The Rushdie affair is as important today as it was 25 years ago
On this day 25 years ago, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to execute everyone involved in the publication of Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses.
freedom of speech
If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for those we despise, we don’t believe in it at all
t is no hardship to support the speech of those whom we agree with. For our democracy to thrive, we need to welcome the “fruitcakes and closet racists”, the jihadists and holocaust deniers to the debate.
Debate: Islam and free speech
Continuing on from yesterday’s freedom of speech piece, Carl Packman investigates the recent protests in the Middle East and Asia in relation to a film.
Debate: The complexities of freedom of speech
Carl Packman explores the complex nature of freedom of speech. Where should the line be drawn? should there even be a line?
Free speech campaigners hail “major milestone” for libel reform in Defamation Bill
The Libel Reform campaign has said it is “delighted” with the government’s plans to introduce a Defamation Bill, outlined in the Queen’s Speech today.
The criminal war on journalism in Mexico
Mexico is now seen as the most dangerous country in the world to be a journalist, writes Donnacha DeLong, president of the National Union of Journalists.
Freedom of speech and the freedom to Tweet
Freedom of speech is one of the foundations of a democracy and must be protected as far as is reasonably possible, writes Mike Morgan-Giles.
Unions jump the shark over Clarkson
Free speech campaigner Councillor Michael Harris explains why it is wrong to arrest far-right Tory Jeremy Clarkson for his sickening anti-trade union rant.
China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown
Chinese Communists have praised the Prime Minister for investigating whether clampdowns on instant messaging and other social media can be introduced.