In the famous Shakespearean depiction of Caesar’s rise to power in the Roman republic and transforming it into an empire, one thing that is strikingly similar with the current layout of Pakistan’s domestic political structure is the fall of its ruler through the hands of his loyalists. Et tu Brute? was the last question that […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the matter pertaining to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) demands to expel the French ambassador from Pakistan, severe ties with France and boycott all French products in the wake of the blasphemous French caricatures will be taken to Parliament before April — the new deadline set by the TLP, and a […]
In Handyside v. the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) reaffirmed that the right to freedom of expression, as safeguarded under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), protects speech that may “offend, shock or disturb”. Unfortunately, it appears that within the French context, this right to “offend, shock […]