Keywords: Freedom Of Speech
-
AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 December 2011
17 Comments
In Australia free speech is understood as freedom from legal constraint. In the Bolt case, it was defended for commercial reasons. A better understanding of the cost of free speech can be seen in Russian journalist Alexander Minkin's description of an attempt to kill him.
READ MORE 
-
AUSTRALIA
- Brian McCoy
- 06 October 2011
17 Comments
I am deeply proud of my Aboriginal friend, who is now a doctor. I have not had the heart to tell her that once she was judged for not being dark enough to be awarded an Indigenous scholarship. While Andrew Bolt argues about freedom of speech, I argue about freedom of identity.
READ MORE
-
MEDIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 30 September 2011
36 Comments
The Federal Court found that fair-skinned Aboriginal people were likely to have been 'offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated' by Bolt's articles. Bolt lamented the passing of free speech in Australia. But free speech cuts both ways, and no freedom is absolute.
READ MORE
-
MEDIA
- Ruby Hamad
- 09 December 2010
36 Comments
Julian Assange claims to be fighting for freedom of speech and government transparency — ideals that feminists also hold dear. But Assange has been arrested on rape charges and many feminists will find it hard to reconcile their defence of him with their support of rape victims.
READ MORE
-
INTERNATIONAL
- Mick MacAndrew
- 11 August 2009
16 Comments
In April, Germany's highest court ruled against animal rights group PETA. It said the Holocaust is part of the identity of being a Jew, and any attempt to use the fate of the victims for trivial reasons is a defamation of the religion.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 07 July 2008
12 Comments
The Church needs to go beyond the benign 'we didn't ask for it' excuse for tolerating the controversial World Youth Day laws, which it can only regard as convenient. Its own right to strident expression of its views is at stake.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 03 July 2008
50 Comments
The rights of free speech and assembly should not be curtailed because World Youth Day pilgrims might be annoyed or inconvenienced. The NSW regulation is a dreadful interference with civil liberties, and contrary to the spirit of Catholic Social Teaching on human rights.
READ MORE