PAST EVENT: Has the British Left abandoned Civil Liberties?

20 Oct 2009 | Events

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With John Kampfner, Chief Executive, Index on Censorship

1:00pm-2:30pm
At the Bhattacharyya Seminar Room, ippr, 30- 32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA

Established as the two most fundamental principles of the Western socio-economic model for almost 60 years, liberal democracy and capitalism are being questioned in a fashion that is unheard of in recent memory. In his new book Freedom for Sale, Author and Journalist John Kampfner visits countries as diverse as China, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and the UK finding evidence of a new pact between citizens and their governments exchanging personal freedoms in return for material prosperity.

Places at this event are limited. To reserve a place please email [email protected].

Freed reporter Maziar Bahari arrives in London

20 Oct 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features

Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was released from prison in Iran on Saturday after he was jailed in the aftermath of the country’s disputed elections, has returned to London.

Index on Censorship, along with Committee to Protect Journalists, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and Bahari’s employer Newsweek magazine, led a high-profile campaign for his release.