[Opinion] Freedom of expression and creativity in art - Ethiopian Human Rights Commission

A country in which unwelcome opinions are no longer allowed to be represented, in which one is silenced for political satire and in which what is allowed to be said is increasingly restricted, has no longer much to do with a democracy. Germany is becoming a dictatorship of sentiment, in which criticism of the government and of top politicians is unwelcome.A comment by Heinz Steiner The coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD was hardly…

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 19 (2) and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 15 (1) (c)  Everyone has the right to freedom of expression in the form of art.  States Parties recognize the right of everyone to the moral and material benefits resulting from any literary or artistic production.   Ethiopian Constitution, Article 41 (9)  The State has the responsibility to protect …