CONTENTS

1 JO GLANVILLE Editorial

NEWS ANALYSIS 6 ROMAN SHLEINOV The rules of the game

An insight into press freedom in Russia

15 MAUREEN FREELY Why they killed Hrant Dink

Ultra-nationalism is on the rise in Turkey and has found new targets

32 NOURITZA MATOSSIAN Let’s talk about the living

An interview with Hrant Dink

WHAT NEW LABOUR DID FOR FREE SPEECH 46 ALISTAIR BEATON A letter to Tony

A satirist says farewell

49 CONOR GEARTY The Blair report

Assessing the New Labour legacy

56 MANIFESTO: Article 19

A wishlist for free speech

57 PETER WRIGHT The prince and the paper

The Mail on Sunday’s battle to publish Prince Charles’s journals

63 A L KENNEDY Watch your language

Rescuing the meaning of words from spin and spivs

MARTIN ROWSON Stripsearch 75 MANIFESTO: Amnesty International

Fair inquiries

76 DAVID LEIGH Public nuisance

The Freedom of Information Act isn’t popular with everyone

81 MANIFESTO: Kenan Malik

Don’t incite censorship

82 OLIVER KAMM The tyranny of moderation

Too much respect is a bad thing

90 MANIFESTO: Jonathan Heawood

Time to legislate for free expression

91 YASMIN WHITTAKER-KHAN Saying the unsayable

Speaking out is the best way to fight injustice

Credit: Nour, Basra Index on Censorship/Open Shutters

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