Advertisements trying to depict smoking as harmless or as an expression of masculinity were banned.
While one article protects freedom of expression, others ban insulting prophets and "the individual person" and may make it hard to reform laws that have allowed the prosecution of government critics, the human rights group said.
One of the ways Turkish authorities suppressed calls for Kurdish autonomy was to ban any expression of ethnic identity – that included the use of the Kurdish alphabet on public buildings and documents, a ban on the teaching of the Kurdish language and even possession of Kurdish music.
Under John Paul II, any expression of doubt in this ludicrous ban would bar a priest from promotion.
"The bad news is that our two major political parties are organized around ideologies and interest groups that systematically ban the expression of common-sense ideas that blend of best of liberal and conservative thinking," he writes.
Their expression is controlled by another MYB transcription factor, AtPAP1 [ 47– 49], whereas over-expression of AtTT2 did not increase the expression levels of LBGs in seedlings, with the exception of BAN, suggesting its specific involvement in PA synthesis [ 10].
Thus, for example, in violating the right to freedom of expression by banning "obscene" speech on TV, the government violates the property right of the owners of the TV station to use their property as they see fit.
The governing body also bans the expression of religious beliefs on uniforms.
She continued, "The Israeli authorities are effectively banning peaceful expression of political speech by convicting supporters of nonviolent resistance".
All democracies restrict speech to some degree, and the forms of banned expression vary, ranging from child pornography (which is illegal virtually everywhere) to hate speech (banned in Europe and other places but not the United States) to country-specific expression (such as criticism of national heroes or monarchs).
