free speech

The Committee of Advertising Practice is proposing to expand its ban on ‘offensive’ advertising, including adverts deemed religiously offensive, in its two codes.

 The judgement has far-reaching implications for people peacefully protesting against oil and gas extraction who have been increasingly faced with injunctions.

Humanists have launched a campaign to get rid of Northern Ireland’s ancient blasphemy laws which make criticising a religion a crime.

One of the founders of Russia’s human rights movement has been jailed for a Facebook post about a peaceful protest.