Category: Clippings
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Jagland’s visit shows just how critical role the Council of Europe system is playing in Turkey in terms of democracy and freedom of expression, a system of which the ECHR is also a very significant part. No matter how much vagueness lies ahead amid the constant turbulence of Turkey’s relations with the European Union, institutional…
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Numerous journalists have fallen foul of the law over the last year. Adil Soz has recorded 19 assaults on journalists and 17 criminal cases including 11 libel suits, one allegation of inciting social unrest and one of encouraging ethnic hate. Aside from criminal prosecutions, over 100 journalists faced civil libel suits. Adil Soz also counted…
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Adam Thierer’s list of key internet policy books for 2013 (and previous years)
Adam Thierer’s list of key internet policy books for 2013 (and previous years)
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On 5 December 2012, political analyst Ding Chan Awuol, who wrote under the pen name Isaiah Abraham, was dragged out of his house by “uniformed men”, according to one eyewitness, and shot in the face. Relatives believe Abraham was murdered for his outspoken political commentary, and said he had received death threats from anonymous callers…
Sameer Padania 