Law 200 Final Exam Essay

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Mid-Exam-Assignment 1 Prepared For: Barrister M.A. Billah Prepared By: Towsif Ur Rashid 082 095 030 Law 200 Section: 2 North South University October 17, 2011 Introduction Freedom of expression is a foundation of democratic rights and freedoms. Freedom of expression is essential in establishing the democratic condition and ensuring public rights. Citizens cannot apply their right to vote successfully or take part in public decision-making if they do not have free right of entry to information and ideas and are not able to express their views freely. Freedom of expression is thus not only imperative for individual respect but also to contribution, liability and democracy. Breach of freedom of expression often is often followed by with other violations. It also involves the right to freedom of association and assembly. Aspects Freedom of speech has many dimensions. One of its most vital functions is that decision-making requires the free expression of broad range of vies from all the corners. A decision made after sufficient discussion is likely to be a better one which less improperly reflects the opinions, wellbeing…show more content…
These rights can only be restricted in certain conditions: to protect the rights and reputations of others or to protect national security, public order, public health or morals. The issue is one of much modern interest in the developed world. Today new technologies have been invented to give extraordinary access to materials which governments could previously keep suppressed in a relatively efficient way. The main issues are pornography; bomb manufacturing instructions etc. which have become obtainable on the world-wide web. In general, however, the issue is likely to fall into categories of book censorship, speech censorship, video censorship, newspaper censorship, and political expression of one description or
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