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Free Speech "under pressure from various sources": Lars Hedegaard
European Son Blog
September 12, 2011
https://www.legal-project.org/1664/free-speech-under-pressure-from-various-sources
Excerpt:
President of the Copenhagen-based International Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard has said that free speech is "under pressure from various sources," including national Governments, the European Union, the UN, and Islamic radicalism. Bloggers and law-abiding citizens, it was claimed, have been arrested in Europe in recent weeks for expressing opinions that the authorities disapproved of.
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