الگ کئيے گئے 'Liberalism' کے حساب سے جس ميں 27 مضامين شامل ہيں menuاہم الفاظ کے ذریعے موضوعات ڈھونڈیں Access (8)Anonymity (4)Arab Spring (5)Art (4)Article 19 (3)Atheism (1)Blasphemy (8)Blogger (2)Brazil (1)Burma (1)Celebrity (1)Censorship (4)China (2)Christianity (2)Civility (11)Copyright (2)Corruption (1)Defamation (10)Democracy (7)Denialism (1)Discrimination (3)Education (9)Egypt (3)Europe (1)Facebook (1)Freedom (12)Gaza conflict (1)Genocide (1)Germany (2)Google (2)Governance (4)Hate speech (7)Hinduism (1)History (8)Homosexuality (2)Hunger strike (1)India (7)Internet (10)Internet companies (1)Islam (9)Israel (1)Journalism (10)Knowledge (9)Language (4)Latin America (1)Law (16)Liberalism (3)Literature (3)Media (18)Middle East (9)Minorities (4)Money (3)Morality (1)Multiculturalism (6)National security (9)Net neutrality (3)Nudity (1)Open source (1)Pakistan (3)Palestine (1)Politics (16)Pornography (2)Power (16)Privacy (7)Protest (7)Public Morality (4)Radio (1)Regulation (2)Religion (12)Reputation (5)Right to information (16)Satire (2)Saudi Arabia (2)Social media (5)Sport (1)Technology (5)Terrorism (2)Turkey (5)Twitter (2)United Kingdom (4)United States (5)Violence (11)Whistleblowing (1)Wikileaks (1)Wikipedia (1) The defence of free speech in Hungary Timothy Garton Ash, in a lecture at Central European University, entitled Free Speech and the Defence of an Open Society, argues that liberalism and liberal democracy, which has historically given voice to the powerless against the powerful, is under threat. When and where should extremists be allowed to march? Protests held by far right groups in ethnically diverse areas are provocation, but banning them can have undesired effects. Josh Black looks at a ban on the English Defence League in East London. Is the European Court of Human Rights merely defending the uncontroversial? A famous case of state censorship in Austria highlights the tendency of governments to pander to the majority, leaving controversial views unprotected. By Michele Finck. Has the Strasbourg court allowed too much for local taboos? At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck. The late Ronald Dworkin on ‘How universal is liberalism?’ To honour the memory of Ronald Dworkin, a brilliant philosopher and advocate of free speech, we post his remarkable 2012 Dahrendorf Lecture. A university of less-than-liberal arts? Should Yale University refuse to operate in Singapore where human rights and free expression face significant restrictions? Katie Engelhart weighs the arguments for and against. The Japanese New History Textbook controversy A history textbook underplaying Japanese imperialism caused controversy domestically and internationally, write Ayako Komine and Naoko Hosokawa. Zuma and his spear A South African art gallery removed an explicit painting of President Jacob Zuma after pressure from the African National Congress, write Nimi Hoffmann and Maryam Omidi. ایرانی اداکارہ کا سیکس ٹیپ سکینڈل فاطمیہ شمس اسماعیلی ایک لیک ہوئی سیکس ٹیپ کے بارے میں لکھتی جس کی وجہ سے ایرانی اداکارہ زہرہ آمر ابراہیمی کو اپنی جان بچانے کے لئے ملک چھوڑ کر جانا پڑا. Free speech in an unfair world Free Speech Debate’s 10 draft principles benefit those in positions of privilege and power, writes Sebastian Huempfer. ایک غیر منصفانہ دنیا میں آزادی اظہار راۓ کی جدوجہد جیف ہاورڈ لکھتے ہیں کہ وہ معاشرہ جہاں آزادئِ اظہارِ راۓ کمزور کو اختیار دینے کے بجاے تفریق کا باعث ہو – ایسا معاشرہ نہیں جہاں عالمی آزادئِ اظہارِ راۓ کے اخلاقی نقطہ نظر کو حقیقتاً پا لیا گیا ہے. 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. A student’s racist tweets Liam Stacey, a 21-year-old student, was sentenced to 56 days in prison for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter, writes Maryam Omidi. German legislation could hinder free flow of information Germany’s draft ancillary copyright bill would force news aggregators such as Google News to pay German publishing houses when linking to news items produced by their newspapers, writes Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer. Yan Xuetong: When can a value such as free speech be considered universal? For values to be considered universal, at least half the world should accept them, says Professor Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University. Geert Wilders on trial In 2011, Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders was cleared of charges of group defamation, incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Rutger Kaput looks at the case. ہندوستان کی کارٹون پورن (فحش) سٹار ہندوستانی حکام کے آن لائن کامک سٹرپ میں پیش ہونے والی ایک گھریلو بیوی سویتا بھابھی پر، جو کے جنسی تعلقات کے لئے بہت جوش و خروش رکھتی ہے، پابندی عائد کرنے کے فیصلے کو پریس میں کافی تنقید کا سامنا کرنا پڑا. مریم اومیدی اس فیصلے پر اپنے خیالات سے ہمیں آگاہ کرتی ہیں.
The defence of free speech in Hungary Timothy Garton Ash, in a lecture at Central European University, entitled Free Speech and the Defence of an Open Society, argues that liberalism and liberal democracy, which has historically given voice to the powerless against the powerful, is under threat.
When and where should extremists be allowed to march? Protests held by far right groups in ethnically diverse areas are provocation, but banning them can have undesired effects. Josh Black looks at a ban on the English Defence League in East London.
Is the European Court of Human Rights merely defending the uncontroversial? A famous case of state censorship in Austria highlights the tendency of governments to pander to the majority, leaving controversial views unprotected. By Michele Finck.
Has the Strasbourg court allowed too much for local taboos? At the European Court of Human Rights, the case of I.A. against Turkey in 2005 acted as a controversial precedent for limiting Article 10’s definition of freedom of expression in the name of religion, explains Michele Finck.
The late Ronald Dworkin on ‘How universal is liberalism?’ To honour the memory of Ronald Dworkin, a brilliant philosopher and advocate of free speech, we post his remarkable 2012 Dahrendorf Lecture.
A university of less-than-liberal arts? Should Yale University refuse to operate in Singapore where human rights and free expression face significant restrictions? Katie Engelhart weighs the arguments for and against.
The Japanese New History Textbook controversy A history textbook underplaying Japanese imperialism caused controversy domestically and internationally, write Ayako Komine and Naoko Hosokawa.
Zuma and his spear A South African art gallery removed an explicit painting of President Jacob Zuma after pressure from the African National Congress, write Nimi Hoffmann and Maryam Omidi.
ایرانی اداکارہ کا سیکس ٹیپ سکینڈل فاطمیہ شمس اسماعیلی ایک لیک ہوئی سیکس ٹیپ کے بارے میں لکھتی جس کی وجہ سے ایرانی اداکارہ زہرہ آمر ابراہیمی کو اپنی جان بچانے کے لئے ملک چھوڑ کر جانا پڑا.
Free speech in an unfair world Free Speech Debate’s 10 draft principles benefit those in positions of privilege and power, writes Sebastian Huempfer.
ایک غیر منصفانہ دنیا میں آزادی اظہار راۓ کی جدوجہد جیف ہاورڈ لکھتے ہیں کہ وہ معاشرہ جہاں آزادئِ اظہارِ راۓ کمزور کو اختیار دینے کے بجاے تفریق کا باعث ہو – ایسا معاشرہ نہیں جہاں عالمی آزادئِ اظہارِ راۓ کے اخلاقی نقطہ نظر کو حقیقتاً پا لیا گیا ہے.
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.
A student’s racist tweets Liam Stacey, a 21-year-old student, was sentenced to 56 days in prison for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter, writes Maryam Omidi.
German legislation could hinder free flow of information Germany’s draft ancillary copyright bill would force news aggregators such as Google News to pay German publishing houses when linking to news items produced by their newspapers, writes Maximilian Ruhenstroth-Bauer.
Yan Xuetong: When can a value such as free speech be considered universal? For values to be considered universal, at least half the world should accept them, says Professor Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University.
Geert Wilders on trial In 2011, Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders was cleared of charges of group defamation, incitement to hatred and discrimination against Muslims. Rutger Kaput looks at the case.
ہندوستان کی کارٹون پورن (فحش) سٹار ہندوستانی حکام کے آن لائن کامک سٹرپ میں پیش ہونے والی ایک گھریلو بیوی سویتا بھابھی پر، جو کے جنسی تعلقات کے لئے بہت جوش و خروش رکھتی ہے، پابندی عائد کرنے کے فیصلے کو پریس میں کافی تنقید کا سامنا کرنا پڑا. مریم اومیدی اس فیصلے پر اپنے خیالات سے ہمیں آگاہ کرتی ہیں.