views than protecting marginalised groups.

					Don’t ban no-platforming
				
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues that no-platforming is an expressive act that can expand the field of debate, rather than the denial of free speech.

					Ten arguments for – and against – ‘no-platforming’
				
Eric Heinze sets out the flaws in the commonly heard arguments for no-platforming.

					الجاهلون في غزّة: الإعلام الغربي والصراع العربي-الإسرائيلي
				
جون لويد يخوض في تاريخ وضعف تغطية الإعلام الغربي ويقترح طريقاً يمكن أن يحسّنها.

					Salman Rushdie: What have been the most important changes to free speech in the last 25 years?
				
25 years after the fatwa and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Salman Rushdie discusses with Timothy Garton Ash whether there is now more or less freedom of expression in Europe, worrying developments in India and his critical view of Edward Snowden. 

					Should the LSE’s Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society have asked people to cover up people wearing religious t-shirts?
				
At the London School of Economics Students’s Union Freshers’ Fair members of the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Student Society were asked to cover up their T-shirts displaying a Jesus and Mo cartoon. This panel discussion discusses the freedom to offend and how to balance freedom of expression and civility.

					Vote for Hong Kong – on the streets and online
				
In 2014, the citizens of Hong Kong staged an unofficial civil referendum in protest against the Beijing authorities’ attempts to undermine its independence. As Rebecca Wong reports, the majority of the votes were cast via a voting app on mobile phones.

					Egypt: the show is over
				
Bassem Youssef and the Egyptian struggle for freedom of speech.

					How an attempt at ‘libel tourism’ rebounded on a Tanzanian tycoon
				
A British citizen blogged about a Tanzanian media magnate involved in throwing her and her husband off their Tanzanian farm. He sued for libel in a British court. Dominic Burbidge explains.

					The world through the eyes of Russian state television
				
Robert Coalson looks at how Russian television depicts everything from the crisis in Ukraine to the war in Syria.

					The long struggle to bury speech crimes in the English-speaking world
				
Anthony Lester and Zoe McCallum look at how the ghost of the English Court of the Star Chamber has been used to suppress free speech. 

					Hong Kong: two systems, one country?
				
Samson Yuen and Kitty Ho argue that the stabbing of a former Hong Kong news editor is a symptom of a broader squeeze on the city’s freedoms.

					Homage to Catalan
				
Timothy Garton Ash introduces a translation of our ten principles into Catalan and a reflection on having Catalan as your native language. 

					Our draft principles and introduction in Catalan
				
Our draft principles, and Timothy Garton Ash’s personal introduction, have been translated into Catalan.

					The importance of speaking Catalan
				
Pere Vilanova reflects on his personal experience of learning his ‘native’ tongue – as a third language.

					Germans are not especially concerned about privacy and sovereignty
				
Nazi past? Stasi past? Sebastian Huempfer challenges the conventional explanations for Germany’s strong reaction to Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA snooping.

					Who is threatening free speech in post-revolutionary Tunisia?
				
Middle East specialist Rory McCarthy examines the role of Islamist movement Ennahdha in shaping, and constraining, freedom of speech in Tunisia after the Arab Spring. 

					Thou shall not leak: Thomas Fingar on why leaking classified information is unnecessary and dangerous
				
Thomas Fingar, 2013 winner of the Sam Adams Awards for Integrity in Intelligence, argues that leaking classified information from within the intelligence services is unnecessary and dangerous.

					Why the US needs more open debate about its failures on race
				
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington must be the beginning of the discussion of race, not the end. Bassam Gergi discusses why the depoliticisation of race in the US is problematic and only open debate can lead to progress.

					Is Facebook just the new chamber of commerce and Twitter the new telegraph?
				
Political theorist Rob Reich discusses what adaptations we need as freedom of speech and association move increasingly from the offline to the online world. Can the old principles still apply in new circumstances?

					Why ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria?
				
The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge.

					Twitter, free speech, and sexism – an #outcry from Germany
				
Sarah Glatte explores the potential and pitfalls of social media in combating sexism.

					A whistleblower’s argument
				
Edward Snowden was not the first NSA official to sound the alarm. Thomas Drake, winner of the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, makes his case to Free Speech Debate.

					Martha Nussbaum: How can we best approach the challenge of religious difference?
				
Legal philosopher Martha Nussbaum gave the 2013 Dahrendorf Lecture, exploring how to live with religious diversity.

					When to be silent is to speak
				
Stephen Meili examines the contrasting UK and US treatment of people who refuse to declare a political allegiance. 

					Does India need its Leveson?
				
India has its own fierce debate about media regulation. Arghya Sengupta discusses how the shadow of the 1970s “Emergency” hangs over proposed steps from failed self-regulation to statutory regulation.

					متى وأين يسمح بمسيرة متطرفين؟
				
تشكل الاحتجاجات اليمينية المتطرفة في اماكن متنوعة عرقيا نوع من الاستفزاز، ولكن ربما يؤدي منعهم الى آثر غير مرغوب. ينظر جوش بلاك إلى فرض حظر على رابطة الدفاع الإنجليزية في شرق لندن.

					The bizarre story of how lippy librarians faced down a silly publisher
				
A university librarian faced a lawsuit over a critical blog post about the publishing house Edwin Mellen Press but online solidarity won out. By Dominic Burbidge.

					Is privacy getting lost in Google’s “cracks and crevices”?
				
A globally-effective privacy regime is a realistic goal, argues Ian Brown. But it needs giants like Google to get behind it.

					Jesus Christ Superstar? Not in Rostov, Russia
				
The Russian parliament’s vote in support of a declaration against acts offending religious sentiments is symptomatic of worrying trends, write Olga Shvarova and Dominic Burbidge.

					‘اختبار براندنبورغ’ للتحريض على العنف
				
في عام 1969، أصدرت المحكمة العليا في الولايات المتحدة حكم تاريخي عندما قالت ان يجب أن يكون غرض العنف المدعي محتمل ووشيكا لكي يستحق الإدانة. يكتب جيف هوارد.

					متى يتحول خطاب الكراهية إلى خطاب خطير؟ نظرة إلى كينيا وراوندا
				
المحاكمة التي تبدأ قريباً للمذيع جوشوا آراب سانغ تطرح أسئلة جوهرية حول العلاقة بين الكلمات والعنف. هذا ما تناقشه كاثرين بروس-لوكهارت في هذه المادة.

					The three George Orwells and the three Burmas
				
Timothy Garton Ash delivers the Orwell Lecture at an unprecedented literary festival in Rangoon. He talks about three Orwells and three Burmas.

					A Turkish journalist’s censored plea for press freedom
				
Kerem Oktem introduces our translation of a column by Hasan Cemal, which his newspaper, Milliyet, refused to print.

					The Copyright Alert System: coming to a home near you?
				
The question of how best to respond to the unauthorised dissemination of copyright-protected expression over the internet has long troubled copyright owners. But the proposed solution of a Copyright Alert could potentially erode free speech, writes Graham Reynolds. 

					هل تدافع المحكمة الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان مجرد عن اشياء غير مثيرة للجدل؟
				
تسلط قضية رقابة الدولة في النمسا الشهيرة الضوء على اتجاه الحكومات لإرضاء الأغلبية وترك الآراء المثيرة للجدل بدون حماية. تكتب ميشيل فينك.

					Mustn’t ask, mustn’t tell
				
Data protection laws now touch everyone’s lives and those living within the EU are about to have their regulations updated, writes David Erdos. These proposed laws are overly restrictive: the time has come to take a stand for those working in research.

					Is Myanmar sliding back into censorship?
				
For all its talk of press freedom, the Burmese government has produced a surprise new bill containing oppressive provisions and undermining the press council it created. Ellen Wiles reports.

					How has the internet changed the relationship between the writer and the state?
				
The relationship between writers and the state is complex, multifaceted and changing. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 a panel of experts explores some of the issues faced by writers around the world.

					هل سمحت محكمة ستراسبورغ بالمحرمات المحلية؟
				
في المحكمة الأوروبية لحقوق الإنسان، حددت قضية IA ضد تركيا في عام 2005 حرية التعبير لاجل الدين وتم تعريف المادة 10، تناقش ميشيل فينك.

					China’s public expression philosophy: a case of too little theory?
				
The Chinese government’s stance towards the question of free speech is guided by a philosophy that is complex but intelligent. Rogier Creemers diagnoses the underlying causes.

					“If you rattle a snake…” The Kenyan government bites its media
				
 In 2006 the Kenyan police violently raided the offices and printing press of the Standard Group media organisation. What was the government afraid of seeing reported? Dominic Burbidge explores a revealing case.

					Is the ‘hands-off’ internet different to internet freedom?
				
At the invitation of Index of Censorship and the Editors Guild of India, Timothy Garton Ash joins Kirsty Hughes at a panel discussion in Delhi with Shri Ajit Balakrishnan, Shri Sunil Abraham and Ramajit Singh Chima. 

					البلطجة الإلكترونية التي قادت إلى انتحار
				
في أوكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2012 انتحرت المراهقة الكندية أماندا تود بعد سنوات من البلطجة الإلكترونية والمضايقة. جوديث بروهن تصف الحالة المروعة.

					“Speakers’ Corner” What should it mean today?
				
Peter Bradley describes a British initiative promoting free expression, public debate and active citizenship.

					حرية التعبير كما يراها عابد ديانة ابراهيمية
				
كثيراً ما تُتهم ديانات الإسلام، المسيحية، واليهودية برغبتها في تقييد حرية التعبير. دومينيك بوردج يقترح وجهة نظر مختلفة جذرياً مستمدة من المنظومة الفكرية  للديانات الابراهيمية الثلاث.

					The Southern Weekly affair: No closer to the Chinese dream?
				
2013 began dramatically in China with a standoff between journalists and state propaganda authorities over a drastically rewritten New Year editorial.  Timothy Garton Ash introduces English translations of the original and finally published versions.

					Can the treatment of animals be compared to Nazi concentration camps?
				
Not in Germany, said the German courts. And the European Court of Human Rights agreed. 

					The practice of freedom
				
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi stresses the importance of free speech but emphasises the Buddhist idea of “right speech”.

					The Nira Radia tapes controversy and the right to privacy
				
Should government-initiated phone hacking be made public if the recordings are in the public interest? Shubhangi Bhadada exposes the thin line in India between the right to privacy and freedom of expression.

					Is self-regulation of the media in India sufficient?
				
In a panel John Lloyd, T.R. Andhyarujina, Harish Salve and Daya Thussu discussed whether self-regulation can continue to remain a viable way forward for the Indian media.

					Tarun Tejpal: How has investigative journalism in India changed in the last 20 years?
				
Indian journalist and writer Tarun Tejpal speaks about development and corruption in India, and the role of investigative journalism.

					Arundhati Roy on national security & the Indian media
				
The award-winning Indian novelist and activist speaks to Manav Bhushan about the limits to free speech in India, including government censorship through the media and “goon squads”.

					War is not cricket!
				
An Indian and a Pakistani student at Oxford reflect on how their countries covered the same story in their own ways.  By Zahra Shah and Debanshu Mukherjee.

					The future of free speech
				
Human Rights activist Aryeh Neier speaks about the future of free speech.

					A sticky WCIT and the battle for control of the internet
				
At the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), authoritarian governments staked worrying claims. But the US-dominated model of non-governmental internet governance brings its own problems, writes Alison Powell. Beware of the Clinton Paradox. 

					بعد مرور سنتين، هل مازال الربيع في تونس؟
				
في 17 ديسمبر 2010، احرق نفسه البائع المتجول التونسي محمد البوعزيزي – وبدأ الربيع العربي. على الرغم من الضغوط الإسلامية ضد حرية التعبير وحقوق المرأة، روري مكارثي يرى سبب لاستمرار الأمل.

					حر ولكن غير قادر
				
معرفة القراءة والكتابة هي لبنة البناء الأساسية لأي مجتمع يتمتع بحرية التعبير، وهذا الأمر له دلائل تشهد عليه ليس فقط في الإحصاءات الكبرى بل أيضاً في حيوات الناس الذين هم في أشد حالات العوز. يزودنا دومينيك بوربيدج بتقرير هنا.

					Former British agent, Annie Machon: What is the case for whistleblowing?
				
Former British MI5 agent Annie Machon revealed,  together with David Shayler,  alleged criminal behaviour within the agency. In an interview with Sebastian Huempfer she speaks about the need for official channels through which whistleblowers can voice their concerns.

					Does freedom of expression give us a right to show videos of animals being crushed?
				
In 2010 president Barack Obama signed a law banning videos that depict animal cruelty. Judith Bruhn explores whether this is a justified restriction to freedom of expression.

					“You are the problem, not the solution”
				
We regularly highlight comments that have made an impression on us. Today’s comment comes from our user Howard Hill who is challenging the validity of the idea of the project. 

					What is it like to be charged with libel for cybercrime in the Philippines?
				
Filippino journalist Marites Vitug speaks about her experience being charged with libel for her investigative journalism, freedom of the press in the Philippines and the new cybercrime law.

					What are the best ways to facilitate internet usage in Mexico?
				
Aleph Molinari, founder of Fundación Proacceso ECO, speaks to Brian Pellot about why his Mexico-based non-profit organisation promotes information and communication technologies for development and why the internet should be considered a basic right.

					المواجهة الشخصية بين البرازيل وجوجل
				
اعتقل المدير التنفيذي لشركة جوجل في البرازيل عندما رفضت الشركة لإزالة مقاطع الفيديو على اليوتيوب التي آدت الى الاتهامات ضد مرشح رئاسة البلدية المحلية. يناقش فيليبي كوريا القضية.

					The silenced sex? Women’s voices in US election coverage
				
A new report shows only 12% of US election coverage on the abortion debate quotes women. Judith Bruhn explores why this under-representation of women’s voices is undermining women’s freedom of speech.

					حرية التعبير وعدم الكشف الهوية وياهو في الصين
				
في عام 2002 تم إرسال وانغ شياو نينغ إلى السجن لمدة 10 عاما عندما أصدرت ياهو معلوماته الشخصية للسلطات الصينية. تكتب جوديث برون عن قضية القوانين المتضاربة والتوقعات الأخلاقية.

					Zambia’s secret freedom of information bill
				
If a decade of stalled attempts to enact Zambia’s Freedom of Information bill seems comical, there is underlying tragedy in how politicians have fallen short of their free speech rhetoric, writes Dominic Burbidge. 

					Why the Arab world needs community radio
				
Social media and satellite television played a crucial role in the Arab uprisings, but Daoud Kuttab argues community radio must be embraced to effect positive change in the region.

					Eli Dourado: Why is anonymity important in ensuring transparency in international telecommunications?
				
The WCITLeaks.org co-founder discusses how anonymous uploads to his website are shedding light on the upcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications.

					Egypt’s one-way traffic in books
				
Historian Khaled Fahmy describes how historic Egyptian books are more easily found in Western than in Egyptian libraries – and how a scholarly history of the Middle East was recently banned from entering Egypt.

					Katalin Barsony on empowering Roma with technology
				
Romedia Foundation aims to disseminate an insider’s view of Romani issues, empower Romani activists and challenge stereotypes through new media.

					How ‘brown envelope journalism’ holds back sub-Saharan Africa
				
Dominic Burbidge explores the corrupt links between political elites and mainstream media that suffocate genuine democratic debate in Africa.

					Should journalists need a diploma?
				
Brazil’s Supreme Court renewed a law that requires journalists to hold a university degree in journalism. A currently discussed Amendment to the Constitution could further restrict the country’s media writes Felipe Correa.

					Evgeny Morozov: What is the dark side of internet freedom?
				
Author Evgeny Morozov highlights the dangers that sometimes emerge when governments and corporations harness the internet to serve their own objectives. 

					مجموعة بوسي رايوت، روسيا تحت حكم بوتين والكنيسة الأرثوذكسية
				
هل كان أداء مجموعة بوسي رايوت في كنيسة موسكو “بلطجة وكراهية دينية” أم شكل فني من المعارضة السياسية؟ تناقش أولغا شفاروفا.

					Online language bubbles: the last frontier?
				
Scott A Hale explores the effect of language in seeking and imparting information on the broader web.

					Guilt by association: the London 2012 Olympics
				
The drive to control all references to the Olympic Games is part of a global creep of intellectual property law that has led to a “right of association”, writes Teresa Scassa.

					كتاب التاريخ الجديد الياباني
				
سبب كتاب تاريخ يهون عن الإمبريالية اليابانية جدل محلي ودولي، يكتب أياكو كومينيو وناوكو هوسوكاوا.

					The case of the Russian ‘spy’
				
Igor Sutyagin, the Russian nuclear researcher sentenced to 15 years for espionage, found himself at the centre of a spy-swap deal in 2010, writes Olga Shvarova.

					أهمية معرفة القراءة والكتابة بلغة البريل
				
عام 2010، أغلق ’المعهد الوطني الكندي للمكفوفين‘ مكتبته لأسباب تمويلية. ومع ذلك يجادل البعض بأن أولئك الذين لا يستطيعون قراءة لغة بريل أشبه بأمّيّين، تكتب كاتي إنغلهارت.

					How open access to scientific journals can help the developing world
				
Open access publishing models are having a significant impact on the dissemination on scientific information but their impact on the developing world is uncertain, writes Jorge L Contreras.

					China’s human flesh search engines
				
While China’s human flesh search engines can help reveal government corruption they can also be used to humiliate ordinary citizens, writes Judith Bruhn.

					Why should Amazon be our taste and decency police?
				
The online retailer has been criticised for profiting from ebooks featuring terror and violence. No one should tell us what to read, says Jo Glanville. 

					Tim Berners-Lee: Are stretch-friends the future of the internet?
				
Tim Berners-Lee argues that stretch friends, individuals who are outside of your social circle online, will help break down cultural barriers 

					ماذا لا نلبس
				
مريم أوميدي تلقي نظرة على الثياب الممنوعة حول العالم – وتستخلص أن النساء يميلون ليكونوا هدف الشفرة الثيابية العقائدية.

					Storyful: verifying citizen journalism
				
Malachy Browne, news editor at Storyful, explains how the social media news agency validates news content sourced from the real-time web. 

					Free speech in an unfair world
				
Free Speech Debate’s 10 draft principles benefit those in positions of privilege and power, writes Sebastian Huempfer.

					Fighting for free speech in an unjust world
				
A society in which free speech marginalises, rather than empowers, vulnerable citizens is a society in which our moral vision of universal free speech has not actually been achieved, writes Jeff Howard.

					Do anti-abortion protestors have free speech?
				
A pro-life campaigner and a pro-choice activist go head-to-head in this debate about the rise of US-style anti-abortion protests outside clinics in the UK.

					Moving towards the zettabyte era
				
According to a new report, annual global internet traffic will increase nearly fourfold between 2011 and 2016, moving us into the zettabyte era, writes Maryam Omidi.

					أوكرانيا: دولة المعتدين
				
أصبحت المجلات الثقافية الأوكرانية هدفا “للمعتدين” – جماعات مشبوهة تعمل لصالح المصالح القوية يستخدمون دعاوى ملكية زائفة لإغلاق الشركات، تكتب ميكولا ريبشوك.

					How should publishers respond to protests for and against the publication of the same essay?
				
In 2011, three Indian scholars called on OUP India to re-publish an essay which had been denounced by Hindu extremists. Less than two weeks later, the publisher reversed its earlier decision not to re-publish.

					Did Tamiflu work? How can we know if we can’t find out?
				
Medical science frequently favours commercial interests over free speech, writes Deborah Cohen of the BMJ.

					هل تساعد الصين الإعلام الحر في أفريقيا؟
				
توفر الصين أدوات الرقابة للأنظمة الاستبدادية في أفريقيا، ولكن الشركات الغربية ما زالت تهيمن على هذا السوق، يكتب ايغنيو غاغلياردون، زميل في برنامج دراسة بعد الدكتوراه في جامعة أكسفورد.

					The vital presence of the past
				
History is a sensitive issue in China with some of it desperately remembered and some, deliberately forgotten, writes Judith Bruhn.

					Punishing users of extremist websites
				
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed a law to punish readers of websites promoting terrorism and violence, writes Clementine de Montjoye.

					Open government in Chongqing?
				
Environmental information is tightly controlled in China despite the existence of access to information regulations, writes Sam Geall.

					Mapping edits to Wikipedia from Africa
				
Egypt made more edits to Wikipedia than any other African country between 2010 and 2011, according to new research.

					ACTA: Open agreement secretly arrived at?
				
The secretive approach adopted by parties in negotiating the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement constrained the ability of the public to challenge limits on free expression, writes Graham Reynolds.

					Free speech in Turkey & the world – part one
				
In the first past of this debate, research fellow Kerem Öktem argues that an individual’s understanding of free speech is shaped by their personal history and geography. 

					حسن جمال: حرية التعبير في تركيا
				
من الشيوعية إلى النزعة الانفصالية الكردية استخدمت الدولة التركية سلسلة من الذرائع لمنع مواطنيها من حرية التعبير، يكتب الصحافي حسن جمال.

					Moez Chakchouk: Can the Tunisian Internet Agency defend net neutrality?
				
Online censorship is futile as it can almost always be circumvented, says Moez Chakchouk, the head of the Tunisian Internet Agency.

					Hungary’s new media regulation
				
In 2010, the Hungarian prime minister passed a series of laws, giving excessive control over all private media to the government, writes Peter Bajomi-Lazar, a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford.

					القانون الوطني الامريكي (باتريوت اكت) وقانون مراقبة المخابرات الأجنبية بدون نهاية؟
				
كيفية ادارة اوباما على استخدام سلطات من عهد بوش بشكل متواصل لمنع النقاش حول احتياجات الأمن القومي الشرعية في الولايات المتحدة. يكتب جيف هاوارد.

					الضرر من خطاب الكراهية
				
يكتب جيرمي والدرون، أستاذ النظرية السياسية والاجتماعية في جامعة أكسفورد، داعما للتشريع ضد خطاب الكراهية

					قناة جلوبو والإنتخابات البرازيلية لعام 1989
				
“ما وراء المواطن كين” هو فيلم وثائقي يدور حول الانتخابات البرازيلية عام 1989 يزعم أن قناة جلوبو تلاعبت بالمونتاج لصالح لواحد من المرشحيّن المتبقييّن في الجولة النهائية، يكتب في هذا الموضوع فيليبي كوريا.

					المحرمات التركية تديم عدم النضج
				
تتحدث الأستاذة عائشة كاديوغلو من جامعة سابانجى عن تجربة انشاءها في تركيا حيث تفرض كثير المحرمات – احيانا قانونيا – وتحاصر المواطنين في حالة عدم النضج.

					Turkish journalists: Şık and Şener
				
In March 2011, two prominent investigative journalists were arrested in Turkey because of their alleged ties to a terrorist organisation. Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener faced 15 years’ imprisonment if they were convicted, write Funda Ustek and Irem Kok.

					قانون إزدراء الأديان و العنف في باكستان
				
في عام 2009, آسیہ بی بی, و هي إمرأة باكستانية, اتُهِمَت بإزدراء الأديان. المحافظ الذي دعا الى اعادة النظر في قضيتها قُتِل بعد ذلك بعامين. أياز ماليك يكتب عن هذه الحالة.

					Ezra Levant: Why public powers are the real threat to internet freedom
				
Private powers are not a “large threat” to free speech, the Canadian lawyer and publisher tells Katie Engelhart. 

					Does money have the right to speak?
				
The US supreme court’s decision on Citizens United raises a vital issue: should corporations have the same free speech rights as individuals? Brian Pellot discusses the case.

					عندما يكون فعل لا شيء تعبيرٌ حرٌ عن الرأي
				
في عام 2011, ألقت شرطة بيلاروسيا القبض على عشرات من الناس في مظاهرة صامتة في مينسك. أنابيل شابمان تنظر في تلك الحالة.

					الأسماء الحقيقية ام الأسماء المستعارة
				
هل يصح ان Google+ والفيسبوك يمنعوا الأسماء المستعارة? عبر عن رأيك هنا.

					يجب على المبادئ ان تأكد حق الشعب لمعرفة المعلومات التي تحتفظ بها الهيئات العامة
				
تكتب ساندرا كوليفر، موظفة قانونية عليا في Open Society Justice Initiative، قائلة ان حق الشعب للمعلومات عنصر أساسي لحرية التعبير.

					الشجاعة والتضامن
				
لقد خاطر أفراد استثنائية أحيانا بحياتهم من أجل حرية التعبير. اذكر اساميهم هنا.

					The human microphone
				
The Occupy Wall Street movement adopted “the human microphone” in response to its lack of a permit for the use of amplified sound on public property in New York City. The human microphone embodies the pluralistic nature of the movement itself and serves to enhance its message, writes Casey Selwyn.

					The Israeli whistleblower
				
Israeli whistleblower Anat Kamm leaked 2,000 classified military documents obtained during her service with the Israeli Defence Force. Maryam Omidi discusses the claims of national security versus public interest.

					مشروع قانون السرية في دولة جنوب أفريقيا
				
في نوفمبر 2011، وافق مجلس النواب بدولة جنوب أفريقيا على مشروع قانون حماية معلومات الدولة الذي يحكم على المدانين بعقوبة السجن لمدة تصل إلى 25 عامًا، بقلم مريم عميدي.

					هان هان، المدون الصيني
				
بعدد قراء يتجاوز ال300 مليون، هان هان هو واحد من شخصيات الصين الأكثر تأثيراً على الإنترنت. تنظر جوديث بروهن إلى مدونته كمثال على مواطن فرد يخلق إعلاماً أكثر حرية وتنوعاً في ظروف صعبة. 

					Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi: Should insults to religious beliefs be criminalised?
				
The Iranian lawyer and Nobel peace prize winner talks to Free Speech Debate about freedom of expression in Iran and whether insults to religious and non-religious beliefs should be criminalised.

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