Among the many things to celebrate in Obama’s convincing victory is American voters’ rejection of the “culture war” agenda that Sarah Palin brought to the Republican ticket.
An end to culture wars?
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Give Obama time to reinvigorate liberties
Barack Obama rides into the White House on the back of such high expectations that he cannot help but disappoint.
The Scarlett letter
Chris Ames identifies a worrying trend in the government’s latest refusal to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act The government has blocked disclosure of a controversial email in which the current head of MI6 is alleged to have...
Wikileaks and New Statesman in Auchi libel row
The New Statesman has removed a post from the blog of political editor Martin Bright after a threat of legal action from Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi. The controversial businessman raised objections to links in the article to material hosted by...
Judge allows ‘TrumpNation’ author to keep his sources secret
A US court has reversed a 2006 decision by Judge Irvin Snyder to compel author Timothy O'Brien to disclose the sources that gave him information on the estimated wealth of Donald Trump. He and Time Warner Book Group were being sued by Trump over...
Sienna Miller sues paparazzi
Actor Sienna Miller has launched a law suit against the photographic agency Big Pictures (UK) Ltd and its founder, Darryn Lyons. Miller is seeking compensation for harassment and breaches of privacy. Read more here
‘There are more people working on censoring the Internet than developing it’
The successes of Harun Yahya show just how easy it is to shut down web discussion in Turkey, writes Yigal Schleifer Turkish Internet users woke up on 24 October to find that access to Blogger, the popular blog-hosting site owned by Google, had been...
Turkish writer acquitted
Prominent Turkish writer Cezmi Ersoz, who was charged with 'discouraging people from military service' in an article in Leman magazine on September 2007, has been acquitted today. A lawsuit was filed against Ersoz for his article titled 'Askerliğin...
Roadmap for free expression
As Google, Yahoo and Microsoft sign up to a ground-breaking code of conduct, will this change the way they do business with repressive regimes? Leslie Harris, who was a key player in forging the agreement, explains what it means for free speech....
Uzbekistan’s president goes unpunished
In lifting sanctions less than one year on from the murder of Alisher Saipov, the EU is letting Uzbekistan’s brutal dictator get away with murder, says Michael Andersen Last Friday, 24 October, was the first anniversary of the murder of the...