THERE IS an important recent ruling in Jamaica's Constitutional Court that is as yet to get significant attention, but is in need of serious analysis by the Jamaican media and the wider society. The case to which we refer is the one that was brought by Maurice Tomlinson, the gay-rights activist who had claimed that his fundamental right to freedom of expression was infringed by three domestic television stations - Television Jamaica (TVJ); CVM TV; and the government's Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica - which had failed to air his advertisement promoting...
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