Daily Archives: July 7, 2011

Independent Voices 5×15: Evgeny Lebedev on the importance of free speech

Posted: July 7, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Proprietor and chairman of the Evening Standard, The Independent and i, Evgeny Lebedev talks about the importance of free speech in the press.

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Independent Voices 5×15: Max Mosley on free speech and the press

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Talk on the role of free speech in the press by Max Mosley, the former president of the FIA who brought a case against the UK's privacy laws in the European Court of Human Rights after winning a case against the News of the World.

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Independent Voices 5×15: Johann Hari on free speech and religious fundamentalism

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From the inaugural Independent Voices 5x15 event from The Independent, Johann Hari talks about the importance of free speech as a tool to challenge religious hegemony.

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