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COMPARATIVE MEDIA LAW & ETHICS

by TIM CROOK

Published by Routledge on 15th December 2009

For details of the book, please visit Routledge.

Author's profile at Goldsmiths, University of London

 

Racial and Religious Hatred

 

Page 394-397. Danish Cartoons phenomenon. Index on Censorship in 2009 Year in Review Jytte Klausen is interviewed about her new academic book on the Danish cartoons crisis and discusses why it was published without any illustrations. Yale University Press decided not to include the original cartoons against the author’s wishes and the recommendations of 4 academic peer reviewers.

Furthermore Index on Censorship decided not to publish the original cartoons in the context of Professor Klausen’s interview. Chair of Index Jonathan Dimbleby explained his position.

Index board member Kenan Malik disagreed with the self-censorship exercised.

Page 399. British Peers in the House of Lords (second unelected chamber) defeated the UK Government's attempt to overturn a "free speech" defence to the law on homophobic hatred in July 2009. But there is no information yet on when the new criminal offence of inciting hatred on the grounds of gender orientation will be enacted. Report from the Independent newspaper.

 

 

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