{"id":1292,"date":"2021-08-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2024-03-13T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:19:11","slug":"free-speech-for-everyone-at-stake-in-social-media-stars-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/free-speech-for-everyone-at-stake-in-social-media-stars-court-case","title":{"rendered":"Free speech for everyone at stake in social media star&#8217;s court case"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1292\" class=\"elementor elementor-1292\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-01f3c94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"01f3c94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1cab19\" data-id=\"d1cab19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb4296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb4296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p><b>Experts argue that the court is \u201crequired\u201d to safeguard freedom of expression for censored social media star<\/b><\/p><\/li><li><p><b>Kika Nieto hopes Court will uphold fundamental freedoms<\/b><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab3a5b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab3a5b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">COLOMBIA\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>(5 August 2021)<\/b> &#8211; Will the right to share Christian views online be safeguarded? Today, the human rights organization ADF International filed a brief in the censorship case of Erika \u201cKika\u201d Nieto, calling for the protection of freedom of speech. This June, the Colombian Constitutional Court decided it will review the social media star\u2019s case. Responding to a viewer\u2019s question in an \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d video in 2018, Nieto had shared her beliefs on marriage while expressing tolerance for other views. After an activist complained about her statement, a national court denied her right to freedom of expression by ordering her to remove the video. Nieto now hopes the Colombian Constitutional Court will uphold her right to freely share her beliefs online.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe right to express moral and religious convictions must be safeguarded.\u00a0In our brief we highlight that Nieto\u2019s statements are expressions of religious convictions that are\u00a0worthy of special protection, as enshrined in both national and international human rights law.\u00a0If we value a free society, protecting the right to speak freely\u00a0is paramount. Censorship leads to tyranny, but debate\u00a0fosters a free\u00a0flow\u00a0of ideas\u00a0that is conducive to critical thinking and protects freedom of thought,\u201d said Tom\u00e1s Henr\u00edquez, Director of Advocacy, Latin America and the Caribbean for ADF International, a human rights organization supporting Kika Nieto\u2019s case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Fundamental importance of freedom of expression<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In the\u00a0brief,\u00a0ADF International legal experts argue that\u00a0since Nieto\u2019s statements lack any element of \u201cincitement to violence\u201d and, on the contrary,\u00a0express tolerance\u00a0for different views, Nieto\u2019s\u00a0remarks\u00a0do not contain elements that\u00a0could\u00a0warrant her\u00a0being censured or sanctioned\u00a0given the robust protection that exists for freedom expression\u00a0in both national and international law. Thus\u00a0\u201cthe censorship imposed by the court of second instance constitutes a violation of human rights, since there is no law restricting Erika Nieto&#8217;s freedom of expression that contemplates the measure of censorship of her video of which she has been the victim.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Censored for sharing Christian convictions<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Answering a follower\u2019s question on her YouTube video, Nieto shared her beliefs about marriage as between a man and a woman with her millions of followers.\u00a0She said:\u00a0\u201cI really hope that everyone who is watching this video knows that not all people have the same opinion and that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0I think that God made us all and created man and created woman for man to be with woman and woman to be with man and that&#8217;s it, whatever we have done after that as man with man and woman with woman I think it&#8217;s not right. However, I do have friends who are gay, I have friends who are lesbian, I love them with all my heart and if I know one thing and I am completely sure of it, it is that God is love. And he calls me to love people. Without judging them.\u201d\u00a0*<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Activists filed legal complaint<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">There is good reason to think the Colombian Constitutional Court will uphold Nieto\u2019s right to freedom of speech. In a previous case that arose from the same video, the Court has already ruled that Nieto\u2019s speech on marriage is constitutionally protected. However, another activist took Nieto to court, complaining that this same comment about marriage was offensive and discriminatory. This time, a lower court considered the video to contain \u201chate speech\u201d and thus ordered its removal from YouTube. The Colombian Constitutional Court decided to review the lower court\u2019s ruling\u00a0this June.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Colombian NGO Nueva\u00a0Democracia\u00a0\u2014 a civil society platform advocating for freedom of expression and other fundamental rights \u2014 is representing Nieto in the current case. 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