Obscene Articles Tribunal
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The Obscene Articles Tribunal is a specialized judicial body in Hong Kong responsible for classifying and adjudicating matters related to obscene and indecent publications and materials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Obscene Articles Tribunal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13640214 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obscene Articles Tribunal Context triple: [Judiciary of Hong Kong, includesCourt, Obscene Articles Tribunal]
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A.
Obscene Publications Act 1959
The Obscene Publications Act 1959 is a key UK law that redefined and liberalized the legal test for obscenity in literature and other media, famously tested in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial.
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B.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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C.
Roth test for obscenity
The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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D.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
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E.
R v Penguin Books Ltd
R v Penguin Books Ltd was a landmark 1960 English obscenity trial in which the publisher of D. H. Lawrence’s novel "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" was acquitted, significantly liberalizing publishing and censorship laws in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obscene Articles Tribunal Target entity description: The Obscene Articles Tribunal is a specialized judicial body in Hong Kong responsible for classifying and adjudicating matters related to obscene and indecent publications and materials.
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A.
Obscene Publications Act 1959
The Obscene Publications Act 1959 is a key UK law that redefined and liberalized the legal test for obscenity in literature and other media, famously tested in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover trial.
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B.
"Howl" obscenity trial
The "Howl" obscenity trial was a landmark 1957 U.S. court case that tested the limits of literary free speech by challenging whether Allen Ginsberg’s poem "Howl" was legally obscene, ultimately affirming its protection under the First Amendment.
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C.
Roth test for obscenity
The Roth test for obscenity is a legal standard established by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether material is obscene and therefore not protected by the First Amendment.
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D.
Immorality Act
The Immorality Act was a key apartheid-era South African law that criminalized sexual relations between people classified as belonging to different racial groups.
-
E.
R v Penguin Books Ltd
R v Penguin Books Ltd was a landmark 1960 English obscenity trial in which the publisher of D. H. Lawrence’s novel "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" was acquitted, significantly liberalizing publishing and censorship laws in the UK.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.