When thinking of the right to due process, we think of the right to a fair trial, with an impartial judge, in some countries we think of a jury of our peers, the right to legal representation, and other similar requirements. However, we rarely think of our lawyer actually having the right to speak on [...]

Last week, the BBC published an article saying: MPs have backed a government move to allow sex education to be taught in England in a way that “reflects” a school’s “religious character”. What they are talking about is an amendment to England’s current Children, Schools and Families Bill, passed by a majority of 345

Time Magazine published an article today saying that: “A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with posting a poem threatening President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist Web site.”

The country we are looking at is China, and the charge is “inciting to subvert state power” which can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. Despite Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression, in the last few years at least 29 people in China have been convicted [...]

I can think of no better example of the relationship between laws and languages than censorship. Censorship results from many different factors, but mainly, it results from fear. Fear that if certain words are uttered together in phrases they will shape the thoughts that will question and ultimately threaten certain interests. What better way to [...]

Chilean freelance reporter Pascale Bonnefoy goes on trial today for libel and faces criminal charges for publishing an article that pointed to a retired military officer as the man responsible for terrorizing thousands of political prisoners during the Pinochet regime.