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Regardless of frontiers

10 Dec 08 | Comment, Volume 37.03 Autumn 2008

In this celebration of the 60th anniversary of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, AC Grayling says freedom of speech is the most precious of rights – giving us the chance of being fully human
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'Without free speech you cannot claim or protect your other rights'

08 Dec 08 | Uncategorized

So says AC Grayling over at Comment is Free. Professor Grayling, normally known as a quite strident critic of religion, points out that Articles 18 (which guarantees freedom of worship) and 19 (freedom of speech) of the UN Declaration on Human Rights must be read together: they embody the ideas of freedom of conscience and freedom to express one’s conscience.

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