Extremist voices on university campuses must be engaged with and not margalized, a report from Universities UK (UUK) has urged. UUK, a university lobby group that represents university principals, claims that students need to be exposed to extremist v...
Wed 09 Mar 2011 by Jenny Kassner | Read more »
News that Google will stop censoring search results on its Google.cn service in China was warmly welcomed by Amnesty and other campaigners for human rights and corporate responsibility. We have long called for the likes of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo...
Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Peter Frankental | Read more »
As the stand-off between Google and China draws on, it’s becoming difficult to see how Google can protect both its business interests and its good name. Google first announced it would be "reviewing the feasibility" of its business operations in...
Tue 03 Feb 2009 by Alex Taggart | Read more »
Few cases illustrate more starkly the huge amount of work required in the liberalisation of post-Taliban Afghanistan than that of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh. As a journalism student at Balkh University, Mr Kambakhsh committed the heinous crime of downlo...
Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Read more »
One of Scotland’s top young lawyers has received widespread support as he faces a contempt of court hearing.Leading lawyers, politicians and writers have voiced their opposition to calls by Lord Carloway to charge defence lawyer Aamer Anwar with ...
Mon 19 Nov 2007 | Read more »
Students at Oxford University are poised to set up a campaign in opposition to Nick Griffin and David Irving speaking at the Oxford Union’s Freedom of Speech forum.Although the line-up for the forum has yet to be confirmed, the union has invited ...
Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Nick Eardley | Read more »