An imprecise and unwelcome art
Internet filtering, no matter how modern, serves the same purposes as censorship always has, says Egbert Dommering
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Threats to the open book
Old colleagues meet again after 15 years to discuss new and old threats to the free word. Chris Keulemans reports from a conference on free expression to mark the Amsterdam World Book Capital / International Publishers Association 2008 IPA Freedom to Publish Prize
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North London Bus Freedom Riders
The ultimate danger of the phrase Age of Terror lies not in the imagined fears embedded in the word ‘terror’, but in the reality of the word ‘age’, says Rohan Jayasekera
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No.3 / 2008
ARTICLE 19 AT 60
REGARDLESS OF FRONTIERS
AC Grayling: Why free expression matters
FREE SPEECH FOR ALL
Aryeh Neier: Standing up for the racists
VIEW FROM IRAN
Shirin Ebadi: Free speech under threat
RETURN TO OZ
John Mortimer: Obscenity on trial
60 Years of Free Speech and Censorship
SEEDS OF SPRING
Ivan Klíma: A rebellion against censorship
MY RIGHT TO OFFEND
Taslima Nasrin: My right to offend
Martin Rowsom: Stripsearch
THE GRAND ILLUSION
Ma Jian: Breaking through the silence
MURDER IN IRAQ
Sarwa Abdul Wahab Al Darwish and Irada Al Jabbouri: In memory of a great spirit
EXTREMISM AND THE LAW
THREATS AND PROMISES
Ken Macdonald: The fault line between freedom and security
ARTICLES OF TERROR
Imran Khan: The consequences of legislation
A SECTION TOO FAR?
John Burton: The scope of unacceptable speech
ANATOMY OF AN ACT
David Bentley: How the law was drafter
NATIONAL HEALTH
Dominic Grieve: The need for tolerance
DRAWING THE LINE
Tony McNulty: Outlawing actions, not thoughts
OUT OF BOUNDS
Kenan Malik: A culture of censorship
REALITY OF EXTREMES
Sabin Malik: The government is missing its target
THE POLITICS OF TERROR
Conor Gearty: Manufacturing the climate of fear
HISTORY LESSONS
Usama Hasan: Islam’s tradition of debate
BIG CHILL
Richard Watson: The perils of reporting terrorism
A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
Shiv Malik: In defence of press freedom
BENEATH CONTEMPT
Louis Christian: Sensationalist journalism goes unchecked
TALL STORIES
Rania Khan: Media accounts of Muslims do not add up