civil liberties
European Writers Parliament, Istanbul November 2010
I arrived today in Istanbul, for the European Writers Parliament. I'm scheduled to give one of the opening addresses tomorrow, which I'll post here after I've given it.
Liberalism, Censorship and the Chilling Effect
Index on Censorship asked me to blog about the campaign against Rod Liddle's possible appointment to the editorship of the Independent. A comment thread is already underway on the the Index Site:
Airline Security: Profiling and paranoia (2010)
I flew LHR-JFK just after the Christmas day bomb attempt. Paranoia and security lines. I was reminded of how bad things were just after 9/11 and wrote an anecdotal piece for The Guardian.
42 Writers for 42 Days (2008)
A project initiated by Hari Kunzru, Anya Serota and Simon Prosser: the 42 Writers for Liberty website, part of Liberty’s Charge or Release campaign opposing the Government’s proposal to extend pre-charge detention in terrorism cases from 28 to 42 days.






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