Free Speech in the News

Guardian News Links on the topic of Freedom of Speech (a useful selection of links on free speech)

Now It's A War on Words Mick Hume in Spiked Feb. 13, 2009)

A.C.Grayling on Geert Wilders (Guardian, Feb. 12, 2009)

CNN on Geert Wilders (Feb. 13 2009)

Whatever Happened to Free Speech? on Geert Wilders

Totally Tolerant Up to A Point (Jan. 2009) Ian Buruma in The New York Times on Geert Wilders and his film attacking the Koran, Fitna. Wilders is being prosecuted. More on this story and Wilders' ban from entering the UK in The Times (Feb. 2009). The film is easily viewable on YouTube.

It is now illegal to eat your vote in Venezuela. Read about this in The Daily Telegraph

If Rushdie Deserves Free Speech Why Not Harry? (Jan. 2009)

UK Law Against Viewing 'Extreme Pornography' (Dec. 2008)

'Death Threats Cannot Be Protected Speech' (Dec. 2008)

'Wikipedia Child Image Censored' (BBC) (Dec. 2008)

'UN Bans Defamation of Religion in Islamic Bid to Curb Free Speech' (Nov. 2008)

'Muslims' Free Speech Threatened' (BBC) (Nov. 2008)

Mick Hume on Free Speech for Racists (Nov. 2008)

Gary Slapper on Blasphemy Law (Dec. 2007)

A.C.Grayling on Freedom of Speech (Dec. 2007)