Police accuse weekly paper of ‘creating platform for racial hatred’ over Islamic centre attack story comments
A weekly newspaper has been accused by police of creating a “a platform for racial hatred” over comments posted to…
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More than 3,000 threats to press freedom put on the map in new online project
There have been more than 3,100 recorded threats to press freedom across Europe and its neighbouring states in the last…
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Jeremy Corbyn tells booing crowd to ‘respect’ journalists at Labour manifesto launch as he says free press ‘intrinsic’ to democracy
Reporters were booed at Labour’s manifesto launch today, forcing party leader Jeremy Corbyn to ask his audience to “have respect”…
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Warning that Espionage Act could see journalists jailed for receiving information available under FoI
Campaigners have warned that proposed reforms to the Official Secrets Act – dubbed the “Espionage Act” – would put it…
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CPJ warns of ‘tremendous gaps in our knowledge of the world’ due to growing global attacks on journalists
Far from ending censorship, modern technology such as the web, social media and smartphone cameras have “just made it more…
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UK falls down world press freedom rankings thanks to Snooper’s Charter, Espionage Act and Section 40 threats
The UK has fallen down the World Press Freedom Index rankings by two places as “restrictive legislation” and the “use…
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Enemies of the people: Lord Chancellor Liz Truss says it would be dangerous to tell Daily Mail what to print
It would be “dangerous” for ministers to tell the press what is acceptable to print, Lord Chancellor Liz Truss said…
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Metro uses ‘first ever’ leader column to oppose Section 40 law, calling it ‘clearly nuts’
The Metro has written what it claims is its first opinion piece in its 17-year history with a leader column…
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