The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights has launched an inquiry into freedom of speech in universities, and they want written submissions.

CitizenGO has been following the decline of freedom of speech at universities and in wider society closely for the last few years. We’ve even written a few petitions on it and have been supportive of Jo Johnson MP’s efforts to ensure that free speech remains free at university.

This petitions details the CitizenGO response to the Joint Committeee.

On Wednesday 1st November at the St John’s College, University of Oxford, a pro-life student group, Oxford Students For Life (OSFL), attempted to host a discussion about the abortion debate in Ireland.

The Women’s Campaign (WomCam), a body of the Students’ Union, intent on silencing differing perspectives, disrupted the gathering by shouting, chanting and obstructing to the extent that the event was unable to continue for almost an hour.

For all the details click here.