OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ireland’s decriminalization of defamation, calls for crime of ‘blasphemy’ to be abolished

Posted on February 8, 2010 Updated on February 8, 2010

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VIENNA, 12 January 2010 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today Ireland‘s amended Defamation Act which went into effect at the start of the year, but criticized the introduction of a new “blasphemy” provision. Read the rest of this entry »

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