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Respecting Rights? Measuring the World’s Blasphemy Laws

Washington, DC: United States Commission of International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2017), ix, 138 pp.
"We have seen in our monitoring of religious freedom worldwide how blasphemy laws, in both theory and practice, harm individuals and societies. In commissioning the study found in the following pages, USCIRF sought to ascertain the prevalence of blasphemy laws worldwide and measure how the content o ... more

Blasphemy and Related Laws in Selected Jurisdictions

Washington, DC: Law Library of Congress (2017), 57 pp.

Selected Blasphemy Cases

Washington, DC: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) (2017), 18 pp.
"Indonesia has the potential for social conflict and violence due to blasphemy. Currently, Indonesia has a blasphemy law that has been in effect since 1965. The blasphemy law formed on political factors and tend to ignore the public neutrality. Recently due to a case of blasphemy by the Governor of ... more

Blasphemie: Geschichte eines "imaginären Verbrechens"

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 138 pp.
"Outbreaks of religious intolerance are usually assumed to be visceral and spontaneous. But in 'Hate Spin', Cherian George shows that they often involve sophisticated campaigns manufactured by political opportunists to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. Right-wing networks orchestrate th ... more

"As Good as Dead": The Impact of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

London: Amnesty International (2016), 66 pp.
"This report details how Pakistan’s blasphemy laws violate human rights, both in their substance and their application – whether this is violations of human rights by the state, or abuses of the laws by non-state actors. The laws do not meet human rights standards and lack essential safeguards t ... more

Egypt's Blasphemy Laws

Washington, DC: Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (2016), 5 pp.

On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws

Geneva: International Commission of Jurists (icj) (2015), 61 pp.

Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe

Budapest; New York: Central European University Press (2015), x, 552 pp.
"This is a book about free speech narratives. Stories about how imagination and rational thinking in wildly different cultures capture, imagine, and conceptualize what freedom of speech means. 1989 and 2011 are only two recent (in historic perspective) turning points when freedom of speech and freed ... more

In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries

In: Routledge Handbook of Media Law
Monroe E. Price; Stefaan Verhulst; Libby Morgan (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2015), pp. 253-268

Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws

London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
"Rezente Berichte über den Zustand von Religionsfreiheit und Pluralismus in Indonesien zeichnen häufig ein wenig schönes Bild. Gleichzeitig findet sich vielfach aber auch die Ansicht, Indonesien als ein Land zu sehen, das erfolgreich einen Demokratisierungsprozess in Gang setzen konnte und daher ... more

Religious Offence and Human Rights: The Implications of Defamation of Religions

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2014), lxii, 419 pp.

A Clash of Cultures: Hate Speech, Taboos, Blasphemy, and the Role of News Media

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2013), 40 pp.
"The ability of individuals to openly speak their minds is a core principle not only of American journalism, but American democracy. Even when speech is insulting or disrespectful to others-speech that might run afoul of hate speech laws throughout Western Europe or be banned outright in much of the ... more

Misuse of the Blasphemy Law and Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Report of the International Hearing

Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications (2013), ix, 109 pp.