In its judgment of 17 July 2018 the ECtHR has found various violations of the rights of the members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot. The ECtHR found violations under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 § 3 (right to liberty and security) and 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) ECHR (right to fair trial), in relation to the conditions of their transportation and detention in the courthouse, their pre-trial detention, the treatment during the court hearings (being exposed to public view in a glass dock surrounded by armed police), and restrictions to legal assistance. Read the rest of this entry »
Case Law, Strasbourg: Mariya Alekhina v. Russia, Pussy Riot, the right to protest and to criticise the President, and the Patriarch – Dirk Voorhoof
18 09 2018Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Dirk Voorhoof, Peaceful Protest, Pussy Riot, Russia, Strasbourg Observers
Categories : Freedom of expression, Human Rights
Law and Media, Summary Summer Round Up – 17 September 2018
17 09 2018
The legal term ended on 31 July 2018 and over our summer break we have not published any “Law and Media Round Ups”. Regular round ups will not begin until October but this “Summer Round Up” draws attention to developments over the past 7 weeks and some forthcoming cases. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media
Ten things you should know about Instagram’s terms of use – Hayleigh Bosher
16 09 2018
Do you use Instagram? Probably. Did you read the terms of use? Probably not. You’re not alone. Most people don’t read terms and conditions. So here are some key things to know and understand about Instagram. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Hayleigh Bosher, Instagram, The Conversation
Categories : Social Media
Case Law, Australia: Wagner v Harbour Radio Pty: Defamatory radio broadcasts result in largest ever damages award, $3.7 million – Stuart Gibson
15 09 2018
In the case of Wagner & ors v Harbour Radio & ors ([2018] QSC 201) the Supreme Court of Queensland awarded a record total of $3.7 million to four brothers over comments made by controversial broadcast Alan Jones in 27 radio broadcasts which conveyed 76 defamatory imputations in relation to the collapse of a dam wall at a quarry owned by the brothers during floods in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damages, Stuart Gibson
Categories : Australia, Libel
Big Brother Watch v UK: What are the implications for the Investigatory Powers Act? – Graham Smith
14 09 2018
Yesterday I was transported back in time, to that surreal period following the Snowden revelations in 2013 when anyone who knew anything about the previously obscure RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) was in demand to explain how it was that GCHQ was empowered to conduct bulk interception on a previously unimagined scale. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Big Brother Watch, Cyberleagle, Graham Smith
Categories : Freedom of expression, Human Rights, Privacy, Surveillance
Censorship through the millennia. And trying to locate it in the 21st Century – Peter D. McDonald
13 09 2018
Once upon a time we all knew what censorship was, who the good and bad guys were, and what could be done to make the world a better place. Look up the noun “censor” in the Oxford English Dictionary and you’ll find an outline of a much-told story under definition 2 (b): Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Censorship, Peter D McDonald, The Conversation
Categories : Freedom of expression
Case Law, Australia: Moroney v Zegers, Lying defamation defendant shot down by Sporting Shooters – Justin Castelan
12 09 2018
For a short time in 2012, Karel Zegers was the Acting President of the Victorian branch of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (“SSAAV”). His position on the Board was up for election in August that year and he decided to set up a website to run his campaign: shootersvictoria.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damages, Defamation Watch, Justin Castelan
Categories : Australia, Libel
