Why is swearing offensive? Is fuck only a swearword because we’ve all agreed that it is? Are there any benefits of swearing? Would the regulation of swearing compromise the freedom of expression of those being regulated?
Thirteen international organisations have submitted a statement to UN Human Rights Council calling on Turkey to halt is crackdown on the media.
Country regularly performs badly on rankings for media freedom
There were 18 incidents in Turkey in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Index on Censorship condemns Ian Paisely MP’s attack on News Letter journalist Sam McBride and calls on parliamentarians to uphold and support the tenets of media freedom.
Significant parts of the left now wish to rule out speech they deem offensive. It’s a far cry from when the left were defenders of freedom.
There were 27 incidents in Russia in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 9 incidents in Ukraine in July 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 4 incidents in Belarus in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
There were 2 incidents in Azerbaijan in August 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.