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FXI interview on internet shutdowns
FXI discussing internet service providers shutting down certain websites
August 21 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Copyright Amendment Bill - comments due Friday 30 June 2017!
Parliament has released the 2017 Copyright Amendment Bill for public comment. The Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights – has partnered with the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) in South Africa to facilitate stakeholder participation in the comment and hearing process for the bill.
FXI Position
There is ...
June 25 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
copyright, free speech, fair use
Access to Information Animation
FXI access to information animation - simplifying the Promotion of Access to Information Act
June 14 2017 By Bongani Phiri
Audio-Visual Guide on the Right to Protest
FXI developed an audio-visual guide on the legal exercise of the right to protest
June 14 2017 By Bongani Phiri
Free Speech v Hate Speech
FXI SouthAfrica debating hate speech bill with Deputy Minister of Justice on SABC's Rights and Recourse.
February 19 2017 By Bongani Phiri
Helen Zille's Right to Freedom of Expression with LEPRO
https://iono.fm/e/441357?autoplay=1
June 06 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Helen Zille
FXI interview on Power FM defending free speech
https://soundcloud.com/powerfm987/thusi-fokane_opinion_zillefying-free-speech-in-south-africa
June 07 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
free expression, free speech, Helen Zille
FXI team on EKFM discussing the right to protest as a form of expression
The right to protest as a form of expression ensures that community voices are heard. The FXI's Siphiwe Segodi and Mpho Tsimane unpack this issue with Mike Mathabathe from EKFM.
February 16 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Enzenzeleni community members arrested over water protests
The community of Enzenzeleni, Warden in the Free State is angered by empty promises from the provincial premier, Mr Ace Magashule. The community and members of the Freedom of Expression Network expressed their grievances and demands concerning poor service delivery through a peaceful march to the local municipal offices on 2 December 2016. Their gr...
January 09 2017 By Freedom of Expression Institue
Enzenzeleni, right to protest, right to water
DA bars media from Zille's disciplinary hearing
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017-06-07-da-bars-media-from-zilles-disciplinary-hearing/
September 21 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Enzenzeleni community member's demands answers on their leader's killers
There is one question on people’s lips and that is whether an activist Vusi Mlaba was killed to silence him. This speculation comes after ongoing rivalry between Mlaba and Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane.
Mlaba was a husband, father and community leader who fought against corruption and poor service delivery specifically in his ho...
January 20 2017 By FXI
free expression, impunity, censorship
FXI reaction on Jon Qwelane Hate Speech Judgment
http://www.702.co.za/articles/268977/court-finds-jon-qwelane-guilty-of-hate-speech
September 21 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
FXI weighs in on King Zwelithini's right to freedom of expression on the Constitution:
https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-07-31-zulu-king-can-have-say-on-constitution/
July 31 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Op-Ed: Bringing our copyright laws into the digital era
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-08-01-op-ed-bringing-our-copyright-laws-into-the-digital-era/#.WZ7IgT4jHDc
August 01 2017 By Freedom Of Expression Institute
Regulating social media will affect 'right to privacy', 'freedom of expression'
http://citizen.co.za/news/news-national/1449009/regulating-social-media-will-affect-right-to-privacy-freedom-of-expression/
March 07 2017 By Bongani Phiri