English PEN and Scottish PEN call on British government to rethink its approach to Online Harms
A rights-based approach would also set an excellent example internationally.
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Libel Reform Campaign welcomes Supreme Court Judgment on ‘serious harm’ in Lachaux
The judgment ‘expands the space for freedom of expression’ It ‘gives greater certainty to all kinds of writers’ over how the law will be interpreted. The same reforms to the …
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PRESS RELEASE: UK mass surveillance ruled unlawful in landmark judgment
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) today ruled that the UK’s mass interception programmes have breached the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court found that the UK’s mass …
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English PEN and RSF urge Theresa May to fulfil pledge to repeal punitive press law
Reporters Without Borders and English PEN have today (10 January 2018) written to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, urging her to fulfill the Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge to repeal the …
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Bahá’í poet Mahvash Sabet shares 2017 PEN Pinter Prize with Michael Longley
Bahá’í poet and teacher Mahvash Sabet has this evening been named 2017 International Writer of Courage by Michael Longley at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony at the British Library. Longley …
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