The United Nations is right to condemn Britain's free expression record. But its criticisms would hold more weight if it demonstrated a stronger anti-censorship line itself, writes Jo Glanville The UN Human Rights Committee’s shaming report on the...
The UK government’s record on free expression has been harshly criticised in a United Nations report. Defamation laws allowing for ‘libel tourism’, and sweeping incitement to terrorism legislation, were singled out as dangers to free speech. Read...
A select committee has called for more regulation and greater safety on the Internet. But politicians should be careful what they wish for, says Bill Thompson
The latest high-profile, UK privacy case raises critical questions for press freedom, writes Jo Glanville The ruling on the Max Mosley case has turned out to be less chilling for free speech than originally feared. Mosley, the president of FIA,...
The legal row between a UK blog and a Muslim activist could be a landmark case, writes Padraig Reidy The news that blog Harry’s Place is facing legal action from Mohammed Sawalha of the British Muslim Initiative was, in some ways, unsurprising....
British blog Harry's Place is facing legal action from Mohammed Sawalha, the President of the British Muslim Initiative, after a post on the site claimed that an Al Jazeera article quoted him referring to 'the evil Jew' in Britain. Harry's Place,...
Journalist Shiv Malik was today ordered to must give police all tapes of conversations with alleged jihadist Hassan Butt, with whom he had been writing a book. Justice Dyson also ruled that Malik must hand over copies of his notebooks within seven...
Today's ruling may help to fend off 'fishing expeditions', writes Padraig Reidy A London court today ruled that the production order served on journalist Shiv Malik was ‘too wide’ in its scope. Malik, who was written extensively on UK jihadists and...
The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes Julian Petley Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all...
Hicham Yezza, the University of Nottingham employee who came to prominence after helping a research student download a so-called 'terror manual', has had his deportation date cancelled, as his solicitors seek a judicial review of his case. Mr Yezza...