Human Rights: Journalists Debate
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Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
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Human Rights: Journalists
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale Excerpts(13 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Howell of Guildford
My noble friend is absolutely right to put it in those terms. An attack on freedom of expression and responsible journalism anywhere is an attack on, as it were, the supply chain which leads directly to our own freedoms in this country.
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
My Lords, will the Minister confirm that Iran in prison tortures and harasses more journalists than any other country in the world? What recent representations have the Government made to that vile regime about these continuing abuses of human rights?