The Chilling Effect Frank Haviland August 15, 2024 As if two-tier justice were not bad enough, Britain is third tier in the global index of free expression.
UK: Critics Slam Labour’s Islam ‘Blasphemy Law’ Michael Curzon August 15, 2024 The adoption of an official definition of Islamophobia “would be the clearest example of our two-tier criminal justice system” yet, campaigners said.
Court Lifts Ban on German Right-Wing Magazine Zoltán Kottász August 14, 2024 “Democracy defeats dictatorship,” the magazine’s editor-in-chief posted on X.
EU Backtracks After Commissioner Threatened Musk Over Trump Interview Tamás Orbán August 14, 2024 The EU Commission tried to save face by saying Thierry Breton’s letter to X’s Musk was unauthorized.
Thierry Breton’s Smug Authoritarianism Jacob Reynolds August 13, 2024 What is civilised about unaccountable, supranational bodies determining what can and cannot be said?
UK: Labour Responds to Riots by Going After Free Speech Michael Curzon August 13, 2024 Campaigners say recent disorder is being used as an “excuse to clamp down on one of our most fundamental human rights.”
Germany: Banned Right-Wing Compact Magazine Returns As Näncy Zoltán Kottász August 6, 2024 “Read here what you are not allowed to read,” the new publishers wrote.
Sweden: How To Stop Quran Burnings While Protecting Free Speech? TEC News July 30, 2024 Security Services to weigh in on permits for demonstrations ‘likely to cause threat to national security.’
Labour Stops Free Speech Law a Week Before It Comes Into Force Graham Barnfield July 26, 2024 Protecting freedom of expression against university cancel culture deemed too “burdensome”
Scholz Praises Press Freedom While Saying Some Opinions Are “Forbidden” Zoltán Kottász July 25, 2024 German chancellor contradicts himself in comments on right-wing magazine ban.
