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The Freedom of speech Portal Free speech zone Freedom of speech is the political right to communicate one's ideas via speech. The term freedom of expression is sometimes used synonymously, but includes any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used. In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity and incitement to commit a crime. The right to freedom of expression is recognized as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognized in international human rights law in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Article 19 of the ICCPR states that "[e]veryone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference" and "everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice". Article 19 goes on to say that the exercise of these rights carries "special duties and responsibilities" and may "therefore be subject to certain restrictions" when necessary "[f]or respect of the rights or reputation of others" or "[f]or the protection of national security or of public order (order public), or of public health or morals". More about Freedom of speech...    Selected article Beyond the First Amendment: The Politics of Free Speech and Pluralism is a book about freedom of speech and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, written by author Samuel Peter Nelson. It was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2005. In the book, Nelson discusses how the more general notion of free speech differs from that specifically applied to the First Amendment in American law. He proposes an argument for a "pluralist framework" of free speech, in order to incorporate multiple factors which drive communication. The book was positively received in reviews from academic and legal journals. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries recommended the book due to its thought-provoking propositions, and a review in The Journal of Politics described it as, "a nice effort to explore free speech issues not covered by the First Amendment or constitutional law." A review in the journal Political Communication concluded of the author's argumentation, "His is indeed a theory fraught with possibilities both favorable and unfavorable to an expanded scope for the contents of free speech." Law and Politics Book Review concluded, "Beyond the First Amendment is an intriguing and important contribution to the literature on free speech."    Selected picture Banned books are books to which free access is not permitted. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, and often has political, religious or moral motivations. Bans on books can be enacted at the national or subnational level, and can carry legal penalties for their infraction. Books may also be challenged at a local, community level. As a result, books can be removed from schools or libraries, although these bans do not extend outside of that area. Similarly, religions may issue lists of banned books – a historical example being the Roman Catholic Church's Index Librorum Prohibitorum – which do not always carry legal force.    News April 14: BBC to play 'four to five seconds' of Thatcher protest song April 2: Greg Barns named Australia's Wikileaks Party national campaign director Freedom of speech on Wikinews    In this month 9 May 1943 – Birth of Kiyoshi Kuromiya in an internment camp; he was a leader in the struggle to maintain freedom of speech on the Internet, participating in the successful lawsuit against the Communications Decency Act 12 May 2011 – PROTECT IP Act introduced in the United States Senate by Patrick Leahy 14 May 1940 – Death of Emma Goldman (pictured) an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches 20 May 2010 – Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, held in support of free speech and freedom of artistic expression of those threatened with violence for drawing representations of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad More anniversaries...    Selected biography David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents. E. M. Forster, in an obituary notice, challenged this widely held view, describing him as, "The greatest imaginative novelist of our generation." Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature.    Did you know... ...that Bob Woodward (pictured) has twice won the Worth Bingham Prize: in 1972 for reports on Watergate and in 1987 for covering covert action in United States foreign policy? ...that Chen Chi-li, late head of Taiwan's United Bamboo Gang, claimed to have killed dissident journalist Henry Liu out of patriotism, and refused the $20,000 payout he was offered? ... that Martynas Jankus, Lithuanian journalist and "Patriarch of Lithuania Minor", was penalized around forty times by Prussian authorities for his public activities?    Categories ▼ Freedom of speech ► Freedom of speech by country ► Freedom of speech portal ► Books about freedom of speech ► Censorship ► Films about freedom of expression ► Free expression awards ► Free speech activists ► Free speech case law ► Freedom of expression organizations    Wikiprojects Main parent WikiProject WikiProject Freedom of speech Related projects Human rights Internet Journalism Law Media Politics What are WikiProjects?    Selected quote    Topics Freedom of speech Awards: AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility • Valeriu Boboc Prize • CPJ International Press Freedom Awards • Four Freedoms Award • Geschwister-Scholl-Preis • Gwangju Prize for Human Rights • Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award • James Madison Freedom of Information Award • Leipzig Human Rights Award • Muzzle Awards • Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression • PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award • PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award • PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award • Sakharov Prize • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • William J. Brennan Award • World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award Books: Beyond the First Amendment • Cyber Rights • Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" • Freedom of Expression • Net.wars Free speech activists: Floyd Abrams • Guy Aldred • Michael Gottlieb Birckner • Susan Block • Brenda Brathwaite • Roy W. Brown • Lenny Bruce • George Carlin • Henry Carlisle • Zechariah Chafee • The Confessionals • Ida Craddock • Hossein Derakhshan • David Esrati • John Henry Faulk • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Larry Flynt • Heather Ford • Pim Fortuyn • Free Speech League • Mike Godwin • Theo van Gogh (film director) • Emma Goldman • Bennett Haselton • Hugh Hefner • Marjorie Heins • Bill Hicks • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Abbie Hoffman • William Hone • Zoia Horn • Saad Eddin Ibrahim • Joesoef Isak • Jiang Lijun • Peter Junger • Chris Kempling • Ronald Kidd • Kitty Marion • Howie Klein • Judith Krug • Li Zhi (dissident) • Elijah Parish Lovejoy • Declan McCullagh • John McGovern (politician) • Aaron McGruder • Kembrew McLeod • Irshad Manji • George W. Mavety • Alexander Meiklejohn • Nicholas Merrill • Gregorius Nekschot • Philip Njaru • Rashid Nugmanov • Ursula Owen • Pu Zhiqiang • Marc Randazza • Barney Rosset • Hasan Saltık • Margaret Sanger • Mario Savio • Theodore Schroeder • Fariborz Shamshiri • Shi Tao • Howard Stern • Nadine Strossen • David S. Touretzky • Wang Xiaoning • Grady Ward • Geert Wilders • Rose Witcop • Frank Zappa • Zhou Shuguang General: Abusive language (law) • Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore • Birth control movement in the United States • Cartoonists Rights Network, International • Censorship by country • False statements of fact • Free speech fights • Free Speech League • Free Speech Movement • Free Speech Radio News • Free Speech TV • Free speech zone • Freedom of information • Freedom of Speech (painting) • Freedom of speech by country • Freedom of speech in the United States • Freedom of speech versus blasphemy • Freedom of the press in the United States • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • Free speech in the media during the Libyan civil war • Market for loyalties theory • Occupy Oakland • SPEECH Act • The Tully Center for Free Speech • Whistleblower Organizations: Action for Children's Television • American Society of Magazine Editors • ARTICLE 19 • Canadian Journalists for Free Expression • Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility • Central Committee for Ex-Muslims • Central Council of Ex-Muslims • Chilling Effects • Comic Book Legal Defense Fund • Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund • Committee to Protect Journalists • Croatian Journalists' Association • CryptoRights Foundation • digitalcourage (formerly FoeBuD) • Doha Centre for Media Freedom • Electronic Frontier Foundation • Electronic Frontiers Georgia • Feminists Against Censorship • First Amendment Center • First Amendment Coalition • Foundation for Press Freedom • Free Speech Coalition • Free Speech League • Freedom House • Freedom of the Press (report) • Inter American Press Association • International Center for Law and Religion Studies • International Free Press Society • International Freedom of Expression Exchange • International Media Support • International PEN • International Press Institute • Media Legal Defence Initiative • National Coalition Against Censorship • Pacifica Forum • Press Freedom Index • Reporters Without Borders • Save the Internet • Somali Exiled Journalists Association (SEJA) • South East Europe Media Organisation • Southeast Asian Press Alliance • Student Press Law Center • Swedish Publicists' Association • Television Watch • Tunisia Monitoring Group • World Press Freedom Committee    Recognized content Featured articles Accurate News and Information Act Birth control movement in the United States Freedom for the Thought That We Hate Learned Hand Report of 1800 Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders To Kill a Mockingbird United States v. The Progressive Featured lists CPJ International Press Freedom Awards George Orwell bibliography Sakharov Prize Good articles AACS encryption key controversy Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore Beck v. Eiland-Hall Beyond the First Amendment Hugo Black Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association Edward Coke Concurrent use registration Cream Holdings Ltd v Banerjee and the Liverpool Post and Echo Ltd Cyber Rights The Case of the Dean of St Asaph Mauro De Mauro Disneyland with the Death Penalty First Amendment to the United States Constitution Freedom of Expression (McLeod book) Free Speech, "The People's Darling Privilege" Fuck (film) Golos Truda Greene v Associated Newspapers Ltd Gyles v Wilcox John Marshall Harlan II Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez Manifesto of the Sixteen McCarthyism Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft Moral rights in United Kingdom law Motte v Faulkner The New York Times Obscene Publications Act 1959 Odex's actions against file-sharing Petition of Right PTV (Family Guy) Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 Pussy Riot R v Baillie Tax protester constitutional arguments Twitter United States v. Alvarez Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. Weiquan movement Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance YouTube    Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do: Article requests: Check article requests in Law topics Assess: Tag article talk pages using {{WikiProject Freedom of speech}} Cleanup: Check the Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:Freedom of speech page for improvements, other changes, and vandalism to these articles Copyedit: Check Freedom of speech "Article Alerts" for developments in quality to Freedom of speech-related articles for interesting articles to copyedit Expand: Expand articles in categories including: Freedom of speech and Category:Free speech activists Featured article candidates: Review Freedom of speech-related articles submitted at Featured Article candidates, especially those at FAC urgents Good article nominations: Check out articles under review for Good Article candidacy, in the Social sciences and society section Stubs: Take on project for improvement of one of the Freedom of speech stubs Update: Update links between sister projects, at Commons:Category:Freedom of speech Verify: Articles with notability concerns, listed at WikiProject Notability, more specific Freedom of speech related articles, at Articles with topics of unclear notability listing. Wikify: Wikify links between primary-source-documents and articles from Wikisource:Category:Freedom of speech Other: Check article deletion discussions listed at Deletion sorting – Law Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.    Related portals Books Culture Current events Human rights Internet Journalism Law Literature Philosophy Politics Radio Society Supreme Court of the United States Television Writing    Associated Wikimedia What are portals? List of portals Featured portals