Afrika acquittal important for democracy, says newspaper’s lawyer
The decision to acquit Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Afrika, its publisher and one of its journalists of defaming Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan was a victory
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ECHR, Amnesty take Spain to task over freedom of expression
Spain came under fire over freedom of expression on Tuesday, when the European Court of Human Rights rejected its conviction of two separatists for burning a
‘As Turkey’s emergency rule continues, so will rights abuses’
Human rights violations and a clampdown on freedom of expression are likely to continue in Turkey as long as it remains under a state of emergency, Amnesty
German court weighs arguments to ban poem mocking Erdogan
A German court weighed up the limits of artistic freedom on Wednesday in considering whether to ban a satirical poem that mocked Turkish President Tayyip
Japanese court rules vagina figurines ‘pop art’, not obscenity
By Minami Funakoshi A Japanese court found on Monday an artist not guilty of obscenity for displaying figurines modelled on her vagina, signalling a step