Written by : Alex Stevenson
Revealed: The British exports that crush free expression
The Arab Spring has not stopped Britain from helping crush free expression by selling crowd control ammunition to authoritarian states including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Alex Stevenson reports The bill that helps British ministers break the law
The British government is making it easier for those in power to break the law - and it's using a fantasy about left-wing pressure groups to justify it, Alex Stevenson reports Making life harder for Britain’s journalists
The coalition has found a novel way of making life harder for Britain's journalists. Now it appears to have set itself the challenge of abandoning the reforms without losing face, too. Alex Stevenson reports Gagging bill defeat: Britain’s democracy just got worse
The parliamentary struggle over the UK government's gagging bill, which has overshadowed Westminster in recent months, is all but over. And the end result is bad news for British democracy. Alex Stevenson reports Jailed for being ‘annoying’: It could happen in Britain if ministers get their way
The British government's plans to jail people the courts judge to be persistently 'annoying' has been defeated in the Lords - but remains a serious threat to freedom of speech in the UK, Alex Stevenson writes 
