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Police Officer’s Social Media Posts Raise Questions About Public Trust
A Reykjavík area police officer is back in the news after posting, and then later deleting, on Facebook a number of statuses about survivors of sexual violence that have drawn criticism, and also raised questions regarding the limitations of freedom of expression…
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Controversial “Article 19” Used Against Activists, Statement Issued
Several Icelandic activists face now face criminal penalties, all of them charged with violating Article 19 of the Law on Police, a controversial law which several Icelandic lawyers the Grapevine has spoken to have pointed out violates both the Icelandic constitution and…
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Justice Minister Seeks To Revise Iceland’s Libel And Slander Laws
Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir has submitted a bill which, if passed, would amend Iceland’s current laws on libel and slander to err more on the side of freedom of expression and follow the recommendations of the European Court of Human…
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The Freedom To Call Someone A Poop
A subject of heated discussion in Icelandic news lately has been freedom of expression. Here in Iceland, as in other parts of the world, “freedom of expression” is often confused with “freedom from criticism,” often by those who stress the importance of…
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Lawyer Going After Journalists, Social Media Activity
A lawyer representing two men who were accused of rape is now setting his sights on journalists and people posting on social media about the case. Vísir reports that Vilhjálmur Hans Vilhjálmsson, the lawyer in question, is targeting media company 365 for…
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Public Broadcasting Journos Must Restrict Their Public Opinions
New ethics guidelines set down by RÚV ban journalists from expressing opinions on current events on social media. RÚV, Iceland’s public broadcasting network, now has new ethics rules for its employees. Amongst them is: “Employees who oversee news reporting, news-related material and…
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Three Priests Oppose Current Anti-Blasphemy Law
Media pundit Egill Helgason notes that three priests have stated their support for Pirate Member of Alþingi Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson’s proposal that current law against blasphemy should be abolished. The priests include Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir, Baldur Kristjánsson and Svavar Alfreð Jónsson. The legal…
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Pirate Party Want To Repeal Blasphemy Law
Pirate Party MP’s are preparing a bill to repeal an Icelandic law which bans blasphemy, reports RÚV. According to article 125 of the general penal code, fines or prison sentences of up to three months can be given to those who “mock…
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Undisputedevil.is Removal Disputable
It’s another Monday and time to review last week’s debates. Briefly. In short, people kept debating that milk-thing. The dairy mafia. Some like it, while, as tends to be the case with protected businesses, others don’t. Let’s move on. Let us move…
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Ungoo
[Continued from Ungoo: Part IX] Earlier this year, a free-trade agreement between Iceland and China took effect. Iceland is the first, and so far the only, European country to make such an arrangement with the People’s Republic of. No one knows what…