Changes are being made to England’s defamation law after a three-and-a-half-year campaign, writes Padraig Reidy
Victory for free speech as libel bill passes
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
‘Giving women a voice may be our most significant achievement’
Mumsnet co-founder Justine Roberts explains the site’s commitment to giving women access to free speech
Freedom of expression and disabilities
Sara Yasin: Freedom of expression and disabilities
UK “Snooper’s Charter” should be dropped
The Queen’s Speech is on 8 May, and Home Secretary Theresa May is still pushing for “Snooper’s Charter” to go through. Write to your MP to and let them know that the bill should be dropped.
Self-censorship’s chill on artistic freedom in Russia
Self-censorship has poisoned Russian media, art and other spheres. In the past few years, criminal prosecution of artists and new laws have made it clear for those who criticise the Kremlin or Russian Orthodox Church in their creative work, will...
Will the government allow corporations to sue individuals for libel?
The Libel Reform Campaign is concerned that the government will force through an amendment tabled by libel barrister Edward Garner QC allowing corporations to sue individuals for libel
Index on Censorship Student Blogging Competition
Think you have what it takes to be published by Index on Censorship? Here’s your chance to find out. Enter our student blogging competition! To enter the competition, submit your piece with your name, university, course and year of study, to [email protected]
Index on Censorship: Leveson, the Royal Charter and press regulation
Index on Censorship views press freedom as one core part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression. Read Index’s position on the Royal Charter for press regulation
Corruption, fear and silence: the state of Greek media today
Independent journalism is up against a system that knows that it is in mortal danger from disclosure and will do anything it needs to survive, says Kostas Vaxevanis
Thatcher: Paradoxes of secrecy
In this Index on Censorship magazine article from 1988, Duncan Campbell claimed that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died this week, was “utterly disdainful of press freedom and open government”