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• Campaign Against Censorship

  http://www.dlas.org.uk/
  Successor to the Defence of Literature and the Arts Society, that was founded in 1968 to assist writers, artists, and others threatened by censorship, and to campaign for reform of censorship laws.

• House of Commons - Media Standards

  http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990609/debtext/90609-54.htm#90609-54_head1
  Transcript of debates about the Press Complaints Commission and tabloid journalism. Includes comments on the legal cases against Mahzer Mahmood and Neville Thurlbeck.

• Register - Crusading veggies steamroll university into web censorship

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/12/newcastle_veggie_site/
  A provocative essay has been pulled from servers by Newcastle University authorities following complaints from vegetarians.

• The Observer - Amnesty: we must free the internet The Observer

  http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/may/28/news.humanrights
  Human rights group reunites with The Observer to end repression online.

• The Observer - Today, our chance to fight a new hi-tech tyranny

  http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/may/28/news.humanrights1
  Forty-five years ago an article in The Observer launched Amnesty International. Now, with the human rights organisation they highlight a new threat to freedom - internet censorship…

• The Register - Amnesty takes a strike against web censorship

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/30/amnesty_anti_web_censorship/
  The worldwide movement of activists who campaign for internationally recognised human rights launched a campaign to challenge what it calls the increasing governmental censorship of the internet.

• The Register - Lords restrict terror website censorship plans

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/06/lords_restrict_terror_censorship/
  The House of Lords has restricted Government plans to allow the police to order the take down of suspected terrorism-related web content by requiring that the authorities obtain the permission of a judge first.

 

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