Latest articles on Freedom Of Expression

The Qwelane case: When human rights meet human rights

National Sarah Smit - 20 Sep 2020

The Jon Qwelane case brings into focus the tension between hate speech and freedom of expression

Mozambican authorities must stop the attack on media freedom

Africa Deprose Muchena - 8 Sep 2020

When journalists stop telling the truth about what’s going on in their country, when they stop exposing wrongdoing and corruption allegations, everyone suffers

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Coronavirus Mandeep Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto - 11 Jun 2020

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

New digital regulations mean the state can track you — no questions asked

Article Avani Singh & Michael Power - 31 Mar 2020

The provisions have been introduced to contain the spread of Covid-19, but some may infringe on certain constitutional rights

EFF tackles apartheid legislation

Article Franny Rabkin - 19 Feb 2020

While the ANC in Parliament found itself defending the presence of FW de Klerk at the State of the Nation address last week, the government was also — in court this time — defending an apartheid-era law

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African leaders use anti-terror laws to silence journalists

Article William Gumede - 25 Sep 2019

Reporters in Eswatini, Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia and Cameroon have been arrested

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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Article Ronald Kakungulu Mayambala - 10 Sep 2019

There is a strong framework of international laws and conventions that defend free speech, but Uganda continues to limit freedom of expression

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The restriction of basic freedoms has become the global norm

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Dec 2018

Civil liberties are eroding in six out of 10 countries, according to a new report

All are one at Ubuntu.Lab

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Sep 2018

Through guided conversations at Ubuntu.Lab, people can take off their masks in a safe and sacred space

Free speech is costly

Article Kiri Rupiah - 2 Mar 2018

Freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of our nascent constitutional democracy, and it is unquestionably a principle worth defending

Botswana Gazette journalists arrested over story

Africa Joel Konopo - 7 May 2015

Staff of the Botswana Gazette are being held for questioning about a story the newspaper published exposing an alleged illegal oil deal.

Violent intimidation of writers must not be tolerated

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Mar 2015

The savage attack on Zainub Dala shows the terror of the freedom to use words, and the desire to obliterate them.

MJC: Freedom of speech should not lead to hate speech

Article Sapa - 10 Jan 2015

South Africa's Muslim Judicial Council said they condemn the attacks carried out in France, but there are limits to freedom of expression.

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I am Charlie Hebdo, just like I am everyone

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2015

If we are all Charlie Hebdo because we do not stand for media that is oppressed, then we must all be oppressed as a result, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee

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Artists in firing line as they test the limits of freedom of expression

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2014

The African Creative Economy Conference that takes place in Morocco this week will shine a spotlight on the role of artists as agents of change.

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