Bertrand Audoin
: From Paris, With Hope
Maria Miller
: Equal Marriage Will Preserve the Institution of Marriage
Mehdi Hasan
: As a Muslim, I Struggle With the Idea Of Homosexuality - But I Oppose Homophobia
Damian Collins
: Freedom Cuts Both Ways in the Gay Marriage Debate
David Burrowes MP
: It Is Time to Support the British Traditions of Free Speech, Tolerance - And Marriage
The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has condemned Twitter and all those who use it. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said a Saudi...
I'm not a Russian citizen but I nevertheless have a few questions for him. I'd like to imagine he'd have a go at some of these if they come up among the two-million-odd questions he's likely to be sent this week, but somehow I doubt it. So here are my ten questions I think Vladimir Putin won't be answering during the Q&A.
European judges have upheld Britain's blanket ban on political advertising, after the coalition government insisted it was necessary to prevent "those...
A Westminster think tank has today called for the scrapping of a law which it claims is being used to constrain freedom of speech. Civitas is calli...
The press are in a frightful tizz about their freedoms. They implore the public to come to their aid and save them from the ignominious fate of being tethered by rules and - what are they called? - standards. Yes, that's it: standards.
Labour has accused David Cameron of "an historic mistake" after he called off talks on press reform. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joined the cr...
David Cameron is heading for almost certain defeat in the Commons on Monday after he blew up cross-party talks on implementing the Leveson proposals f...
Oxford and Cambridge Universities have an awful lot in common. And last week was no exception. By inviting polarising political figures from the left and the right - George Galloway and Marine Le Pen, respectively - both institutions reaffirmed what is at once perhaps the most sacred and the most imperilled of all our values: the freedom of speech.
Let's be honest. Burma isn't the first country that comes to mind when one talks about open government. Yet despite its ongoing challenges, Burma has made huge strides towards reform and openness in the past few years.
If I am very honest, I do not really know much about her. I do know she's controversial, and I do know she has some bad views. I also know that some people even call her a neo-fascist. However, I have never heard her speak or explain her views.
A students' union has taken out a temporary injunction to gag its own paper and stifle criticism over a legal row involving one of its student officer...
David Cameron successfully saw his gay marriage bill pass its first hurdle in the Commons on Tuesday, but most of his MPs failed to endorse the move. ...
Whilst campus politics can often be appear to be both aggressive and antagonistic, it is important to remember the importance of allowing debates to take place on campus. The importance of freedom of speech and respecting the rights of students to protest cannot be understated.
If nothing else, KINSHIP could encourage debate and dialogue, it should help us raise awareness. When students ask us whey we have KINSHIP, it allows King's staff to engage in conversations about why we should all measure what we say.
The authorities in Burma should drop charges against activists who participated in peaceful protests against government policies.
The protesters just don't fancy having Julian welcomed by their Union. He can do what he wants elsewhere, just not in our backyard, okay? In this sense, the argument boils down to a folksy, everyday problem. Would you want Julian Assange round for dinner?
Turning entirely normal people into mindless, zombie-esque happy creatures, the mystical Christmas spirit annually forces its way into our homes and hearts and helps us through the gloomy winter months. And then disaster strikes
This year should have been the year when Azerbaijan stepped forward and opened up. Unfortunately the opposite seems to have happened with authorities clamping down even more aggressively on journalists and critics of the regime.
Lord Justice Leveson has said new laws may be needed to prevent "mob rule" on the internet, as newspaper editors in Britain try to head off the statut...
Nick Clegg will make a separate statement to the House of Commons today on the Leveson report after David Cameron, exposing a rift within the coalitio...
The British public overwhelmingly want to see state-backed regulation of the press. Also, the public do not want to see state-backed regulation of the...
Boris Johnson, who is almost beyond satire, has warned state regulation of the press could prevent journalists doing the important job of making fun o...
On 12 October, the Huffington Post UK's very own Mehdi Hasan, the site's political director, debated Times columnist David Aaronovitch on free speech...
The Iranian people will not stay silent and will continue their protests even in the face of growing executions. The question is whether the international community will find the political resolve to follow their lead.
Twitter has always embraced freedom of speech. That's what makes it a compelling second screen. It has been a platform of dissenting and diverse opinions from the get-go. But this week we saw a new precedent being set when Twitter itself blocked a neo-Nazi Twitter account in Germany.
