Sentences with phrase «fundamental right to free speech»

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The FG is plotting to hide under the proposed legislation on hate speak to unleash draconian rule over unsuspecting Nigerians who would be cunningly denied their fundamental rights of free speech.

The right to free speech, including the right to speak out about who should be elected to public office, is a fundamental American right, essential to democratic debate.

I began paying close attention to the climate debate after I noticed that activists were trampling on a fundamental human right — that of free speech.

The IRS denial, in short, hinges on the applicant's activities looking too much like a for - profit trade or business and also the following not qualifying as «charitable» --(1) preserving the fundamental human rights set forth in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (b / c it is a declaration, not a treaty or law) and (2) safeguarding free speech in foreign countries (as the US Constitution's guarantee of free speech does not apply to residents or citizens of foreign countrights set forth in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (b / c it is a declaration, not a treaty or law) and (2) safeguarding free speech in foreign countries (as the US Constitution's guarantee of free speech does not apply to residents or citizens of foreign countRights (b / c it is a declaration, not a treaty or law) and (2) safeguarding free speech in foreign countries (as the US Constitution's guarantee of free speech does not apply to residents or citizens of foreign countries).

As a result, the right to freedom of speech in the form of the right to discuss, debate and indeed lampoon religion is a fundamental feature of a free society, but the same arguments can not be applied to discussion of race...»

And finally, D'Arcy Jenish writes about the October Crisis of 1970 in Legion Magazine (September, 2010) that «Tommy Douglas, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, accused Trudeau of using «a sledgehammer to crack a peanut,» and as well «A quarter of a century later, in a memoir published in 1996, longtime Conservative aide and adviser Hugh Segal wrote that «Civil liberties, including the right to free assembly, the right to free speech and other fundamental rights (were) suspended across the land.

Democracy is based on civil and political rights, including the fundamental right to information, free speech, assembly, access to justice and the right to participate fully in public matters.

«The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Taylor, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892 that this legally prescribed limitation of fundamental Charter rights [Section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act] was reasonable and justifiable, but warned that caution and restraint would be required in the application of the section so that the limitation on free speech would be minimized to the greatest possible extent.&Rights Commission) v. Taylor, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 892 that this legally prescribed limitation of fundamental Charter rights [Section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act] was reasonable and justifiable, but warned that caution and restraint would be required in the application of the section so that the limitation on free speech would be minimized to the greatest possible extent.&rights [Section 13 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act] was reasonable and justifiable, but warned that caution and restraint would be required in the application of the section so that the limitation on free speech would be minimized to the greatest possible extent.&Rights Act] was reasonable and justifiable, but warned that caution and restraint would be required in the application of the section so that the limitation on free speech would be minimized to the greatest possible extent.»

Free (and offensive) speech is a fundamental right but so is the right to live in peace, free from ethnic violeFree (and offensive) speech is a fundamental right but so is the right to live in peace, free from ethnic violefree from ethnic violence.