News·16th February 2012Concerned about Christians? Owen John defends his objection to the Christian Concern conference, claiming the views this organisation propagates is tremendously harmful to the gay community.Read More
Comment·23rd January 2015Censorship is more dangerous than offence Esther Fisher Twelve people were shot allegedly because of a picture of Mohammed. Much of the horror and outrage that we have...Read More
Comment·12th October 2017Is free speech in India officially dead? DK Bose Back in 2015, I subscribed to Dawn, PakistanÍ›s biggest English language news magazine. It was an impulsive decision, prompted by...Read More
News·1st May 2020Remove “hateful material” from mandatory teaching, says SU council Emily Charley A motion which mandates the Oxford University Student Union (SU) to condemn the use of “hateful material” in mandatory teaching...Read More
Comment·16th February 2021Column: Freedom to Tweet? Clara Morrissey and Dan Harrison Image Description: Social Media logos on a purple and blue background. This week our columnists discuss the pitfalls and triumphs...Read More
News·30th May 2023Rishi Sunak intervenes in Stock debate Rose Henderson Rishi Sunak has backed Kathleen Stock’s appearance at the Oxford Union, in an unprecedented intervention into campus politics. The Prime...Read More
Entertainment·17th October 2013Belarus Free Theatre Richard Foord Belarus is the last dictatorship in Europe. Under president Lukashenko’s regime, freedom of the press is severely restricted, media organisations...Read More
National NewsNewsUniversity News·24th March 2015Union invites radical Islamist preacher to speak Latifah Sat Radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has announced his invitation to the Oxford Union. Choudary has been on bail since September...Read More
Comment·18th May 2019Katie Hopkins and free speech law in the UK Julian Manieson Image Description: Protesters outside the Oxford Union during Hopkins’ debate. I was planning to write this week’s column about tax...Read More
University/Local Issues·1st May 2020In defence of academic liberty Antonio Pattori A Student Council motion recently passed arguing that the current legal definition of what constitutes ‘hate speech’ is not enough....Read More
Comment·26th February 2023Rewriting Roald Dahl: Dangerous Censorship Lies Elsewhere Yii-Jen Deng An odd thing about the controversy over the new edited version of Road Dahl by Puffin Books is that it...Read More