Clive Stafford Smith: the fight to expose the truth about torture is only just beginning
Binyam Mohamed: Continuous Cover Up
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Index on Censorship
UK government failing on freedom of information
The number of Freedom of Information requests refused by the UK government increased to 22 per cent in the last three month period on record, compared to 15 per cent in the comparable period in 2005. Read more here
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
John Kampfner: A stain on this nation’s name
PLUS: Read the government’s last ditch attempt to censor judge
Binyam Mohamed redacted paragraphs
The full text David Miliband tried to censor (iv) It was reported that a new series of interviews was conducted by the United States authorities prior to 17 May 2001 as part of a new strategy designed by an expert interviewer. (v) It was...
Italy: Berlusconi squeezes media
Silvio Berlusconi’s has stepped up his campaigns against his television rivals, press freedom and the internet. Giulio D’Eramo reports
The libel tourism myth
In the Fifth Dame Anne Ebsworth Memorial Lecture the Rt Hon The Lord Hoffmann examines the evidence. Are foreign litigants exploiting our libel system? The war in Iraq is these days much in the news. One of its most enthusiastic supporters of was...
Striking a balance on privacy
Eric Barendt asks if a privacy statute would help the courts weigh freedom of speech and privacy
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
Wilders hate speech trial to go ahead
Controversial Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders will face trial in the Netherlands on hate speech. Wilders's lawyers had attempted to block the trial, claiming that as a politician he should have protected speech. Wilders has gained notoriety for...
PAST EVENT: You Can’t Libel the Dead?
You Can’t Libel the Dead? DJ Taylor and Francis Wheen in discussion. 11 March.
Trouble in the Blog O'Sphere
Eoin O’Dell: An Irish blogger has been forced to settle a libel case for €100,000. Would the country’s new Defamation Act have saved him?
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