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CATEGORY: United Kingdom
Foreign Office report on human rights skims over UK record
Focus, partnership and joined-up advocacy in defence of human rights – the UK Foreign Office’s lost vocation, as revealed by the diplomats’ own annual report.
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Jon Venables: the price of justice
The right to a fair trial can override free expression, says Carl Gardner
Michael Foot – free speech champion
Michael Foot was not only a principled politician, writes Paul Anderson. The former Labour party leader was a passionate journalist and a lifelong defender of free expression
Judge ‘baffled’ by Simon Singh chiropractic case
The Lord Chief Justice expressed surprised today at the BCA’s libel suit against Simon Singh. Padraig Reidy reports
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Show your support for the science writer being sued for libel in one of the most important cases of 2010
GE Healthcare drops Thomsen libel suit
Drug firm GE Healthcare has dropped its libel suit against Danish doctor Henrik Thomsen, who had criticised the company's product, Omniscan. Read more here
Binyam Mohamed: Continuous Cover Up
Clive Stafford Smith: the fight to expose the truth about torture is only just beginning
Miliband forced to reveal secret torture evidence
Miliband forced to reveal secret torture evidence in Binyam Mohamed case. Index on Censorship party to key test of open justice
John Kampfner: A stain on this nation’s name
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Gagging the Press
Do British laws represent a serious threat to freedom of expression?
Ken MacDonald argues British courts suppress free speech around the world
and Eric Barendt makes a proposal for balancing privacy against press freedom