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Let battle commence over privacy

John Kampfner: The week the legal establishment bit back

Lord Hoffmann: The libel tourism myth

Gagging the Press

Do British laws represent a serious threat to freedom of expression?

Ken MacDonald argues British courts suppress free speech around the world

and Eric Barendt makes a proposal for balancing privacy against press freedom

It shouldn’t take a Pope

Pope Benedict has attacked British equality legislation, claiming it counters free expression. Is he right? Brendan O’Neill and Naomi Phillips go head to head

What’s in a name?

A lot, say the press. And the Supreme Court agrees. Jen Robinson writes about the landmark decision that reversed an alarming trend of anonymity and “alphabet soup” in the British justice system

John Terry’s attempt to gag a free press

Significant victory against the superinjunction but the fight for free speech goes on says John Kampfner

Britain: Perverse logic

Despite the odd absurd anomaly, such as an attempt to prosecute for a depiction of a woman having sex with a cartoon tiger, the UK government’s “extreme pornography” laws have not have proved to be the threat to free expression says John Ozimek

Sri Lankan election marred by propaganda

President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election campaign was coloured by the blatant abuse of state media resources says Sanjana Hattotuwa

Eritrea, worst of the worst

Freedom of expression is stifled in Africa’s youngest nation, says Peter Martell

Index on Censorship welcomes reversal of United Kingdom Supreme Court anonymity

Significant ruling endorses free press and open justice

French commission reignites burka debate

Natasha Lehrer: France steps closer to banning the Islamic face veils in public with the release of a landmark parliamentary report.

Venezuela: Chavez bent on silencing media

Free media in Venezuela suffers another blow, RCTV has been removed from cable platforms. Daniel Duquenal reports

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