No.2 / 2007

WHAT NEW LABOUR DID FOR FREE SPEECH

NEWS ANALYSIS

THE RULES OF THE GAME
Roman Shleinov: An insight into press freedom in Russia

WHY THEY KILLED HRANT DINK
Maureen Freely: Ultra-nationalism is on the rise in Turkey and has found new targets

LETS TALK ABOUT THE LIVING
Nouritza Matossian:
An interview with Hrant Dink

WHAT NEW LABOUR DID FOR FREE SPEECH

A LETTER TO TONY
Alistair Beaton: A satirist says farewell

THE BLAIR REPORT
Conor Gearty: Assessing the New Labour legacy

MANIFESTO
Article 19: A wishlist for free speech

THE PRINCE AND THE PAPER
Peter Wright: The Mail on Sunday’s battle to publish Prince Charles’s journals

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE
A.L. Kennedy: Rescuing the meaning of words from spin and spivs

Martin Royson: Stripsearch

MANIFESTO
Amnesty International: Fair inquires

PUBLIC NUISANCE
David Leigh: The Freedom of Information Act isn’t popular with everyone

MANIFESTO
Kenan Malik: Don’t incite censorship

THE TYRANNY OF MODERATION
Oliver Kamm: Too much respect is a bad thing

MANIFESTO
Jonathan Heawood: Time to legislate for free expression

SAYING THE UNSAYABLE
Yasmin Whittaker Khan: Speaking out is the best way to fight injustice

MANIFESTO
Milan Rai: In praise of the right to protest

REDIFINING TERROR
Anthony Lester: New speech crimes are a threat to free expression

SECRETS AND SOURCES
Martin Bright: Leaks, lies and whistleblowers

MANIFESTO
Shami Chakrabarti: More sense, less law

LESS EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Nasar Meer: Muslims are caught in a legal limbo

MANIFESTO
Sonja Linden: Reclaim asylum

TOLERATING INTOLERANCE
A.C. Grayling: Free speech depends on it

MANIFESTO
Matt Foot: Scrap the Asbo

OLD LABOUR, NEW MORALITY
Julian Petley: Out with the Swinging Sixties, in with zero tolerance

CHRONOLOGY OF FREE EXRESSION
Peter Noorlander: A journey through the decade

CULTURE

THE BELIEVERS
Duncan Pickstock: Portraits of people who dedicate their lives to a cause

REMEMBERING MAI GHOUSSOUB
Claudia Roden: A tribute to the artist, publisher and writer

LEAVING BEIRUT
Mai Ghoussoub: An extract from the memoir

OPEN SHUTTERS: IRAQ
Eugenie Dolberg: The story of a unique photographic project

FLASHPOINT

Naval el Saddawi on the campaign to prosecute her for insulting Isalm

AFTER TUKMENBASHI
Farid Tukhbatullin: The future for Turkmenistan

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