A reform of the UK’s Official Secrets Act would mean that journalists with confidential documents could face harsher penalties than the spies who handed them over, reports Martin Bright
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
Are we becoming Hungary-lite?
Jolyon Rubinstein fears a British legislative agenda that could stifle protest, satire and the very foundations of democracy
Cancel culture, junk journalism and the dissident tradition
A wide-ranging interview with the playwright, screenwriter and Index on Censorship patron Sir Tom Stoppard
Government’s Online Safety Bill will be “catastrophic for ordinary people’s freedom of speech” says David Davis MP
Leading experts brand Government’s Bill “catastrophic” at press conference today
The free speech Euros: Group D
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
The free speech Euros: Group A
As Europe’s eyes turn to the football, Index’s look at free speech in the competing nations
Remembering Jo Cox five years on
Why we need to heed the words from the maiden speech of the murdered MP more than ever
Wake up Williamson: the Magdalen College controversy
It’s the students who should decide whose picture is on the wall of their common room, not the education secretary
Statement on the Maya Forstater judgement
The case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal was about protecting in law the right to hold certain beliefs
Index and 21 other organisations condemn lawsuits brought by ENRC against public watchdogs
Lawsuits represent an egregious attempt to curtail freedom of expression and jeopardise anti-corruption efforts