Free Speech

China’s newspapers criticise detention over free speech

18 Oct 2012

Chinese government-controlled newspapers have openly criticised the detention of a village official who called for the end of Communist Party rule, an extraordinary move that some media experts...

Freedom of speech still cherished and protected in SAR

17 Oct 2012

Alex Chan ("Self-righteous stance lowers tone of debate", October 11) says that if expatriates want to join the national education debate, they should learn to discuss rationally.

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Elsie Leung defends her right to 'free speech'

12 Oct 2012

Former justice secretary Elsie Leung Oi-sie defended her criticism of Hong Kong’s judiciary as “free speech”, as an argument with two legal bodies continued on Friday.

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Curbing free speech can't stem hatred

29 Sep 2012

The right of free speech, a central pillar of democracy and a free society, cannot be regulated with taboos and no-go areas, otherwise speech would no longer be free. Once the principle of control...