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Under cover of Covid, Poland is stifling free media – and all Europe should be worried

Timothy Garton Ash

Published: 8 Apr 2021

Published: 8 Apr 2021
Hong Kong democracy leaders found guilty over peaceful 2019 protest

Published: 1 Apr 2021

To live in a diverse society means to live with debate. Bring it on

Kenan Malik

The Batley school row reminds us that in a plural society conflict is not just inevitable but a sign of good health

Published: 28 Mar 2021

Published: 28 Mar 2021
Writers grapple with rules of the imagination

Manifesto of writers’ association PEN might be perceived as straying into contentious territory, says US arm

Published: 28 Mar 2021
Facebook leak underscores strategy to operate in repressive regimes

Exclusive: users are allowed to praise mass killers and ‘violent non-state actors’ in certain situations

Published: 23 Mar 2021
The Observer view on the erosion of our civil liberties

Freedom of association is too precious to be denied by the police acting alone

Published: 14 Mar 2021

This is Europe Angry words: rapper's jailing exposes Spain's free speech faultlines

Violent protests over treatment of Pablo Hasél are forcing government to confront laws and the judiciary

Published: 12:09 PM

Mozambique expels British journalist covering insurgency

Tom Bowker tweets that he has been banned from country for 10 years over alleged irregularities

Published: 3:31 PM
Hlcarpenter.com Opinion cartoon Steve Bell on Gavin Williamson's free speech crusade — cartoon

The government is to appoint a ‘free-speech champion’ and warn heritage bodies against taking significant steps in re-evaluating British history

Published: 3:00 PM

Published: 3:00 PM
UK government criticised over plans to oversee free speech at universities

Justine Greening downplays the proposals, while Labour’s David Blunkett accuses the government of playing identity politics

Published: 12:52 PM
A free speech champion will only impose Tory values

Letters: Universities must be free from the Conservative ‘war on woke’, writes Pete Dorey, while Peter Martindale makes the distinction between free speech and the right to be heard, and Dr Keith Flett says British history must not be airbrushed by rightwing ideology

Published: 12:51 PM

Published: 12:51 PM

Government to appoint 'free-speech champion' for English universities

Heritage bodies also to be warned against reevaluating UK history as No 10 culture war agenda intensifies

Published: 8:19 AM

Facebook might censor criticism of Zionists. That’s dangerous

Rabbi Alissa Wise

By making ‘Zionists’ a de facto protected category, Facebook would shield the Israeli government from accountability and harm efforts to dismantle antisemitism

Published: 8:37 AM

Published: 8:37 AM

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