Free Speech under fire

Paul Coleman and Päivi Räsänen stand together. She will face trial at the Finnish Supreme Court.

What would you do if a policeman turned up at your door saying that a tweet you had written the night before about biological sex and gender amounted a criminal offence? What about if you were listening to an elderly man reading the Bible outside a train station and you saw two police constables interrupting him, arresting him, and escorting him to a police car to be driven off like a criminal to face hours of questioning at the station?

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How can we change the law to impact #FreeSpeechForGood?

The laws that govern behaviour on our streets have had a chilling effect on freedom of speech. Ambiguous wording in legislation and confused enforcement protocols have led to a spate of arrests for legitimate speech and protest. We are working to improve the law and to change how the law is enforced so that you can speak in public with confidence.

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The NHS Trust should let Alta’s parents take her home

The parents of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl find themselves in a thoroughly unenviable position. Their daughter, Alta, is ventilator dependent. Her prognosis gives her two more years to live, but the NHS Trust want to remove the support even though they accept this will result in a much sooner death.

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