(Index on Censorship) Press freedom groups have urged the parliamentary committee considering a proposed new UK data protection law to drop amendments that would force news publishers to sign up…
(The Guardian) Anonymity for the police is a privilege. I was undercover for years and can see this privilege is being abused in the spycops inquiry I’m increasingly disturbed by the “spycops”…
(Right to Remain) Last year, 15 people grounded a deportation charter flight for ten hours to prevent it taking off. Next Monday (19th March), they are standing trial, charged with a terrorism-related offence…
UPDATE: On Monday 10 December, the 15 peaceful activists were found guilty under the 1990 Aviation and Maritime Security Act, a law passed in response to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing (listen…
(Press Gazette) The Government has formally closed the Leveson Inquiry and will not commence Section 40 cost provision laws that would have forced newspapers to pay both sides’ legal costs, win…
(CIVICUS Monitor) In September 2017, the United Kingdom Charity Commission initiated a public consultation on the annual returns which charities are required to make to the state at the end of each fiscal…
(CIVICUS Monitor) In early February 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May called for a much-needed review of media sustainability in the UK. As reported in the previous Monitor update, the concentration of…
(NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS) Journalists at the Swindon Advertiser have begun two days of strike action. The industrial action was called as part of a dispute over low pay and…
(The Guardian) Offshore firm at heart of story, Appleby, is seeking damages and has demanded Guardian and BBC hand over documents The Guardian is to defend robustly a legal action…
(Daniel Ferrell-Schweppenstedde / THE GUARDIAN) Across the charity sector, trustees, volunteers and staff are increasingly worried about the looming impact of Brexit. UK charities risk losing at least £258m in EU funds because…