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Dem schönen Wort “Schmähkritik” hat vor ein paar Monaten Jan Böhmermann zu ungeahnter Prominenz verholfen, als er sich im Fernsehen an einem gereimten Beispiel einer solchen gegenüber dem türkischen...
View ArticleCriticizing the new President of the Polish Constitutional Court: A Crime...
L’état c’est moi. Thus said France’s Louis XIV, and thus seems to think of herself Julia Przyłębska – since the 2016 “coup” against the Constitutional Court in Poland, she is the President of that...
View ArticleThe „Pablo Hasél Case“
In Spain, the recent conviction of the rapper Pablo Hasél for ‘crimes of expression’ has aroused intense public debate. He defamed members of the Spanish royal family, which is an aggravated offence...
View ArticleA Blatant Attack on Free Media
In a recent and shocking judgment of the first instance, a criminal court in Warsaw has found the Polish journalist Ewa Siedlecka guilty of criminal libel (defamation) for commenting on the organized...
View ArticleInterfering with Free Speech and the Fate of Turkey
On 21 April 1998, the then mayor of İstanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sentenced to one year (subsequently reduced to ten months) in prison and a hefty fine by the State Security Court of Diyarbakır...
View ArticleUntying the Gordian Knot
Much like Alexander the Great’s “untying” of the mythical Gordian Knot in ancient Persia, tracking defamation litigation in this year’s US Presidential election season would appear to not only require...
View ArticleWhy Institutional Reputation Matters
Earlier this year, the President of Mexico proposed a constitutional amendment to reform the judicial branch, which is likely to be adopted in the coming weeks. While framed as an attempt to restore...
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