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Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bounty lettersA former Hong Kong politician and prominent democracy campaigner has accused British police of asking her to “self-censor” and “retre…
Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assemblyThe UK government’s ban on Palestine Action limits the rights and freedoms of people in the UK and is at odds with international law, the UN hum…
Band say three-year order is ‘attempt to silence those who call out genocide against the Palestinian people’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe Irish hip-hop band Kneecap have criticised Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, after they wer…
Intelligence assessment before proscription found that vast majority of group’s activities were lawful, court hearsAn intelligence assessment before Palestine Action was banned under anti-terrorism laws found that the vast majority of its activities we…
Founded by Lina Lazaar, Ibraaz will host challenging conversations amid growing concerns over freedom of expression in the artsA new London art institution aimed at promoting global majority voices wants to be a space for “difficult, urgent questions” …
Recommendations to remove funding from institutions or charities that fail to act on antisemitism are ‘deeply dangerous’, critics sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe antisemitism envoy’s recommendations to remove funding f…
Audience at sold-out London gig told ‘every other chant is fine’ amid police investigation into Glastonbury performanceThe frontman of Bob Vylan warned his fans to stop chanting against the Israeli military during the duo’s first UK gig since the band’…
In 2015, a nationwide campaign rounded up hundreds of rights advocates. Since then, suppression has become more systematic and less visible, lawyers sayA decade on from China’s biggest crackdown on human rights lawyers in modern history, lawyers and ac…
Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.The report, by Prof Al…
UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warn that proscribing group would conflate protest and terrorismThe home secretary is coming under increasing pressure to abandon plans to ban Palestine Action, as UN experts and hundreds of lawyers warned that proscr…