Free expression is not a “nice-to-have” add-on, a mere luxury principle tacked on the end of other more basic rights
This is the British way of free expression; a matter of practicality rather than principle, a pliable concept, one that can almost always be tempered by appeals to taste
I want to know the past, people shouldn’t be able to alter records, said former UN free speech guru Frank La Rue
The prosecution of Pastor James McConnell under the Communications Act is the action of a prosecution service more interested in appearing to be liberal than upholding justice and rights
From a government crackdown on extremism to marketing departments’ concerns over branding, lecturer Thomas Docherty looks at the threats to the tradition of free discussion on campus
Every so often (roughly generationally) there are upheavals in mores and language. We’re on that cusp now.
If we are to imagine free speech as a defining value of democracy (as David Cameron has said he does) then we cannot just choose which free speech we will defend and which we will not (as David Cameron has said he wants to)
The idea that the government should have a role in assessing content before it is broadcast should set alarm bells ringing, writes Jodie Ginsberg
I was reminded of poet Carolyn Forché and her concept of witness when I read the reactions to the court decision that would finally allow pianist James Rhodes to publish his memoir, Instrumental
With the publication of Prince Charles’ “black spider” letters, ministers fear they will lose control of the freedom of information process