Full Coverage: Freedom of expression

28.02.2006 Amnesty International has welcomed the release of prisoners of conscience Ahmad Ibrahim Didi and Naushad Waheed, but has urged the Maldivian government to take decisive action to reform the criminal justice system to prevent further politically motivated detentions in the country.

23.02.2006 En cette année électorale (les élections législatives et l’élection présidentielle auront respectivement lieu les 12 et 28 mai), Amnesty International appelle les parties au long conflit armé qui touche la Colombie à respecter le droit des candidats et des électeurs, des personnes déjà titulaires d’un mandat électif et des journalistes.

23.02.2006 The cartoon row is a clash of sensibilities, not civilizations, says Salim Muwakkil, but he argues that if Western and Islamic governments allow the cultists to push the agenda, the choreography of polarisation will take over.

23.02.2006 American companies are under attack from Congress for helping the Chinese government suppress free speech but it's the U.S. government that really has the power to affect change, argues former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

22.02.2006 My friend and I, both grandmothers, have the dubious distinction of being the only ones in the United States who were arrested for taking part in the Pure Foods National Super Market Campaign to Label Foods Containing GMOs...

22.02.2006 After the jailing of revisionist historian David Irving for Holocaust denial, journalist D. D. Guttenplan - who has followed his case for years - argues that allowing mavericks the right to deny historical truth is a risk worth taking to preserve free speech rights.

21.02.2006 Choosing profits over principles, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have foolishly embraced the dragon of censorship, says Rebecca MacKinnon.

20.02.2006 Six journalists are currently imprisoned in the Arab world and more than 13 publications have been suspended or shut down for having reproduced the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

20.02.2006 One day, perhaps, censorship will no longer make good business sense anywhere, says former CNN Beijing bureau chief Rebecca McKinnon, but for now, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are succumbing to Chinese government pressures...at the expense of their customers' rights.

16.02.2006 The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten says they were hoping to start a dialogue on self-censorship among those in artistic and cultural circles. Sounds like revisionist history, says the editor of a U.S.-based Chinese-language newspaper.

16.02.2006 Lawmakers in the US Congress on Wednesday accused US Internet providers of putting the quest for profits ahead of ethics in cooperating with China's censorship of online information. The stinging criticism came at a hearing in the House of Representatives, where senior officials from Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Cisco Systems were the star witnesses.

16.02.2006 As violence over the Mohammed cartoons continues at scattered locations around the world, Britain has looked away from them in the interest of good race relations.

16.02.2006 Chechen authorities have instituted a ban on all things Danish in the wake of the cartoon controversy. The ban includes the suspension of a refugee relief program run by the Danish Refugee Council and has raised concerns over how the sudden disruption in aid will impact Chechnya's war-affected population.

15.02.2006 Le gouvernement libyen a pris d'importantes mesures en vue d'améliorer les droits de la personne ces derniers mois, mais la liberté d'expression et les autres droits continuent d'être gravement restreints, indique Human Rights Watch dans un nouveau rapport rendu public la semaine dernière.

14.02.2006 V-Day Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Continues to Expand in 2006
Over 1150 Colleges and Communities Stage V-Day Benefits of "The Vagina Monologues"

In Locales from Dar Es Salaam to Charlotte, from Manila to Los Angeles, Over 2500 Events Taking Place this V-Day Season

2006 Corporate Sponsors Announced

2006 Theme "Vagina Warriors: The New Revolution" Celebrates New Activists and Places Global Spotlight to Bring Justice to 'Comfort Women'

14.02.2006 A boycott of Danish goods in Egypt following publication of cartoons of Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper has been largely successful, going by market reports.

09.02.2006 The Zimbabwean government has launched a new assault on the country’s remaining independent press through a wave of criminal prosecutions and arrests, a rights group warned today.

08.02.2006 Nothing good could ever come out of printing those caricatures. Doing it has nothing to do with freedom of expression. This debate article by Jan Oberg, himself a Dane, tells you why.

07.02.2006 Before the controversy over a Danish newspaper's publication of cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed became a global issue, Muslim writer and broadcaster Kenan Malik talked about the key issues raised by the furore. This is what he said.
* Think what you say – The responsibilities of the media

06.02.2006 Muslims distrssed by controversial cartoons in a Danish newspaper must not respond with violence, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan counselled yesterday.