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Lord Mann has argued that legislating for universities to have a duty of care when it comes to free speech would require them to 'think through the consequences'
October 10, 2024, 11:42 am
Tories highlight postponed Braverman uni appearance in free speech debate in Commons
Damian Hinds tells MPs "militant pro-Palestinian protesters" caused a planned appearance by Suella Braverman at Cambridge University to be postponed
By Lee Harpin
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
September 9, 2024, 3:26 pm
Education Secretary confirms she halted free speech act over Holocaust denial concerns
Quizzed on decision to paused Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, Bridget Phillipson says she listened to concerns raised by Jewish groups
By Lee Harpin
Source: CST
August 3, 2023, 3:19 pm
Musk-owned Twitter now hosts two thirds of online Jew hate
Community Security Trust's latest half-yearly figures show a slight drop overall but incidents involving tweets and children are on the up
By Jewish News Reporter
Signing of the IHRA ministerial declaration in Brussels
June 5, 2023, 12:03 pm
Lord Mann demands meeting with government’s new free speech chief to ‘assess risk to IHRA’
EXCLUSIVE Professor Arif Ahmed's 'idea that IHRA restricts free speech was ill informed and reached without talking to Jewish students', says Mann
By Lee Harpin
2K8YR5X Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting King Charles III and accepting his invitation to become Prime Minister and form a new government. Picture date: Tuesday October 25, 2022.
May 30, 2023, 4:25 pm
Sunak expected to confirm ‘anti-IHRA professor’ as his new ‘free speech tzar’
Professor Arif Ahmed expected to be announced as Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom this week
By Lee Harpin
Distributing copies of the free daily Hebrew newspaper "Israel HaYom" in Jerusalem Source: Wikimedia Commons
January 25, 2023, 10:05 am
UK ranked below Israel in new global free expression index
The Index on Censorship survey places the UK in a third tier of countries ranked on academic, digital and media/press freedom, while Israel is placed higher in the second tier
By Lee Harpin
Professor Arif Ahmed addresses the Cambridge Union
January 16, 2023, 12:20 pm
Professor ‘lined up’ for government’s academic free speech role is IHRA critic
Cambridge professor Arif Ahmed reportedly Rishi Sunak's favoured candidate for new director for freedom of speech and academic freedom role, aimed at ensuring university speakers are not 'cancelled'
By Lee Harpin
Lord Mann has argued that legislating for universities to have a duty of care when it comes to free speech would require them to 'think through the consequences'
November 7, 2022, 3:24 pm
Jewish students against Ken Loach cited in Lords’ university free speech debate
Peers at odds over giving 'equal weight' to the consequences of free speech, as antisemitism tsar uses Jewish students as an example
By Jewish News Reporter
Ex Tory chairman and chancellor Nadhim Zahawi
May 24, 2022, 10:34 am
Zahawi: Universities must ‘balance’ tackling antisemitism and protecting free speech
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has told MPs 'universities and students’ unions must balance their legal duties, including freedom of speech and tackling harassment. '
By Lee Harpin
April 28, 2022, 9:27 am
What Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could mean for Jewish users
Musk's acquisition of Twitter comes amid longstanding problems with antisemitism and hate speech on the platform.
By JTA
The panel at the Jerusalem Post Conference in London, 31 March, 2022
March 31, 2022, 2:55 pm
Justice Minister Lord Wolfson insists IHRA definition doesn’t shut down free speech
Wolfson tells Jerusalem Post London conference, 'It's calumny, to say that the fight against antisemitism in some way shuts down free speech, it simply doesn't.'
By Lee Harpin
University of Manchester
October 4, 2017, 2:37 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Are there some lines you just don’t cross?
This week's editorial reflects on a speech by a Holocaust survivor censored for comparing Israel to Nazis
Far-right protestors and anti-fascist demonstrators clash in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.
August 22, 2017, 4:11 pm
Opinion: Where do we draw the line with freedom of speech?
Foreign editor Stephen Oryszczuk asks at what point do hateful views become offensive
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke in action
July 13, 2017, 12:28 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: The hidden agenda that’s not so hidden
This week's editorial reflects on Radiohead's refusal to heed calls to boycott the Jewish state
By Richard Ferrer
Former ambassador Mark Regev
April 27, 2017, 4:27 pm
Voice of the Jewish News: Free speech is the only antidote to extremism
This week's editorial is on the impending furore surrounding Mark Regev's appearance at SOAS university
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