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Publications : Global issues : Hate Speech
Statement protesting the sentencing of reporter Rafiq Tagi and editor Samir Sadagatoglu to, respectively, three and four years in prison for incitement of religious hatred.
9 May 2007
ARTICLE 19's Executive Director, Dr Agnes Callamard, called for unleashing the power of freedom of expression to combat racism, in a key note speech addressed to a European Council expert conference on 16 November 2006.
27 Nov 2006
Article by ARTICLE 19’s Executive Director, Dr Agnes Callamard entitled “Freedom of speech and offence: why blasphemy laws are not the appropriate response” published in the magazine Equal Voices.
22 Aug 2006
Statement published on the Guardian Unlimited website, in which ARTICLE 19's Executive Director, Dr Agnès Callamard, argues that rappers like Aki Nawaz help us understand the issues that really matter in society.
28 Jun 2006
Dr. Agnès Callamard's reflections on hate speech.
22 Feb 2006
Opinion piece by Dr. Agnès Callamard which appeared in The Guardian, concerning the controversy surrounding cartoons published by Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
2 Feb 2006
Amicus curiae brief submitted by ARTICLE 19 and Interights in the case of Incal v. Turkey arguing for the broad protection of political speech and narrow restrictions on hate speech.
22 Dec 1997
Book containing a collection of essays which examine international law on the regulation of hate speech, and the experiences of 15 countries which have legislation in this area.
15 Jun 1992
On behalf of the International Committee for the Defence of Salman Rushdie, this report argues for the abolition of the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel in Britain. The Committee declares the law an infringement on freedom of expression and sets forth the case for the complete abolition of the law.
1 Sep 1989
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