The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathise and demand justice for all people.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival (18-28 March)
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
EDL “terrorise” Legoland staff over Muslim family day out
The Daily Mail was labelled “hateful” by Muslim organisations for its coverage of the episode, Alastair Sloan writes
On FIFA, shirt message bans and controversy
Let’s just ban the controversy before it happens. It’s easier that way, Milana Knezevic writes
London calls for release of Al Jazeera journalists held in Egypt
People gathered in Trafalgar Square on Thursday for a silent protest in support of jailed journalists
Censorship and university student unions
Degree leader Matt Grimes asks why censorship issues have arisen at UK universities — the very places that should be open to competing ideas and consistency.
Life After Leveson: The UK media in 2014
Britain has always had a complicated relationship with the free press. On the one hand, Milton’s Apologia, Mill’s On Liberty, Orwell’s volleys at censorship and propaganda. On the other hand, there is a sense that journalists, editors and...
New press regulator would not stop phone hacking, says Index panel
Doughty Street Chambers and Index on Censorship hosted a debate on the state of press freedom in the UK after the Leveson inquiry
High Court dismisses David Miranda challenge to Heathrow detention
Ruling represents a dangerous elision of terrorist activity and legitimate journalistic practice
Five things banned from university campuses
The banning of a poster depicting the Flying Spaghetti Monster as God is the latest attempt by UK student unions to crack-down on the free speech of students
Harry Potter and the Inevitable Sectarian War
The desire to believe in the purity of a text leads to dangerous places, writes Padraig Reidy