Petitions/Repeal laws that restrict the right to free speech in the UK
StatusOngoing
Opened6 Mar 2026
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Repeal these laws where they create speech based offences: - Public Order Act 1986 - Malicious Communications Act 1988 - Terrorism Act 2000 - Communications Act 2003 - Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 - Terrorism Act 2006 - Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008 - Online Safety Act 2023

We believe these laws have been misused to prosecute supporters of legitimate political movements like criticism of the Israeli war in Gaza or republicanism. In our view words and ideas can't cause physical harm, harmful actions do. So, harmful actions should be prosecuted, not speech. Britons have the least freedom of expression in Western Europe according to the 2025 Global Expression Report. If governments want to maintain that the UK is a free country then they should repeal these authoritarian laws.

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Daniel Zeichner
1Daniel Zeichner MP
Cambridge
5
Graham Stringer
2Graham Stringer MP
Blackley and Middleton South
3
Imran Hussain
3Imran Hussain MP
Bradford East
3
Alex Burghart
4Alex Burghart MP
Brentwood and Ongar
3
Carla Denyer
5Carla Denyer MP
Bristol Central
3
Sarah Sackman
6Sarah Sackman MP
Finchley and Golders Green
3
Kate Osborne
7Kate Osborne MP
Jarrow and Gateshead East
3
Dame Diana Johnson
8Dame Diana Johnson MP
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
3
Louise Sandher-Jones
9Louise Sandher-Jones MP
North East Derbyshire
3
Miatta Fahnbulleh
10Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Peckham
3