Is free speech under threat in Britain?

The Trump administration thinks that free speech is in retreat in Britain. What do we mean by freedom of speech, and is it in danger?
Reason

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: An Overview of My New Book

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...
Reason

Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: The Low Threshold Hatred Paradigm—When "Offence" Is Enough to Restrict Speech

In this third post in The Volokh Conspiracy guest series, I examine a critical issue in the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) hate speech jurisprudence: its embrace of what I term the "low ...
The Daily Signal

State Department Accuses UK of Free Speech Violations

George Caldwell is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to George. The Trump administration is accusing the United Kingdom of a number of human rights abuses in a negative human ...
Human Rights Watch

Bangladesh: Interim Government Should Protect Freedom of Expression and Opinion

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...
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Voices: Why I am marching for freedom of speech

Today, I will be in Parliament Square to demand that the UK government uphold our right to freedom of speech, and to denounce the genocide that the Israeli government is perpetrating in Gaza against ...
Global Voices Online

Malaysian human rights activists celebrate victories while noting that free speech challenges remain

Human rights watchdogs in Malaysia have recently seen a series of legislative and regulatory successes that have observers optimistic about the future of free speech and civil protections in the ...
bdnews24.com

Bangladesh facing fresh crackdown under Anti-Terrorism Act, says Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch accuses the interim government of suppressing peaceful dissent and limiting freedom of speech under ...
CNN

US says human rights have ‘worsened’ in UK in past year

The Trump administration has published a report claiming that human rights in the United Kingdom “worsened” over the past year. The annual report, part of the US State Department’s global survey of ...
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Majority pessimistic about freedom of speech protections: Poll

(The Hill) – A majority of American voters are pessimistic about freedom of speech being protected, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the survey from Quinnipiac University, 53 percent of ...
NPR

State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...