A Christian artist who was barred from her own exhibition and reported to police over her gender-critical views is pursuing an expanded legal claim against a local authority, after newly disclosed documents revealed that a council official falsely claimed she was under police investigation.
UK universities are failing to safeguard academic freedom and have allowed activist-led pressure campaigns to flourish, with institutional leaders too often tolerating harassment, reputational attacks, and the marginalisation of scholars with gender-critical views.
As allegations emerge that FSU member Lucy Connolly has been mistreated in prison, Richard Tice MP is preparing to introduce a new Bill in Parliament aimed at tackling the kind of disproportionate sentencing that resulted in her receiving a 31-month jail term for a single tweet.
Next Wednesday, Richard Tice MP will introduce a Ten-Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons that could help bring greater accountability to Britain’s criminal justice system.
A British Transport Police officer has been filmed telling Christian evangelists to stop preaching outside King’s Cross station, prompting concerns about the policing of lawful religious expression in public spaces.
Britain’s employment tribunal system is already buckling under the weight of unresolved cases. As of December 2024, more than 43,000 single claims and 424,000 group claims remained open.
The Office for Students (OfS) has issued final regulatory advice on how universities and colleges must comply with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
As part of the FSU’s ongoing campaign against Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill, our General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, took to the stage at a packed comedy night to highlight how the proposed law could turn performance venues into compliance zones, chilling comedy in the name of...
A major free speech victory has been secured after the Supreme Court refused to hear the final appeal in the case of Farmor’s School v Kristie Higgs, bringing to a close a seven-year legal battle that has helped clarify the legal protections for belief and expression in the workplace.
Across the United States, a disciplinary tool designed to prevent harassment is increasingly being used to police speech, silencing students not for threats or misconduct, but for expressing unpopular views.
British officials could be barred from entering the United States for infringing the free speech rights of American citizens, under new visa restrictions unveiled by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The BBC has warned of a “sharp and deeply troubling escalation” in the Iranian regime’s campaign against its Persian-language journalists and their families.
A publisher who claimed she was “hounded out” of her job for holding gender-critical beliefs has reached a legal settlement with Hachette UK.
The freedom to criticise Islam must be protected, a group of parliamentarians has said following the conviction of FSU member Hamit Coskun for burning a Koran.
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