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“Freedom to express yourself is what it means to be an artist”
Artist Ai Weiwei has been missing for 40 days, Leah Borromeo reports from the opening of his new show
Tate Modern director Chris Dercon introduces Ai Weiwei’s work
Ai Weiwei show opens in London
An extract from a speech by Tate Modern director Chris Dercon at the opening of a new show by imprisoned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Somerset House, London
Five former presidential candidates now on trial in Belarus
As politicians and journalists face trial for mass street protests, Olga Birukova explains the climate of fear and intimidation journalists face
Max Mosley: Sex, secrets and super-injunctions
European Court finds against Mosley and throws responsibility back to parliament — now MPs need to find a way to balance privacy against open justice and free expression, Geoffrey Robertson writes
Max Mosley loses “prior notification” bid
Former motorsport chief Max Mosley has failed in his bid to to impose a legal duty of “prior notification” on the press. Mosley brought a case in front of the European Court of Human Rights after UK newspaper the News of the World published details...
Should we scrap superinjunctions?
Ahead of tomorrow’s crucial European judgment on privacy and prior notification, we recap Max Mosley and John Kampfner’s recent privacy debate. Are court gagging orders on newspaper exposés an abuse of privacy laws by the rich, or a safeguard against tabloid intrusion into family life?
Testing academic freedom
Three years later, the Nottingham University “terrorism” row rumbles on —- first reading was made a crime, now internal criticism. Jane Fae reports
An “Ordinary” Day in Damascus
Notes from Syria — SI reports from Syria’s capital
Shooting the messenger
Argentina has found an effective way of stifling independent inflation data — fining economists who question the official government statistics. Ed Stocker reports