Press Freedom: Journalist Jailed, Censored for “Insulting Turkey’s President”
Last week, a court in Istanbul sentenced Ali Örnek, foreign news editor of the Communist daily newspaper, Sol, to 14…
5-3-2013
In Indonesia Dancing to Maroon 5 Could Earn You Two Years in Juvenile Detention
Last week, the Indonesian police charged five teenage girls with blasphemy. What was their crime? Dancing to a Maroon 5…
5-2-2013
Bangladesh’s Status Quo on Blasphemy
Over the weekend, hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis marched in the streets, calling for the death penalty for two bloggers…
4-10-2013
Human Rights First Welcomes U.N. Text on Religious Intolerance, Calls for More Governmental Action
New York City – Human Rights First today welcomes a new text on combating religious intolerance that diplomats at the…
3-22-2013
U.S. Should Expand Hate Crime Reporting among other Efforts to Combat Hatred
Washington, DC – On the heels of a Southern Poverty Law Center report detailing record high levels of hate groups,…
3-6-2013
