Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
The conviction of a young journalist, Amīra Malash, in a libel suit has created uproar amongst the press and journalists and human rights activists have stood up defending freedom of expression.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
Jeff Jacoby argues that though his grandparents, aunts and uncles died at Auschwitz, Austria is committing a grave error by imprisoning David Irving for Holocaust denial, since freedom for the thought we hate, is the true test of freedom of thought.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
Douglas Murray warns that Europe should beware, since Islamists in the Netherlands are succeeding in intimidating and silencing critics.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Jābir ‘Asfour discusses the wide impact of what he calls ‘hegemonic regimes’ in the Arab world on the concept of freedom of expression.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
This writer, with a non-Western background, writes in strong support of Western values, especially freedom of expression in light of the Danish cartoon crisis, and condemns multiple aspects of the Islamic society as being inferior.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
The author is writing about the Danish cartoon crisis. He says that respect is not a right and adds that freedom of speech depends on people accepting criticism, even where it is quite clearly disrespectful, and that this is a price well worth paying for freedom of speech. He holds that freedom of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
This French author writes about the global cartoon crisis of 2006. He holds that in a democracy, freedom of the press is total. For the government to interfere is out of the question. However, he adds that the legal system can always be used by anyone who feels that legitimate rights have been...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
Al-Fatāh reports on a lecturer at Cairo University who approves of breaking away from parts of traditional Egyptian culture, and who wants more creativity to be permitted in contemporary works, implying that for these reasons, the lecturer was not promoted.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
According to the author, it is important to issue a decree preventing the detention of journalists but, at the same time, punishing any offenses in a non-physical way.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Freedom of press is one the basic human rights in Europe, but at the same time it has to be used wisely in order not to provoke the sensitivity of other, says Tāriq Ramadān.