Author and barrister Sir John Mortimer died this morning at the age of 85. Sir John was a great champion of free expression, defending many writers and publishers against obscenity charges in the 1970s. In one of his last interviews, he talked to...
Government data retention plans will make life difficult for Britain's investigative journalists, says Bill Thompson The UK government’s decision to press forward with implementation of the European Union directive on data retention by...
Senior MPs from all the major parties will tomorrow ask the government to end the practice of wealthy foreign people using British libel law and British courts to silence investigative journalists. In a debate to be held tomorrow morning former...
The Damian Green arrest confirms fears about a vengeful government and a supine media, says John Kampfner A few years back, when I was a full-time political journalist, I had a chat with a colleague who had just become a government information...
The shadow immigration minister, Damian Green, was arrested last night over his alleged involvement in a series of leaks from the Home Office. While the move has been condemned by the opposition, the Home Office has denied any ministerial...
Civil disobedience is sometimes the only way of making a democratic point, says Leo Murray of Plane Stupid ‘Sir, it is with very great regret that I must ask leave to visit the toilet as a matter of some urgency.’ Acting as my own lawyer had...
Further restrictions on reporting of security issues would be disastrous and misguided, writes David Davis Calls for unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, reported on the front page...
The European Arrest Warrant is a valuable tool, writes Chris Huhne, but it should not be used to restrict freedom of expression The case of the odious Dr Frederick Toben is destined to become a cause celebre precisely because such hard cases test...
UK ministers have dropped plans that would allow ministers to remove juries and the public from hearings on national security grounds. Read more here
Publisher Gibson Square have confirmed that it has indefinitely suspended publication of The Jewel of Medina. Author Sherry Jones has also cancelled a planned appearance at Frankfurt Book Fair. Read more here