Anjem Choudary is an extremist. His views are repugnant and to be countered at every opportunity, but he should be allowed to express them.
Conviction of Anjem Choudary should not be used to further restrict free speech
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Mapping Media Freedom: In review 22-28 July
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Defend Free Speech: Minister for security defines “extremism” ten different ways in one hour
It was with considerable alarm that we watched the recent evidence session of counter-extremism minister, Karen Bradley, before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 30 June-7 July
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Mapping Media Freedom: In review 24-29 June
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the Europe
Poetic Pilgrimage: Hip hop has the capacity to “galvanise the masses”
Their love of music brought them together but it was their spirituality and a feeling of seeking that prompted them to convert to Islam
How dangerous is it to be a journalist in Ireland 20 years after the murder of Veronica Guerin?
This weekend marks 20 years since the murder of Irish award-winning crime reporter and investigative journalist Veronica Guerin
Belarus Free Theatre: “Dictators are scared of a strong mutual position”
Belarus Free Theatre have been using their creative and subversive art to protest the dictatorial rule of Aleksandr Lukashenko for over a decade.
In conversation with Timothy Garton Ash: A blueprint for freer speech
The professor of European Studies at Oxford University talks to Index on Censorship about his new book Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
8-9 July: The power of hip hop
A conference followed by a day of performance to consider hip hop’s role in revolutionary social, political and economic movements across the world.