Abstract
Over the past decade ever-greater inroads have been made into freedom of speech and other fundamental legal and democratic rights, including those of refugees, whom the High Court has held can be detained indefinitely. Under the rubric of the so-called 'war on terrorism,' legislation has been passed, outlawing expressions of opinions that could be interpreted as supporting terrorism, broadly defined in ways that can cover a range of political dissent, and permitting compulsory secret questioning, 'control orders' and various types of detention without trial. Now the High Court has handed down a series of rulings that severely curtail what remained of the supposed implied freedom of political communication and reveal the enormous scope for governments to gag political opponents and block political protests in the name of 'legitimate' official objectives.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 147-151 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Alternative law journal |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |