Free Speech

A recent high court judgment in South Africa has affirmed that holding public servants accountable in the public domain does not amount to defamation. This ruling, stemming from…

Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning

Why hate speech should not be banned and why there is no way of dealing with it — except more speech

The Economic Freedom Fighters insist on the use of the struggle song as a rallying cry ahead of the polls

We need a discussion about the intersection between technology and human rights so the loudest voices don’t drown out the most truthful

The battle against this manipulation is collective, requiring unified action from all who seek to preserve democracy and human rights

Julian Assange was released on Monday from a high-security British prison where he had been held for five years while he fought extradition to the United States

Authoritarian systems reject challenges to themselves – yet just that is happening in Ukraine and Russia, China and Iran

Meaningful freedom needs rules to curb abuses because no freedom — whether of speech or action — is limitless

The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech

We are at our best when we feel hurt but resist the impulse to exact revenge

Groups slam UCT professor’s Hitler comment without an understanding of the lecture’s purpose

The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists

Telecommunications and surveillance companies must stop aiding the government’s human rights violations and encroachment on freedoms

In his medicine cabinet, there’s always a remedy for all that ails the Chinese president