United Kingdom

Freedom of expression and disabilities

by Sara Yasin | 22 Apr 2013

Sara Yasin: Freedom of expression and disabilities

UK “Snooper’s Charter” should be dropped

by Index on Censorship | 18 Apr 2013

The Queen’s Speech is on 8 May, and Home Secretary Theresa May is still pushing for “Snooper’s Charter” to go through. Write to your MP to and let them know that the bill should be dropped.

Will the government allow corporations to sue individuals for libel?

by Padraig Reidy | 16 Apr 2013

The Libel Reform Campaign is concerned that the government will force through an amendment tabled by libel barrister Edward Garner QC allowing corporations to sue individuals for libel

Index on Censorship Student Blogging Competition

by Brian Pellot | 15 Apr 2013

Think you have what it takes to be published by Index on Censorship? Here’s your chance to find out. Enter our student blogging competition! To enter the competition, submit your piece with your name, university, course and year of study, to [email protected]

Index on Censorship: Leveson, the Royal Charter and press regulation

by Index on Censorship | 11 Apr 2013

Index on Censorship views press freedom as one core part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression. Read Index’s position on the Royal Charter for press regulation

Thatcher: Paradoxes of secrecy

by Padraig Reidy | 9 Apr 2013

In this Index on Censorship magazine article from 1988, Duncan Campbell claimed that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died this week, was “utterly disdainful of press freedom and open government”