1st Edition

Free Speech and Censorship Around the Globe

Edited By Peter Molnar Copyright 2015
562 Pages
by Central European University Press

562 Pages
by Central European University Press

This book focuses on regulatory challenges of creating and sustaining freedom of speech and freedom of information two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, in global, comparative context. Some chapters overview, others address specific issues, or describe country case studies. Instead of trying to provide an exhaustive assessment which in one volume might not reach deeper analyzes of... Read more
Foreword, Introduction, PART I: OVERVIEWS, PART II: COUNTRIES, List of Contributors, Name Index, Subject Index

Biography

Péter Molnár is Research Affiliate on Freedom of Speech at the Center for European Enlargement Studies at Central European University. He is a former member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990–1998), a writer, slammer, voluntary radio host and activist. Molnár was one of the principal drafters of the 1996 Hungarian media law, was member of the Hungarian Radio-Television Board’s Complaint Commission (2001–2010), and legislative advisor (2002–2010).