The House of Lords ruling on secret evidence raises the need for the admission of intercept intelligence in terror trials, says Roger Smith...
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Secrecy of jury system can hinder justice
We need more transparency on jury trial deliberations, says Frances Gibb Does the jury system work? No one knows --- because under the present law,...
Censorship is the wrong way to combat BNP
The illiberal obsession with silencing Nick Griffin and the British National Party in the run up to elections has won the party undeserved...
Police shelve review on Kingsnorth protest
The failure to publish the long awaited report on policing tactics last summer is leading to accusations of a cover-up. Chris Ames reports The Home...
“You’re an idiot and I am a coward”
Comedy is too often constrained by preconceptions of audience reaction and the comic's own self-censoring streak, says Robin Ince “If those in...
The right to protest: Technology turns the camera on surveillance state
In the first of a series of articles on protest and free speech, Guardian reporter Paul Lewis assesses the fallout from the death of Ian Tomlinson...
Peter Hitchens: bring back arguments
As the divide narrows between left and right in Britain, so too does the space for adversarial dialogue and free expression There used to be an inch...
UK: climbdown on secret inquests
Justice secretary Jack Straw has announced the government will not go ahead with plans for non-jury private inquests to cover cases involving...
Dimbleby: fearful BBC risks losing its way
The BBC Trust’s condemnation of Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen has the potential to cause serious damage to the corporation’s international...
Eady rules against Singh in chiropractic defamation case
The English High Court has ruled that science writer Simon Singh, must show that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) was deliberately...