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Taiwan's progress in freedom of speech faces new challenges - Focus Taiwan: Since the self-immolation of publisher Nylon Cheng (鄭南榕) 35 years ago ...
focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404070009
HK judges dismiss appeal for pro-democracy radio host: Tam Tak-chi is among 31 opposition figures awaiting sentencing for another landmark national security case ...
freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2024/03/07/hk-judges-dismiss-appeal-for-pro-democracy-radio-host/
Civil societies call out Malaysian government's slow reforms on 'draconian' laws; fear cabinet change may stifle progress
channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-civil-societies-draconian-laws-freedom-expression-cabinet-reshuffle-3988056
‘New avenue for the people’: The judgment in former secretary-general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Satnarayan Maharaj’s legal challenge to the State’s ...
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Thinking aloud in harmony: The recent ban on discussing 3R issues sparks talk of safeguarding free speech and for clearer guidelines to regulate hate speech ...
thestar.com.my/news/focus/2023/09/17/thinking-aloud-in-harmony
Pakistani court strikes down sedition law in win for free speech: Ruling says the colonial-era law, which governments have used against their political opponents ...
aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/30/pakistani-court-strikes-down-sedition-law-in-win-for-free-speech
COMMENT | Abolish Sedition Act, restore freedom of expression: Govt must impose moratorium pending abolition of the Sedition Act.
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Malaysia charges opposition leader with sedition over remarks on royalty: Muhammad Sanusi, a popular politician with the Islamist party PAS and the chief ...
thejakartapost.com/world/2023/07/18/malaysia-charges-opposition-leader-with-sedition-over-remarks-on-royalty.html
To defend the retention of sedition as a crime or endorse broader govt censorship powers, both in the name of perceived harm to the nation state ... Show more #Constitution @abhinavsekhri10 t.co/uTxkpG7sgv
Why Defending The Retention Of Sedition, Endorsing Govt Censorship Powers Do Not Defy India’s Constitution — Article 14
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Law panel is wrong, sedition law must go: Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has sought to buttress the arguments in the commission’s report that ...
deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/law-panel-is-wrong-sedition-law-must-go-1232496.html
Full story: mk.my/040ZrTM Lawyers for Liberty has criticised the government's plan to amend, rather than repeal, the Sedition Act.
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Law Commission’s Sedition Report Influenced By 2018 Book That Favours Retention Of Misused, Colonial-Era Law — Article 14
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Law panel’s support for sedition statute echoes colonial past instead of scripting democratic future
scroll.in/article/1051415/law-panels-support-for-sedition-statute-echoes-colonial-past-instead-of-scripting-democratic-future
India Panel Favors Keeping Sedition Law Put on Hold by Top Court: A panel in India is in favor of retaining the nation’s colonial-era sedition law which has been ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-02/india-panel-favors-keeping-sedition-law-put-on-hold-by-top-court
Full story: mk.my/NxJ1v8u Lawyers and politicians, including former allies of Anwar Ibrahim, criticise Putrajaya for using the Sedition Act against Kedah menteri ... Show more
Express View on Law panel’s recommendations on sedition law: Stepping backwards : In polarised times, when the spaces for freedom of expression and the right to ...
indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/express-view-on-law-panels-recommendations-on-sedition-law-stepping-backwards-8647319/
The Law Commission's Report on Sedition Misunderstands What the Courts Said: It is the outcome of a rather one-sided view of free speech law in India ...
thewire.in/law/sedition-free-speech-law-commission-supreme-court
‘Incompatible with democracy’: Why a Pakistani court has struck down its colonial sedition law
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Pakistan: Lahore High Court Strikes Down Colonial-Era Sedition Law: A host of petitions had alleged that the law has been used 'recklessly' in Pakistan ...
thewire.in/south-asia/pakistan-lahore-high-court-strikes-down-colonial-era-sedition-law
A new book argues why political speech must be constitutionally protected now more than ever
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Pointing out that there is no absolute free speech in Parliament, DAP leader P Ramasamy said PAS lawmaker Ismail Abd Muttalib could be charged under the ... Show more
Ramasamy: PAS MP can be charged with sedition over incendiary questions: There is no absolute free speech in Parliament, says DAP leader.
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Paid articlePaid Criminal Defamation Law a BJP Weapon of Political Warfare: Even though the colonial-era Parliament building is being replaced with much fanfare in India ...
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Sedition, repression and the Constitution: Rohan J Alva's book tracing the history of sedition reads like a potboiler, with unexpected twists and turns
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LHC invalidates sedition law that criminalises speaking against govt: LAHORE: The Lahore High Court struck down on Thursday the Pakistan Penal Code's section ...
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Stand News trial: Ex-Hong Kong editor accused of sedition says politicians should be free to criticise authorities
hongkongfp.com/2023/02/16/stand-news-trial-ex-hong-kong-editor-accused-of-sedition-says-politicians-should-be-free-to-criticise-authorities/
Govt defends #sedition clause, says parliament competent to impose reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech and expression ... Show more #freedomofspeech
Ex-chief editor denies Stand News promoted ‘radical’ Hong Kong opposition, court hears
scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3206616/ex-chief-editor-denies-stand-news-promoted-radical-hong-kong-opposition-views-court-hears
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