Editorial Policy
The Trust promotes debate on its website on issues relating to its values, including democracy, human rights and social justice.
We all experience difficulty in applying these core values in our different societies. We have different perspectives on how they apply, especially where there are important historical or political disputes between different countries or governments.
The Trust believes that open debate is an essential tool in promoting understanding between peoples, even although debates can be trenchant, passionate and uncompromisingly expressed. The Trust seeks to be impartial. So we do not censor articles or challenge alleged facts or opinions. We make no judgments about the views expressed. Indeed, as a Registered Charity, we are subject to UK law, which prohibits us from engaging in partisan politics. But we encourage all who want to join the debate to do so and welcome responses from others with differing views. We do not silence voices just because others may regard them as mistaken or discordant. We believe that the judgments on all such matters fall to be made by the wider public.
The Editor reserves the usual right to decide that an exchange of articles on a particular subject should cease, if, in the Editor’s judgment, the arguments have been exhaustively canvassed.