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  • 23 Jul
    2009
    Laws against blasphemy are an offence

    Commenting on the passing into Irish law of an offence of "blasphemous libel", Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion, society and politics thinktank Ekklesia, said:

  • 23 Jul
    2009
    Outrage as Ireland makes blasphemous libel a crime

    Irish President Mary McAleese has signed into law the Defamation Act, which includes clauses that create the offence of "blasphemous libel". Civil rights campaigners are dismayed.

  • 18 Dec
    2008
    Who loves hate speech?
    03/02/2009 - 18:30
    03/02/2009 - 20:00

    In recent years the government has introduced a raft of new speech crimes, including incitement to religious hatred and incitement to sexual hatred.

  • 24 Nov
    2008
    Australian consultation on freedom of religion and belief moves forward

    The Australian Human Rights Commission is encouraging submissions to a consultation about the current state of freedom of religion and belief in the country. The deadline for receiving them is 31 January 2009.

  • 13 Sep
    2007
    Christians urged to back human rights and freedom in Belarus

    Christians in Europe have been urged to support human rights and religious freedom in Belarus, which is ruled by President Alexander Lukashenko, who some rights groups have described as one of the last hardline dictators in eastern Europe.

  • 13 Dec
    2006
    Right to protest legally upheld for UK anti-war demonstrators

    Peace and civil liberties campaigners have welcomed a legal victory by a group of UK anti-war demonstrators who have established that their rights to public protest were violated when police stopped them from attending a non-violent action against the Iraq war at an airbase.

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