An Index event on freedom of assembly, in association with Sussex University Politics Society
The right to protest! The right to fight?
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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
The bill that helps British ministers break the law
The British government is making it easier for those in power to break the law – and it’s using a fantasy about left-wing pressure groups to justify it, Alex Stevenson reports
Declinism and moral panic in Britain
Padraig Reidy argues that there is a downside to the justified urge to uphold the immaculate status of the child; it comes in the form of the ever-returning moral panic.
British news blind spots: Omission and obscurity
In Britain self-censorship with market and readership in mind denies all but the most devout news-addict important stories, writes Jonathan Lindsell.
Anything that stands in the way of a prisoner reading is wrong
Writer Ian Dunt, editor of politics.co.uk, and cartoonist Ben Jennings share their thoughts about the prison books ban.
Media freedom: In good health or under threat – how do the US and EU compare?
Index hosts a Google Hangout with New York-based Guardian Digital journalist James Ball, and LA Times London correspondent, Henry Chu
State of UK media freedom slammed by international press organisation
A new report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers criticises the restriction of press freedom in the name of national security, the Royal Charter press regulator and the UK’s lack of constitutional guarantees for freedom of expression
Index welcomes WAN-IFRA report on UK press freedom
Index welcomes the report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on the worrying state of press freedom in the UK. The WAN-IFRA report criticises the use of national security concerns to threaten and restrict...
Human Rights Watch Film Festival (18-28 March)
The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathise and demand justice for all people.
EDL “terrorise” Legoland staff over Muslim family day out
The Daily Mail was labelled “hateful” by Muslim organisations for its coverage of the episode, Alastair Sloan writes