Friday, December 05, 2008

Article 19

I know that this comment relates to a Channel 4 programme but I hope the moderators let it through.

Next week after the Channel 4 7pm News there is a series of programmes 'celebrating' the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I believe more than ever that these rights are being eroded every passing day. Only 3 minutes long, so nobody has any excuse to be bored.

With the events in parliament and the treatment of Damian Green it will be interesting if people watching these films can see how Green is just the tip of a huge iceberg.

What I regard as the best one is on Tuesday Queen, Country, and a Gag Order. It tells the story of a young man's belief in Article 19, the right to freedom of expression. Can it be any more important than now, when we are all under threat.

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