The parliamentary struggle over the UK government’s gagging bill, which has overshadowed Westminster in recent months, is all but over. And the end result is bad news for British democracy. Alex Stevenson reports
The petition against Maajid Nawaz is deeply offensive, says Padraig Reidy
‘All teaching of global warming being caused by carbon dioxide emissions must be banned’, education spokesman tells Index on Censorship
The British government’s plans to jail people the courts judge to be persistently ‘annoying’ has been defeated in the Lords – but remains a serious threat to freedom of speech in the UK, Alex Stevenson writes
Human Right’s lawyer, Keir Starmer, who has just completed a five year stint as Director of Public Prosecutions for the Crown Prosecution Service, has been active in drawing up guidelines for sensitive areas of criminal law. Julia Farrington writes
Fears for NGOs and free speech as UK’s Lobbying Transparency bill threatens to put kibosh on campaigning. Alex Stevenson reports
Why does it feel like England’s universities are swinging back in the wrong direction on gender equality? Rachael Jolley asks
Your guide to the controversy surrounding recent demonstrations at Sussex University and the University of London
As the body representing UK vice-chancellors releases new guidelines on external speakers on campuses, we look at some cases where they could have been put to use
Julia Farrington hits the north for the Art Party conference