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Month: October 2025 (Page 2 of 2)
‘The Streisand effect’ is now known, according to Wikipedia, as ‘an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information’. In South Africa we should call it The Spear effect after Brett Murray’s controversial work of art. Continue reading
Claims that the UK is in the midst of a free speech crisis and suffers from a “two-tier” justice system are unfounded, but the recent arrest of comedian/writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport by armed police officers has provided ammunition for those intent on pushing this agenda. Continue reading
A man who was fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has won his appeal against his conviction. Hamit Coskun shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, on 13 February 2025. Continue reading
Michaelmas term began on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 and will continue until Friday 19 December 2025. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
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