Leigh v Commissioner for the Police of the Metropolis: Fundamental Rights during COVID
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In Leigh v Commissioner for the Police of ...
Right to Freedom of Assembly
Discredit to the Turkish Government Over Social and Political Inequalities
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The unlimited inequality, ...
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: an Unprecedented Blow to Democracy and Fundamental Rights
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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and ...
Discriminatory Denial of Peaceful Assembly in the UK
“It is better to protest than to accept injustice”
― Rosa Parks
In July 2020, the UN Human Rights Committee ...
Student protests in South Africa: police brutality claims the life of a bystander
After the ruthless policing of student protests in Johannesburg claimed the life of an innocent bystander, South ...
Hong Kong: Anti-Mask Law Held Constitutional (but please wear a mask for COVID-19)
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (“HKCFA”) recently held that the Prohibition on Face Covering ...
Right to Protest v. Convenience of the Public – The Indian Supreme Court’s Decision on Shaheen Bagh Anti-CAA Protests
On 7 October 2020, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India held that the right to protest guaranteed ...
Indian Supreme Court Arbitrarily Limits Children’s Right to Protest
On February 10, the Supreme Court of India (SC) issued a notice to prohibit children from entering the areas where ...
Covering Up for the Face Covering Regulation: A Janus-Faced Position
The storm over Hong Kong’s rule of law rages on, as the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) delivered the judgment of ...
Anti-mask Law Ruled a Disproportionate Infringement of Rights Amidst Political Upheaval in Hong Kong
Not only has the Hong Kong anti-government movement not died down after 6 months, but it has escalated. The ...
Fundamental rights at risk in Kazakhstan: a call for action
The past months’ anti-government protests in Kazakhstan following the controversial renaming of the capital and ...
(No) Freedom of Speech at Universities?
Universities are meant to be places where freedom of speech flourishes. The issue of free speech in universities ...
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