The Government’s proposed new online safety laws pose a threat to freedom of expression in the UK, Index on Censorship claims.
Repression likely to continue in Turkey, but cracks showing in govt (Ahval News)
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Joy Hyvarinen on the suppression of freedom of expression in Bahrain (Al Jazeera)
Proposed online safety laws pose threat to freedom of expression in UK, campaign group claims (Press Gazette, 4/6/2019)
The Government’s proposed new online safety laws pose a threat to freedom of expression in the UK, Index on Censorship claims.
Free speech, hate speech and over-reach with Jodie Ginsberg (Our Man In Stockholm)
The recent rise of far-right hate speech, boosted and amplified on social media, has proved a danger to our democracies and our most basic human rights – so in these battle for rights, who wins out in the end?
Support service challenges censorship in the arts (Arts Professional, 31/5/2019)
Freedom of expression in the arts is under threat in the UK, according to a new advisory service for organisations facing issues of censorship. The Arts Censorship Support Service is an initiative from Index on Censorship.
Raids on two Northern Irish journalists’ homes had ‘inappropriate’ warrants, court says (The Guardian, 29/5/2019)
The two reporters, Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, had been investigating the 1994 Loughinisland massacre
The rights of Brian (Tortoise Media, 28/5/2019)
“Well, what Jesus blatantly fails to appreciate is that it’s the meek who are the problem.” So says John Cleese as Reg, leader of the People’s Front of Judea, as he and his hapless fellow rebels walk away baffled from Christ’s Sermon on the Mount
Raid on journalists’ homes and offices ‘should be ruled unlawful’ (Irish News, 23 May 2019)
A RAID on the homes and office of investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney should be ruled unlawful, two leading campaign groups have said. Index on Censorship and English PEN have intervened in the journalists’ case to make a submission to the High Court in Northern Ireland.
Defending essential freedoms (InPublishing, 23 May 2019)
One of the pillars of a free society is the right to be able to say things other people disagree with. Yet, as Jodie Ginsberg tells Ray Snoddy, that basic right is constantly under threat, both from authoritarian leaders and increased regulation....
British nationals to be banned from parts of Syria under new law (The Guardian, 20 May 2019)
British nationals are to be banned from entering or remaining in parts of conflict-stricken Syria in the first use of a controversial new power. The home secretary, Sajid Javid, will reveal on Monday how he expects the law, which makes it a...
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