Protecting persons from ‘false information’ is not a legitimate justification for restrictions on the right to freedom of expression.
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Criminal libel and seditious libel laws have existed under both military and constitutional rule in Ghana.
One of the problems with traditional courts is that they marginalise women.
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Denying people the right to opt out of the traditional court system conflicts with the notion of customary law as a voluntary and consensual system of law.
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New research suggests crypto-currencies aren’t technically property in common law jurisdictions.
South African court rules that racism is a criminal offence.
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Past cases indicate that verbal crimen injuria is not that serious. But a landmark sentence in South Africa has changed that.
The crime of blasphemy is about protecting God and Christian doctrine from scurrilous commentary, and Christians from offence.
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Laws against blasphemy privilege the feelings of Christians over other religious people, and have no place in a modern, inclusive society.