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Free expression under worldwide assault, UN human rights expert warns in new report

Free expression under worldwide assault, UN human rights expert warns in new report

Oct 21, 2016, at 01:47 pm

New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): Warning that the freedom of expression is under the widespread assault, a new United Nations human rights report has found that governments worldwide, wielding the tools of censorship, are “treating words as weapons.”

Jailing teen blogger in Singapore sends wrong message on free expression–UN expert

Jailing teen blogger in Singapore sends wrong message on free expression–UN expert

Oct 05, 2016, at 02:13 pm

New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): After a Singaporean teenage blogger was sentenced to jail for his social media posts, a United Nations human rights expert on Tuesday warned that it is “exactly the wrong kind of message that any government should be sending to anybody, but especially to young people.”

UNESCO urges inclusion of free expression in development goals

UNESCO urges inclusion of free expression in development goals

May 08, 2014, at 05:20 pm

New York, May 8 (IBNS): A world conference convened by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has adopted a Declaration highlighting the contribution of free expression to contemporary democracy, sustainable and human rights-centred development and economic growth.