Zainab Alkhawaja, daughter of human rights activist and former president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, has gone on...
Bahrain: Daughter of activist goes on hunger strike
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Burqa ban will not protect women
Proposed bans on face coverings are a reflection not on Islam, but on European insecurity, says Myriam Francois-Cerrah
BNP Koran burning charge dropped
A Public Order Act charge against British National Party member Sion Owens, who was arrested over the weekend for burning a copy of the Koran in his...
France: Internet companies go to court against new regulation
The French Association of Internet Community Services, a group of more than 20 internet companies including Facebook and eBay, have gone to court...
Libyan government deports 26 journalists
The Libyan government has decided to deport 26 foreign journalists from the country. The journalists, who had all been invited by the government,...
TRIPWIRES: remix the debate
TRIPWIRES youth programme explores what free speech means for young people.
Julia Farrington explains
Conditional fee agreements – who really benefits?
Tamsin Allen is sceptical of Ken Clarke’s reforms of defamation fees.
Turkish court censors book before publication
An Istanbul court has ordered the seizure of all of investigative journalist Ahmet Sik's work on his incomplete book The Army of the Imam. His...
OSCE report finds Turkey is holding 57 journalists in prison
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has published a report revealing that there are currently 57 journalists imprisoned in...
Cuba: Reuters journalist accused of collaborating with CIA
Cuba has accused a Reuters journalist of collaborating with a US diplomat thought to be a CIA agent. The allegation was made by Cuban state...