Freedom of expression

right to communicate one's opinions and ideas and right to speak

The '''People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (, ), abbreviated as NKVD''' (; ), was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) secret police organization, and thus had a monopoly on intelligence and state security functions. The NKVD is known for carrying out political repression and the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin, as well as counterintelligence and other operations on the Eastern Front of World War II. The head of the NKVD was Genrikh Yagoda from 1934 to 1936, Nikolai Ye

Blasphemy is an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something that is considered inviolable. Some religions, especially Abrahamic ones, regard blasphemy as a crime, including insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, speaking the sacred name in Judaism, and blasphemy of God's Holy Spirit is an eternal sin in Christianity. It was also a crime under English common law, and it is still a crime under Italian law (Art. 724 del Codice Penale).

practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material

legal concept

logical paradox in decision-making theory

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square in the City of Westminster, London, England, UK

expert on media law and media regulation

legal right in some European countries

Orwellian is a neologism suggested in the writings by George Orwell. It is an adjective which is used to describe a situation, an idea or a societal condition, usually identified as being destructive to a free and open society. It was first used by the American author Mary McCarthy in 1950. The term denotes draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, and denial of truth. It is commonly used in reference to Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four which describes an oppressive fictional totalitarian society where propaganda is used to manipulate the population. Orwe

Italian actress, screenwriter, and film director (born 1963)

pejorative term for overly tolerant left-wing politics

discouragement of exercising rights by threats of legal sanctions

one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015

aspect of freedom

freedom to receive and give information from all points of view

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letter sent to a publication

geographic area in which a sanctioning authority prohibits specified activities

law prohibiting blasphemy

right to defend against criticism

Aspect of journalism

theme park in China

law in France against Holocaust denial and other denial of crimes against humanity

securing the possibility of reporting without threats

forceful activities against competing ideologies and philosophies

Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed wrongful – whether it be illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe, unethical, or fraudulent. Whistleblowers can communicate in a variety of ways internally, and/or publicly. Over 83% of whistleblowers report internally to a supervisor, human resources, compliance, or a neutral third party within the company, hoping that the company will address and correct the issues. A whistleblower can also bring all

Ukrainian branch of the writers’ association

mass communication outlets not associated with governments or corporations

position

rationale for freedom of expression in a liberal democracy

2007 non-fiction book

Brazilian journalist

set of guiding principles about freedom of speech on college campuses in the United States

installation artwork by Dror Feiler and Gunilla Sköld-Feiler

Proposed international media agreements and implications on developing nations

whistleblowing organization

Egyptian nuclear physicist

A book by Bertrand Russell

Turkish journalist (born 1963)

metaphor for acceptable opinions in discussions

Sole free speech zone in Hong Lim Park, Singapore

plurality of voices, opinions, and analyses in media systems

a former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong who alleged he was tortured while being detained in China

English writer, satirist and bookseller (1780-1842)