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June 29, 2020

Anti-racism, right speech and overcoming injustice

In recent weeks, in response to sometimes deadly racial injustice, the slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’ has been widely shared.
August 1, 2019

Report highlights criminalisation of land and environmental defenders

A Global Witness report highlights the use of terrorism laws and aggressive legal attacks by powerful elites to crush protest.
May 10, 2019

Challenge to new Tennessee law undermining voter registration

The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Tennessee law that imposes substantial penalties on groups that foster political participation via voter registration efforts.
February 8, 2019

ACLU comment on Senate passage of Combating BDS Act

States could require government contractors to certify they are not participating in boycotts of Israel, which scholars say violates the First Amendment.
January 30, 2019

Concerns expressed about proposed definition of Islamophobia

Critics say definition fails to sufficiently distinguish between criticism of Islam and prejudice towards Muslims.
January 12, 2019

Law against criticising monarchy proposed in Malaysia

The Malaysian government is considering new laws to protect hereditary rulers from criticism.
January 11, 2019

Protest, debate and thuggery: examining our own responses

We are right to be concerned at the ugly behaviour seen around Westminster in recent days.
October 15, 2018

Call for detained Pashtun human rights defender to be released

Amnesty International has called on the Pakistani authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release a detained Pashtun human rights defender.
October 11, 2018

Ashers ‘gay cake’ win is no loss for LGBT rights

The Supreme Court has decided that Ashers Bakery in Northern Ireland did not discriminate by refusing to make a cake iced with the slogan ‘Support Gay
October 10, 2018

Campaigners call on UK to stop arming Saudi Arabia after disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi

The Turkish authorities have announced that they will search the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul as part of their investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.