This article was originally published in the Daily Mail Every time I reassure myself that this government cannot sink lower, it surprises me. The attempt by the Foreign Office to suppress evidence that the British security services colluded in the...
Index on Censorship Free Expression Awards 2010 hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby, Royal Institute of British Architects, 25 March 2010
John Kampfner: The week the legal establishment bit back
Lord Hoffmann: The libel tourism myth
Emily Butselaar: Max Mosley’s campaign for a ‘right to notification’
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
A Tunisian appeals court on Saturday upheld a six-month prison sentence against journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, one of President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali’s toughest critics. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounced the decision as part of a...
Russian police yesterday detained up to 100 protesters during a Moscow demonstration to preserve the right to peaceful protest. Protesters shouted "Shame!" and "Down with Putin!" as Moscow police in riot gear pushed them into buses. The detained,...
The newly re-elected government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accused of orchestrating a fresh crackdown on the media after a series of websites were blocked and their offices closed. Journalists claim they have been harassed and assaulted, others...
A 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to jail for nearly eight years after having been arrested at a demonstration in support of the banned Kurdish group PPK. The girl has been convicted of 'terrorist' offences, including ‘crimes on behalf of an...
Significant victory against the superinjunction but the fight for free speech goes on says John Kampfner
Britain’s theatre community comes out against oppression and censorship in the “last dictatorship of Europe”. Join the protest on 1 July
Today’s decision not to uphold a “super-injunction” claimed by England football captain John Terry is a blow for press freedom.