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Free Speech Flag Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's ideas via speech. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity and incitement to commit a crime. The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". Article 19 goes on to say that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals". More about Freedom of speech... United States v. The Progressive was a 1979 lawsuit against The Progressive magazine by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). A temporary injunction was granted against The Progressive to prevent the publication of an article by activist Howard Morland that purported to reveal the "secret" of the hydrogen bomb. The case was brought before Judge Robert W. Warren in the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Federal courthouse pictured). Though the information had been compiled from publicly available sources, the DOE claimed that it fell under the "born secret" clause of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Because of the sensitive nature of the information, two separate hearings were conducted, one in public, and the other in camera. The defendants would not accept security clearances, and so were not present at the in camera hearings. The article was eventually published after the government lawyers dropped their case during the appeals process, calling it moot after other information was independently published. Despite its indecisive conclusion, law students still study the case, which tested the limits of the presumption of unconstitutionality attached to prior restraints. The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room is a small theater in the West Wing of the White House where the White House Press Secretary gives daily briefings to the news media and the President of the United States sometimes addresses the press and the American nation. It is located between the workspace assigned to the White House Press Corps and the office of the Press Secretary. October 12: Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression August 30: Cairo court retrial: Al Jazeera journalists sentenced to three years’ jail August 17: Woman fined in Spain under new 'Gag Law' May 5: German journalists detained in Qatar while investigating controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup hosting win March 27: UK Supreme Court require government to release Prince Charles 'black spider' letters Freedom of speech on Wikinews More anniversaries... Lawrence Lessig Lawrence "Larry" Lessig (born June 3, 1961) is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications, and he has called for state-based activism to promote substantive reform of government with a Second Constitutional Convention. He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center, an advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. ...that American photojournalist Daniel Smith (pictured) was once kidnapped by members of the Mehdi Army and taken to meet Muqtada al-Sadr? ...that 1992 was the only year the American Society of Journalists and Authors presented the Conscience-in-Media Award to more than one journalist? ...that the Colombian journalist Diana Turbay was killed while kidnapped by the Medellin Cartel in order to create pressure against the Colombia-USA extradition treaty? ▼ Freedom of speech ► Books about freedom of speech ► Censorship ► Free speech activists ► Free speech case law Main parent WikiProject WikiProject Freedom of speech Related projects Human rights Internet Journalism Law Media Politics What are WikiProjects? Freedom of speech Awards: AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility • Valeriu Boboc Prize • CPJ International Press Freedom Awards • Four Freedoms Award • Geschwister-Scholl-Preis • Gwangju Prize for Human Rights • Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award • James Madison Freedom of Information Award • Leipzig Human Rights Award • Muzzle Awards • Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression • PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award • PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award • PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award • Sakharov Prize • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • William J. Brennan Award • World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award Books: Beyond the First Amendment • Cyber Rights • Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" • Freedom of Expression • Net.wars Free speech activists: Floyd Abrams • Guy Aldred • Michael Gottlieb Birckner • Susan Block • Brenda Brathwaite • Roy W. Brown • Lenny Bruce • George Carlin • Henry Carlisle • Zechariah Chafee • The Confessionals • Ida Craddock • Hossein Derakhshan • David Esrati • John Henry Faulk • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Larry Flynt • Heather Ford • Pim Fortuyn • Free Speech League • Mike Godwin • Theo van Gogh (film director) • Emma Goldman • Bennett Haselton • Hugh Hefner • Marjorie Heins • Bill Hicks • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Abbie Hoffman • William Hone • Zoia Horn • Saad Eddin Ibrahim • Joesoef Isak • Jiang Lijun • Peter Junger • Chris Kempling • Ronald Kidd • Kitty Marion • Howie Klein • Judith Krug • Li Zhi (dissident) • Elijah Parish Lovejoy • Declan McCullagh • John McGovern (politician) • Aaron McGruder • Kembrew McLeod • Irshad Manji • George W. Mavety • Alexander Meiklejohn • Nicholas Merrill • Gregorius Nekschot • Philip Njaru • Rashid Nugmanov • Ursula Owen • Pu Zhiqiang • Marc Randazza • Barney Rosset • Hasan Saltık • Margaret Sanger • Mario Savio • Theodore Schroeder • Fariborz Shamshiri • Shi Tao • Howard Stern • Nadine Strossen • David S. Touretzky • Wang Xiaoning • Grady Ward • Geert Wilders • Rose Witcop • Frank Zappa • Zhou Shuguang General: Abusive language (law) • Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore • Birth control movement in the United States • Cartoonists Rights Network, International • Censorship by country • False statements of fact • Free speech fights • Free Speech League • Free Speech Movement • Free Speech Radio News • Free Speech TV • Free speech zone • Freedom of information • Freedom of Speech (painting) • Freedom of speech by country • Freedom of speech in the United States • Freedom of the press in the United States • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • Free speech in the media during the Libyan civil war • Market for loyalties theory • Occupy Oakland • SPEECH Act • The Tully Center for Free Speech • Whistleblower Organizations: Action for Children's Television • American Society of Magazine Editors • ARTICLE 19 • Canadian Journalists for Free Expression • Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility • Central Committee for Ex-Muslims • Central Council of Ex-Muslims • Chilling Effects • Comic Book Legal Defense Fund • Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund • Committee to Protect Journalists • Croatian Journalists' Association • CryptoRights Foundation • digitalcourage (formerly FoeBuD) • Doha Centre for Media Freedom • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Electronic Frontiers Georgia • Feminists Against Censorship • First Amendment Center • First Amendment Coalition • Foundation for Press Freedom • Free Speech Coalition • Free Speech League • Freedom House • Freedom of the Press (report) • Index on Censorship • Inter American Press Association • International Center for Law and Religion Studies • International Free Press Society • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • International Media Support • International PEN • International Press Institute • Media Legal Defence Initiative • National Coalition Against Censorship • Pacifica Forum • Press Freedom Index • Reporters Without Borders • Save the Internet • Somali Exiled Journalists Association (SEJA) • South East Europe Media Organisation • Southeast Asian Press Alliance • Student Press Law Center • Swedish Publicists' Association • Television Watch • Tunisia Monitoring Group • World Press Freedom Committee Featured articles 2 Featured lists 2 Good articles 2 Featured pictures File:Streisand Estate.jpg Template:/box-footer Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Check article requests in Law topics Assess : Tag article talk pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}} Cleanup : Check the Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Freedom of speech page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Collaborate : Expert help may be needed at Category:Freedom of speech articles needing expert attention. 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