Foreign Office report on human rights skims over UK record

Focus, partnership and joined-up advocacy in defence of human rights – the UK Foreign Office’s lost vocation, as revealed by the diplomats’ own annual report. Rohan Jayasekera comments

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Jon Venables: the price of justice

The right to a fair trial can override free expression, says Carl Gardner

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Michael Foot – free speech champion

Michael Foot was not only a principled politician, writes Paul Anderson. The former Labour party leader was a passionate journalist and a lifelong defender of free expression

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Judge ‘baffled’ by Simon Singh chiropractic case

The Lord Chief Justice expressed surprise today at the BCA’s libel suit against Simon Singh. Padraig Reidy reports

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Support Simon Singh

Index on Censorship readers have two chances to show their support for Simon Singh on Monday the 22nd and Tuesday 23 February.

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GE Healthcare drops Thomsen libel suit

Drug firm GE Healthcare has dropped its libel suit against Danish doctor Henrik Thomsen, who had criticised the company’s product, Omniscan. Read more here (http://www NULL.guardian NULL.co NULL.uk/science/2010/feb/18/ge-healthcare-henrik-thomsen-libel)

Binyam Mohamed: Continuous Cover Up

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Miliband forced to reveal secret torture evidence

Miliband forced to reveal secret torture evidence in Binyam Mohamed case. Index on Censorship party to key test of open justice

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