Disinfo: ECHR and UN convention on human rights strongly restrict the rights of expression

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The European and UN Conventions on Human Rights reads that all rights of expression are strongly restricted when they come into conflict with local traditions and pose a threat to public order.

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The claim is an attempt to justify violence from hate groups followed by the premiere of Georgian-Swedish gay-themed movie "And then We Danced".

The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects freedom of expression without imposing any restrictions.

The European Convention on Human Rights may restrict freedom of expression only in strictly defined cases. ECHR thoroughly explains the rules and terms of restrictions in its rulings, noting that freedom of expression is a supreme value and that it is essential to ensure democracy and pluralism. In the case of “Otto-Preminger Institut v. Austria,” the European Court of Human Rights ruled that freedom of expression has been violated and explained that “artistic creation and performance, as well as its distribution, is seen as a major contribution to the exchange of ideas and opinions. Artistic freedom and the free circulation of art is restricted only in undemocratic societies.”

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Reported in: Issue 174
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 09/11/2019
Language/target audience: Georgian
Country: Georgia
Keywords: West, Freedom of speech
Outlet: PIA time 6:30 - 7:50

The United States has not invested in Georgia

In the framework of the US – Georgia strategic partnership, the United States has not implemented any large commercial projects in Georgia, though they could have implemented several of them.

November 19, 2019

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A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative on the lack of US support and assistance to Georgia.

In 2009 the US and Georgia signed a US-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, which advances bilateral cooperation on priority areas, such as defence and security; economic, trade, and energy issues; people-to-people and cultural exchanges. Read more about US-Georgia relations.

The EU’s imperialism promotes migration

Erosion of national states was artificially promoted and accelerated in Europe. Growing migration in the EU is a consequence of its capitalist and imperial integration.

Russophobia as a phenomenon came to existence after the 1917 October revolution, when Russia became Soviet. Its very existence was undermining the foundations of power in the US. Despite this historical stage being over, nowadays Russophobia is continuously applied towards Russians.

November 19, 2019

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This article puts forward a mix of conspiracy theories and groundless generalisations, aimed to present the EU in a bad light compared to Russia.

Growing volumes of regular migration in the EU is a result of deliberate economic policies, while an influx of refugees to the EU in the last years resulted largely from wars and violence in a number of distant countries such as Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.

Carl Bildt: Orthodoxy is the main enemy of the West

[Former] Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who was quite an influential political figure then, stated bluntly that Orthodoxy was the key challenge facing western civilisation, because it regulated family relations and did not recognise the rights of sexual minorities.

November 19, 2019

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Recurring disinformation narrative about a presumed Carl Bildt statement on orthodoxy.

The fake quote first emerged in 2014, when the Metropolitan of Montenegro, Amfilohije Radović, while addressing a religious ceremony, attributed the following words to Carl Bildt: “The biggest mistake of Putin was his return to Orthodoxy, which is worse than Islamic terrorism." On May 14, 2014, Carl Bildt tweeted, stating that the quote attributed to him was “a complete fake, propaganda from somewhere.”