विचार - विमर्श
When does hate speech become dangerous? The link between words and violence in Rwanda and Kenya.
The forthcoming trial of Kenyan broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang poses vital questions about the connections between hate speech and violence argues Katherine Bruce-Lockhart, providing a litmus test for legislation against hate speech.
Free speech as seen by a believer in an Abrahamic religion
Islam, Christianity and Judaism are often accused of wanting to restrict free speech. Dominic Burbidge suggests a radically different perspective, from inside the thought-system of the Abrahamic faiths.
Prevent harm, allow offence?
Robert Simpson suggests a way to distinguish between harm and offence.
Can we talk about this?
Transcript of interview between Lloyd Newson, creator of the theatre production Can We Talk About This? and Maryam Omidi, former Free Speech Debate editor.
Combatting hate speech in Turkish media
The Hrant Dink Foundation has run the Media Watch on Hate Speech project since 2009 to counter racist and discriminatory discourse in Turkish press. Project coordinators Melisa Akan and Nuran Agan explain the initiative.
मामले का अध्ययन
Brigitte Bardot’s repeated convictions for inciting racial hatred
Should a world famous actress be allowed to denounce an ‘overpopulation’ by foreigners? By Michèle Finck.
Shoot the Boer: hate music?
Westboro Baptist Church: the right to free speech?
समलैंगिकता के खिलाफ धर्मोपदेशक
अक्तूबर 2001 में हैरी हैमंड नामक एक इवैंजेलिकल ईसाई धर्मोपदेशक ने एक पोस्टर आयोजित किया जिस पर कहावत थी "बंद करो अनैतिकता, बंद करो समलैंगिकता, बंद करो समलैंगिकता।" जब हैमंड ने रोकने से इनकार कर दिया, एक पुलिसकर्मी ने उसे गिरफ्तार कर लिया। टिमोथी गर्तोन ऐश इस शिक्षाप्रद मामले पर चर्चा करते है।
(Not) reporting homosexuality in the Middle East
