With free speech on shaky ground and censorship creeping back in, Britain risks sliding back to a time when speaking out was dangerous and thought crimes were punished, warns Robert Tombs in the Telegraph.
The UN Human Rights Council has published a report demanding the criminalisation of climate scepticism worldwide. Ben Pile skewers the absurdity of the 'human rights' authoritarians.
Angela Rayner has backed down on "secretive" plans for a new definition of Islamophobia, expanding and extending a public consultation on the proposals, after the Free Speech Union threatened legal action.
With Lucy Connolly now languishing in jail for over 330 days for a tweet, the Wall Street Journal has run an article highlighting her plight and the sorry state of free speech in the UK and Europe.
Angela Rayner has been accused of plotting to spy on workplace banter by deploying 'diversity officers' – paid for by firms – to eavesdrop and police overheard chats.
A two-tier justice row has erupted after an engineer was jailed for half as long as Lucy Connolly over a near-identical tweet, while a Labour MP who punched a constituent to the ground was spared jail completely.
Christian artist Victoria Culf was reported to the police and banned from her own exhibition because of her gender-critical beliefs in the latest example of free speech in peril in Britain.
As defenders of free speech we resent Britain's draconian hate speech laws. But until they're repealed they should be applied impartially – and that means prosecuting antisemitic rappers too, says Laura Perrins.
Police have announced a criminal investigation into Bob Vylan and Kneecap's Glastonbury performances as the Trump administration kills the punk duo's American tour by revoking their visa over antisemitic death chants.
Suspended for calling racism claims "nonsense", the former head of West Midlands Police Federation is suing his union over what he calls a "witch hunt" and a sinister attack on free speech.
