Free speech and censorship around the globe / edited by Péter Molnár.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Molnár, Péter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of expression.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

x, 552 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest, Hungary ; New York, NY : Central European University Press, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction / Peter Molnar

1989, 2011, and strategic narratives / Monroe Price

Dangers for freedom of expression and the internet : an interview with Frank La Rue

Freedom of speech in the OSCE countries : an interview with Dunja Mijatovic

Revisiting the three Europes : diverging landscapes of media freedom / Miklós Haraszti

Freedom of expression, media and journalism under the European human rights system : characteristics, developments, and challenges / Dirk Voorhoof

Jurisprudential advances and persistent challenges for freedom of expression in the Americas / Catalina Botero Marino

The right to information in Latin America / Toby Mendel

Freedom of speech and access to information in Africa : an interview with Pansy Tlakula

A right emerges : the history of the right of access to information and its link with freedom of expression / Helen Darbishire

The right to information and the expanding scope of bodies covered by national laws since 1989 / Sandra Coliver

The Rabat plan of action : a critical turning point in international law on hate speech / Sejal Parmar

Free to hate? : anti-Gypsyism in 21st-century Europe / Bernard Rorke

The role of the mass media in the Spanish transition to democracy and its subsequent consolidation / Josep Maria Carbonell and Joan Barata Mir

Russia's modern approach to media law / Andrei Richter

Access to information in Kenya : the law and practice in the last two decades (1991-2013) / Ezra Chiloba

Freedom of expression in ferment : a cursory look at the Ethiopian media regime / Yared Legesse Mengistu

Philippines : expanding the contours of free speech in an environment of impunity against journalists / Gilbert T. Andres

The fragile complexity of protecting freedom of speech in Australia / Rhonda Breit

The impact of new media on freedom of expression in China and the regulatory responses / Mei Ning Yan

Eavesdropping on the freedom of expression in India / Sunil Abraham

The "Turkish model" of freedom of speech / Zeynep Alemdar

Overcoming silence : why media laws hinder freedom of the press in postauthoritarian Egypt / Brenda F. Abdelall

Media, freedom of expression and democratization in Morocco / Abderrahim Chalfaouat

The Danish cartoons controversy: hate speech laws and unintended consequences / Richard N. Winfield and Janine Tien

The UN defamation of religions resolution and domestic blasphemy laws in Pakistan : creating a culture of impunity / Asma T. Uddin

A right to be free from religious hatred? : the Wilders case in the Netherlands and beyond / Jeroen Temperman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789633860564

9633860563

OCLC:

878813088