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European Writers Parliament, Istanbul November 2010

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Hrant Dink

 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.

Posted on November 24th, 2010

Liberalism, Censorship and the Chilling Effect

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Liddle

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:

Posted on January 22nd, 2010

Airline Security: Profiling and paranoia (2010)

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fly the friendly skies

 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.  

Posted on January 6th, 2010

42 Writers for 42 Days (2008)

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The Sun

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.

Posted on March 5th, 2009

Respecting Authority, Taking Offence (2005)

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Tiananmen




Posted on December 30th, 2008
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