Liliane Hatem May 28, 2010:

حرية الكلام is never used. It is either حرية التعبير or حرية الرأي

Nesrin May 28, 2010:

حرية الكلام You're right, Mona - I just checked UNTERM to give you an informed answer - there's one entry of "freedom of speech" that's rendered as حرية الكلام (while of course freedom of expression is حرية التعبير). However, I think we can argue that حرية التعبير is much more widely used in Arabic, and that "expression" encompasses speech as well as other forms of expression. BUT of course حرية الكلام is the more accurate translation.

Mona Helal (asker) May 28, 2010:

freedom of speech vs. freedom of expression thank you Nesrin, would you say there should be a difference between these two?
Because I'd say the latter is the حرية التعبير