…Only by reaffirming a genuine and principled defence of freedom of thought, expression and religion can Europe hope to create a society built on real tolerance and respect for diversity. CEO of Justitia, Jacob Mchangama has written a guest post for Index on Censorship – read the full article here …
…Tænketanken Justitia advarer mod at give Finanstilsynets lov til at udskrive administrative bøder i million-klassen for brud på hvidvaskreglerne og kalder det netop fremsatte lovforslag ”retssikkerhedsmæssigt meget betænkeligt” og ”ikke acceptabel i en retsstat”. Andre jurister deler ikke bekymringen og henviser til, at andre myndigheder har samme beføjelser. Læs hele artiklen her….
Justitias Jacob Mchangama forklarer i Time Magazine, at Danmarks og Sveriges planer om at kriminalisere koranafbrændinger varsler en mere dyster fremtid, hvor demokratiets grundlæggende rettigheder skal ligge under for religiøse doktriner: “On the one hand, there are good reasons to be critical of book burnings. It is a poor substitute for reasoned debate and one that will forever be associated with totalitarian states, such as Nazi Germany, in o…
Aflyttet handler om digitaliseringsklar lovgivning, et projekt, der er bred politisk enighed om er godt, og som alle partier har store forventninger til, i det som kaldes ‘det digitale samfund, Danmark’. Men hvad ER et digitalt samfund? Og hvad er det for et Danmark, der bor der? Bliver verden mere retfærdig, fordi en beslutning tages automatisk? Og hvad gør det ved os, som Danskere i det digitale samfund, at vi er overvåget og kontrolleret konst…
In Time Magazine, Jacob Mchangama explains how Denmark and Sweden’s plans to criminalise Quran burnings forebode a future in which democratic states willingly yield their fundamental principles to religious dogmatism. “On the one hand, there are good reasons to be critical of book burnings. It is a poor substitute for reasoned debate and one that will forever be associated with totalitarian states, such as Nazi Germany, in our collective history….
…Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the process. Read the full article by Jacob Mchangama and Hin-Yan Liu in Foreign Policy…
…Denmark is using algorithms to deliver benefits to citizens—and undermining its own democracy in the process. Read the full article by Jacob Mchangama and Hin-Yan Liu in Foreign Policy…
…DIGITALISERING: Et enigt Folketing vil gøre al ny lovgivning klar til digitalisering. Lovene skal være enklere, og automatisk sagsbehandling skal være mulig, lyder nogle af punkterne. Læs artiklen og Justitias advokat Birgitte Eirikssons kommentar til sagen i Altinget.dk…
…f freedom of expression”. This position is shared by the UN’s Human Rights Committee and The EU. Since 2014,The Netherlands, Norway, Iceland and Malta have all abolished blasphemy bans. By going against this trend Denmark will undermine the crucial European and international efforts to repeal blasphemy bans globally. This has real consequences for human beings, religious and secular, around the globe. In countries like Pakistan, Mauretania, Iran,…
…f freedom of expression”. This position is shared by the UN’s Human Rights Committee and The EU. Since 2014,The Netherlands, Norway, Iceland and Malta have all abolished blasphemy bans. By going against this trend Denmark will undermine the crucial European and international efforts to repeal blasphemy bans globally. This has real consequences for human beings, religious and secular, around the globe. In countries like Pakistan, Mauretania, Iran,…
