Civil liberties - international

Draft Israeli law to limit academic speech labelled ‘McCarthyite’

Law allowing committee to fire staff for ‘supporting terror’ backed by education minister and national student union

Emma Graham-Harrison and Matan Cohen

21, Jul, 2024 @1:56 PM

University of Sydney students and staff blast new ‘draconian’ protest crackdown

Policy demands three days’ notice for demonstrations and approval for use of megaphones or putting up posters

Caitlin Cassidy

07, Jul, 2024 @3:00 PM

Open letter in India calls for withdrawal of go-ahead to prosecute Arundhati Roy

Over 200 signatories urge government to reverse decision enabling action against writer under anti-terrorism law

Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

23, Jun, 2024 @3:59 PM

Hong Kong rejects western criticism of democracy activists’ convictions

US says 14 protesters have been jailed for ‘peacefully participating in political activities’ that should have been allowed

Julian Borger in Washington

31, May, 2024 @4:49 PM

Georgia police accused of beating protesters against ‘foreign influence’ bill

Unrest came as demonstrator who was attacked near his home says government is trying to intimidate critics

Daniel Boffey in Tbilisi

13, May, 2024 @9:01 AM

Media freedom ‘perilously close to breaking point’ in several EU countries

Civil liberties network warns of decline across the bloc as a result of harm or neglect by governments

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

29, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

Slovakian prime minister sparks alarm with threat to restrict media

Robert Fico describes leading broadcasters and newspapers as hostile and says they are ‘unwelcome guests at government office’

Lili Bayer

15, Nov, 2023 @2:34 PM

Hungarian plan to target foreign influence fuels NGO and media fears

Campaigners say ‘sovereignty’ law is further step by Viktor Orbán to silence critics and solidify control

Lili Bayer

13, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

Benedict Birnberg obituary

Pioneering lawyer and civil liberties campaigner who paved the way for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain

Owen Bowcott

09, Nov, 2023 @8:31 PM

How criminalisation is being used to silence climate activists across the world

Guardian investigation finds growing number of countries passing anti-protest laws as part of playbook of tactics to intimidate people peacefully raising the alarm

Nina Lakhani, Damien Gayle and Matthew Taylor

12, Oct, 2023 @11:00 AM

Democracy does not always go hand in hand with liberalism – that is the problem | Letter

Letter: From Putin to Erdoğan, democratically elected leaders are routinely ignoring constitutional limits on their powers, writes Piergiuseppe Fortunato

03, Feb, 2023 @5:13 PM