Dhoni keeps mum as storm rages on

One of America's greatest freedoms is the right to free speech. Nonetheless, the government is mandating broader speech codes for universities that threaten that fundamental right. The mandated speech codes from the Departments of Justice and ...

Vice-President for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship The Bridge Forum Dialogue /Luxembourg Main Messages [J]ustice for citizens was the "Cinderella" of EU law. For over 50 years, justice was locked away, excluded from the "community ...

The human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) is holding a demonstration for free speech in Tennessee, at the site of a Justice Department initiative advising the application of civil rights laws to shut down criticism of ...

The fundamental importance of allowing people or groups the right to determine their membership choices without intimidation of any sort cannot be over-emphasized, as it is a very essential ingredient for any "genuine democracy". In a political ...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission European Parliament/Strasbourg I've said many times, I believe that human rights should be the silver thread that runs through all the ...

The United States on June 15 cautioned Turkish authorities against seeking to punish any demonstrators merely for exercising their right to free speech in the latest of several statements that have been addressed during the ongoing Gezi Park ...

Tunisia is scheduled to host the third annual Freedom Online Coalition conference on 17-18 June. The country became part of the coalition in September 2012, joining 17 other countries pledged to advance internet freedom. A great leap forward In ...

In a speech last week at Gray's Inn Sir Geoffrey Bindman Britain's foremost human rights lawyer, said that civil liberties are "undergoing a vicious and dishonest attack". He accused David Cameron and the Conservatives for being complicit in this ...

Public interest litigation started out as a way to make justice and fundamental rights accessible to the exploited and oppressed. There was a time when the higher judiciary would provide relief from the arbitrary actions of the executive, such as ...