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Cartoon cowardice shames our press (by Frederik Stjernfelt, January/February 2012 ): In the aftermath of the firebombing of Charlie Hebdo, reprints of the magazine's Muhammad cover were conspicuous by their absence, notices Frederick Stjernfelt
No ifs, no buts (by Padraig Reidy, May/June 2011 ): Qur’an burning is senseless, but we shouldn't be afraid to speak up for free speech, says Padraig Reidy
Our own worst enemy (by Sherry Jones, November/December 2009 ): Self-censorship is handing victory to the extremists, says Sherry Jones
Déjà vu, only worse (by Michail Ryklin, November/December 2009 ): Michail Ryklin sits in on a Russian censorship trial
From Fatwa to Jihad by Kenan Malik (by Lindsay Johns, March/April 2009 ): Lindsay Johns is impressed by Kenan Malik's take on Rushdie and race
Diary: Science friction (by Natalie Haynes, March/April 2009 ): It seems even sci-fi geeks can indulge in a spot of retrospective offence, says Natalie Haynes
In the burning house (by Michail Ryklin, January/February 2009 ): In 2005 Russian artist Anna Alchuk was publicly vilified and put on trial for her involvement in the Caution:Religion! exhibition. Three years later she drowned herself. Her husband, the philosopher Michail Ryklin, reads her diaries to find out why
Unmasked (by Paul Sims, September/October 2008 ): Paul Sims finds out what’s behind the anarchic anti-cult group Anonymous
Manifestos for the 21st Century (by Caroline Moorehead, September/October 2008 ): Caroline Moorehead reviews an impressive new series on censorship
Global warning (by Tzvetan Todorov, November/December 2007 ): With cartoon controversies reverberating across the world Tzvetan Todorov, one of the world’s foremost philosophers, considers the after-effects of the Danish images
Culture of fear (by Judith Vidal-Hall, May/June 2006 ): Judith Vidal-Hall reviews a new collection on censorship
Blasphemy Law is dead (by Peter Tatchell, Autumn 2002 ): Peter Tatchell fails to get arrested (for once)
The Fundamental Right to Blaspheme (by Arnold Wesker, Summer 2002 ): Arnold Wesker, whose own plays have trespassed into regions of blasphemy, argues the case for freedom to offend.
Internet Freedom (by Sandy Starr, Spring 2002 ): Sandy Starr argues that internet censorship is choking free speech
Right to offend? (by Floris van den Berg, Web Exclusive, March 2008): As the Virtual Museum of Offensive Art opens online, Floris van den Berg ponders the limits of freedom
Champions of free speech? (by Simon Garnett, Web Exclusive, January 2010): Writing in New Humanist, Sherry Jones says Serbs have embraced the Jewel of Medina because they know the value of free expression. But could the reasons be more profane? asks Simon Garnett
Banned: the hidden censorship of children's books (by Anne Rooney, Web Exclusive, September 2010): Tibet, sausages and masturbating mice – as Banned Book Week begins, Anne Rooney explores the hidden restrictions on what your children read