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                  The left’s version of hate speech: guilt by association
                
Leftists who argue for hate speech bans ignore the far left’s own version, argues Eric Heinze.

                  Bridging the deep digital divide in India
                
Only 17% of rural India has internet access. But citizen journalism is giving voice to minorities says Arpita Biswas.

                  The archipelago of press restriction in Turkey
                
Emre Caliskan and Simon Waldman explain how Turkey became the world’s largest imprisoner of journalists.

                  Russia: ‘The Church has an enemy in every home.’ It’s television.
                
Helen Haft explains how the Orthodox Church has eroded freedom of the media and lobbied for the 2013 law against offending religious feelings.

                  Are we losing the media we need for democracy?
                
Timothy Garton Ash discusses the importance of and whether we are losing the media for democracy at the General Editors Network Summit 2017 in Vienna.

                  How free is the media in South Africa?
                
Kate O’Regan, founding director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford and a former judge of the Constitutional Court from 1994-2009, discusses free speech and media freedom in South Africa.

                  The internet alone will not set Africa free
                
Iginio Gagliardone explores the surprising technopolitics of two competing visions of the internet, US and Chinese, in Ethiopia.

                  Freedom of speech in Japan and the Designated Secrets Law
                
Arthur Stockwin explains the four main areas where free speech is under threat in Japan.

                  Israel, no-platforming – and why there’s no such thing as ‘narrow exceptions’ to campus free speech
                
Eric Heinze argues that it is contradictory to the principles of free speech to criticise the Israeli ambassador to Britain online and then no-platform him at a university talk.

                  Should I go to that conference in Hungary?
                
Boycotts betray free enquiry, but Viktor Orbán’s moves against the Central European University at least make them worth debating, says Eric Heinze

                  Is there a universal right to free speech and what are its limits?
                
Timothy Garton Ash in conversation with Nigel Warburton, as part of the Philosophy in the Bookshop series at Blackwell’s, Oxford.

                  Silencing 140 characters: free expression and the internet in the Gulf
                
A seminar run by the University of Oxford’s Middle East Centre and Free Speech Debate on Free Expression in the Gulf, with Maryam al-Khawaja (Gulf Centre for Human Rights), Toby Matthieson (St. Anthony’s College) and Nicholas McGeehan (Middle East Researcher, Human Rights Watch). Chaired by Timothy Garton Ash

                  Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden’s lawyer: To what extent should government be allowed to curtail civil liberties for the sake of national security?
                
Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden’s ACLU lawyer, reflects on the state of and importance of the right to free speech in 2017. He argues we must not overuse the term ‘national security’ or surrender our right to privacy because we have nothing to hide, for we would not deny somebody the right to free speech because they had nothing to say.

                  Free Speech? Not for critics of Israel
                
Avi Shlaim argues that when it comes to debates concerning Israel, free speech has become stifled in British academia.

                  Data visualisations: why facts don’t speak for themselves
                
William Allen calls for a robust debate of how data are presented.

                  Truth cannot be expelled: free speech under attack in Turkey
                
Timothy Garton Ash, in a lecture at Boğaziçi University, entitled Free Speech Under Attack, explains why the media is essential for a functioning deliberative democracy. He argues that populism and the projection of dominant voices through the media is a significant threat to free speech in Turkey and around the globe.

                  The defence of free speech in Hungary
                
Timothy Garton Ash, in a lecture at Central European University, entitled Free Speech and the Defence of an Open Society, argues that liberalism and liberal democracy, which has historically given voice to the powerless against the powerful, is under threat. 

                  Why the future of free speech depends on India
                
Timothy Garton Ash, speaking at the 2017 Jaipur Literary Festival, explains why the future of free speech depends on India.

                  The defence of free speech in Hungary
                
Timothy Garton Ash argues the defence of free speech is more important than ever in Hungary and as part of an interconnected, globalising world in which the disillusioned are turning toward more closed societies.

                  The erosion of European journalism
                
Caroline Lees describes the work of the European Journalism Observatory, and what it is has observed.

                  It’s high time for a European Broadcasting Service
                
Jakob von Weizsäcker and André Wilkens explain why Europe urgently needs a broadcasting service.

                  An insistent effort by the Hrant Dink Foundation against hate speech in Turkey
                
Pınar Ensari and Funda Tekin explain the work of the Hrant Dink Foundation in countering hate speech in Turkey.

                  Barack Obama, John Kerry, and the Palestine saga
                
Avi Shlaim explores whether there was anything Obama could have done to salvage his reputation in the remaining weeks of his lame-duck presidency.

                  Dunja Mijatović: What are the biggest threats to free speech in Europe?
                
Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Freedom of the Media Representative, in conversation with Timothy Garton Ash

                  Antizionism and antisemitism in British politics
                
Avi Shlaim explores the quality of debate within British politics of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and argues that an anti-racist movement has been portrayed as a racist one.

                  India: the rapist’s veto?
                
Vanya Bhargav explores why Indian women are less free  to express themselves through dress than Indian men.

                  Should Indian politicians be allowed to appeal to voters based on their religion, race, and caste?
                
Udit Bhatia discusses a landmark ruling concerning the conduct of elections and its potential to stifle democratic debate.

                  An introductory guide to the ten principles
                
Our social media team have created a new way to explore the 10 principles on Youtube.

                  Can you teach people how to disagree without being disagreeable?
                
Tony Koutsoumbos explores the lessons from his own experiences in building an environment of robust and strong public debate.

                  Free speech debates are more than ‘radicals’ vs ‘liberals’
                
Eric Heinze argues that the radicals and liberal grounds for free speech are not mutually exclusive.

                  Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria
                
Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.

                  For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria
                
Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.

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