While even the most tyrannical regime will pay lip service to free speech, it is a right that is constantly denied There are two bedrock civil...
AC Grayling: “It’s a surprise to learn how universal censorship is”
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Suzanne Breen: give them absolutely nothing
Police threats to use anti-terror powers, forcing Irish reporter Suzanne Breen to hand over materials relating to dissident republican groups are an...
This ‘banned list’ has no place in UK law
To stop people entering Britain because of what they may say while here is based on the concept of pre-emptive sanction says Padraig Reidy Dyab Abou...
Cuba: changes? What changes?
The Obama regime may be reaching out to Raúl Castro, but it is unlikely any real reform will emerge for ordinary Cubans, writes Ena Lucía Portela...
Ireland: religion doesn’t need protection
The Irish government's plan to introduce blasphemy legislation may seem a retrograde step, but it is part of a broader global trend, writes Padraig...
Privacy laws are just image control for celebs
Only the powerful benefit from a muzzled media. A free, sometimes scurrilous press is what keeps the spirit of inquiry alive says Sir Ken Macdonald...
Setting the censorship standard
Thirty years on, the Williams Committee Report still provides a better framework for film classification than the lamentable Obscene Publications...
‘We know where you surf’
Advertising software company Phorm’s legality is being questioned by the European Commission. Bill Thompson explains. The law obliging Internet...
Pakistan: reporting the student ‘terror trail’
Zubeida Mustafa examines the Pakistani media's response to the arrests of eleven Pakistani students now facing deportation from the UK At a time...
Thai government moves to suppress media
Following the anti-government protests, the Thai government has begun to crack down on the opposition media. Sinfah Tunsarawuth asks if the...