In many countries, governments have used defamation laws to silence critics and opposition voices. As the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression has noted, "the use of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Vietnam on Tuesday to repeal its new cybersecurity law on the basis that it represses rights ...

Ahead of International Anti-Corruption on 9th December, a pause is needed to look at where the struggle against corruption ...

You have the freedom to express yourself online and to access information and the opinions and expressions of others. This includes political speech, views on religion, opinions and expressions that ...

For Babalola, the key principle was clear: while free speech is protected, it should not come at the expense of truthfulness or reputation. His assertion that “the law allows free speech but not one ...

Recently, the Tamil Film Active Producers Association (TFAPA) filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court calling for a ...

Index on Censorship criticises Ofcom’s inadequate ‘passing references’ to users’ privacy rights and warns of legal battles if ...