July 2025
USA: Age Verification Deemed ConstitutionalBy Priscille KulczykIn the decision Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton [1] adopted on June 27, 2025, by a vote of six to three, the US Supreme Court ruled that Texas law H.B. 1181 is constitutional, particularly regarding...
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Toulouse Imam Case: Democracy vs Radical IslamBy Grégor PuppinckThe ECLJ has intervened as amicus curiae in the case of Mohamed Tataiat v. France (application no. 7874/24), currently pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This case raises...
Read MoreFebruary 2025
The Backsliding on Freedom of SpeechBy Nicolas BauerJD Vance, Vice President of the United States, delivered a speech last week in Munich (Germany), pointing out some threats to freedom of speech in Europe. As he said, the fight against “hate speech”
Read MoreDecember 2024
Islamophobia: The Return of Blasphemy Proposed by British MPBy Youssef AyedOn the occasion of "Islamophobia Awareness Month" (IAM), British MP Tahir Ali called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to criminalise blasphemy. This proposal directly follows the United Nations Human...
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Why Does Pornography Undermine Human Dignity?By Priscille KulczykThis automatic translation will be revied as time permits. The notion of human dignity is based on the idea that every person has an equal right to be valued and respected for their own good. Because...
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“Desecration of the Holy Quran”: Human Rights in the Service of Islam?By Thibault van den BosscheBy adopting a law prohibiting the burning of the Quran in December 2023, Denmark bowed to Islamism, not so much to prevent an act against a religion permitted by freedom of expression, but rather to...
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“Hosts Case”: The ECHR will not deliver justice to ChristiansBy Nicolas BauerBy a decision , the ECHR has refused to judge the “ Hosts Case .” This case involved an artistic performance created using 242 consecrated hosts stolen during masses. The performer’s stated and...
Read MoreOctober 2023
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Pornography online is a real scourge. The harmful consequences of pornography for the individual are numerous: it creates a cycle of dependency, it is harmful to the development of children and...
August 2023
Free Speech: Failing to Pop the BubbleBy ECLJWhat are Bubble and Buffer Zones? Exclusion zones outside of reproductive healthcare facilities, like buffer and bubble zones, diminish the fundamental right to freedom of speech. Both the United...
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The ECHR supports the FemenBy Grégor PuppinckThe ECHR has just ruled in favour of the “Femen” who simulated the abortion of Christ by the Blessed Virgin, on the altar of the Madeleine church in Paris in 2013. The judgement, in the Bouton v...
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A TV censorship case before the ECHRBy Nicolas BauerA case pitting CNEWS against the French government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The ECLJ has been able to consult the "CNEWS v. France" case file, containing the Government's...
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Zemmour v. France at the ECHRBy Nicolas BauerExcerpts from an article published in Valeurs actuelles on the Zemmour v. France case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The issue is the freedom to criticise immigration and Islam.
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Algeria: Said Djabelkhir caseBy ECLJBREAKING NEWS : Thanks to an international campaign in which the ECLJ took part, Saïd Djabelkhir was acquitted by the Algiers Court of Appeal on February 1, 2023. Algeria acknowledged that the charge...
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Christian Falsely Accused of BlasphemyBy ECLJBlasphemy laws and their abuse are still a big challenge in Pakistan. Many false accusations continue to surface, mobs threaten to kill the accused, and the justice system is failing to provide due...
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Is Pornography a Human Right?By ECLJThis is the question that the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to answer. Seized by a prisoner who complains he was confiscated his pornographic magazines, the Court must decide whether...
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Covid-19: Thought Police in education?By Anouck BarbaThe ECLJ is concerned about the latest communications from the "Éducation national" (Ministry of National Education) regarding the monitoring of certain behaviours in schools. As part of the...
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ECHR Upholds Criticism of IslamBy Grégor PuppinckBy Grégor Puppinck and Nicolas Bauer, ECLJ. Article published in Valeurs Actuelles on 24 December 2019. While last year the ECHR approved Austria’s conviction of a lecturer for describing Mahomet as...
Read MoreApril 2019
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[Op-Ed] Freedom in Religious MattersBy Grégor PuppinckCollective opinion column published in the French Journal Valeurs Actuelles on March 15, 2019. As authors and researchers dealing with religious issues, we express our deep concern about the case of...
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Es v. Austria: No RefferalBy Grégor PuppinckPhoto: © Council of Europe. The European Court of Human Rights (the Court) has unfortunately refused to refer the E.S. v. Austria case to the Grand Chamber. The criminal conviction of Mrs.
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