Index on Censorship responds to seven specific policy proposals, including the appointment of a Free Speech and Academic Freedom Champion
The Government’s policy paper on higher education: free speech and academic freedom
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
He is loathsome, but I will always defend Ken Loach’s right to offend me
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="116256" img_size="full" add_caption="yes"][vc_column_text]I can think of few public figures I hold in greater contempt than Ken Loach. Mr Loach may be an esteemed film maker but I regard his politics as...
Letter to MSPs on Scotland’s Hate Crime and Public Order Bill
The decision to withdraw amendments on freedom of expression at the eleventh hour will have a chilling effect
The British Government has zero moral authority
The UK cannot claim the moral high ground when it is preventing its own journalists from doing their jobs
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate de-arrest of photographer Andy Aitchison
Photographer covering conditions at a Kent asylum centre has had his equipment confiscated
A win for Assange, but not for free speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, to the USA to stand trial for charges of espionage came as welcome relief to Assange’s family and supporters. However, he remains detained...
Free expression needs to be at the heart of the Covid vaccine response
Today, as the first people in the UK receive the Covid-19 vaccine, we need more information and engagement with those with concerns
Heavy fines on social networks for not tackling online abuse may have unintended consequences
Index CEO Ruth Smeeth discusses the proposed Online Harms Bill in a virtual session organised by the Board of Deputies after a rise in anti-Semitic attacks
Shedding Skin
In September 2019, London-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi announced that one of her photographs, showing women in a hammam, had been taken down by Instagram because, according to the platform, it fell foul of the community’s standards on adult...
Free speech & the law: “Hate Speech” & Non-Discrimination
Although there is no single “hate speech law” in the UK, nor any agreed international definition of the term, a number of laws forbid hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups, which can include things people say, based on colour, race, ethnicity and nationality, religion, and sexual orientation.