Regulating the Media

Some Neglected Freedom of Expression Issues in the United Kingdom's Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Bibliographic Data

ID4908266
AuthorsIan Cram (University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume18
Issue2
Pages335-355
Publication date2006-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546550600570184
OpenAlexW2079373298
LanguageEN
Citations received6

In the wake of the first ever Al Qaeda-inspired bombings in Britain in July 2005, there has been much discussion about the appropriate form(s) of counter-terrorism response. This article focuses on one aspect of the “war on terror” usually afforded less prominence than other counter-terrorist measures; namely a range of existing and proposed constraints on media freedom and the constitutional/human rights issues provoked. The United Kingdom is the focus because terrorism laws intended for the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland have been replaced by legislation in 2000 and 2001 claimed to reflect the changed nature of terrorism and that arguably has serious implications for freedom of expression. Measures that would impact adversely on speech are being debated in Parliament presently, measures that go considerably further than the previous bans on the direct broadcasting of Sinn Féin representatives and their sympathisers

Counter terrorism · Freedom of expression · Human rights · Legislation · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Terrorism · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · Law

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