Joanne Cash this week launched a campaign to reverse changes in the law and re-establish the importance of free speech in the UK. Her Facebook group 'Campaign for British Free Speech' has already attracted more than 650 members in just a couple of weeks.
Joanne recently chaired the high profile debate on Press Freedom at the Convention on Modern Liberty where she was joined by Fatima Bhutto (niece of Benazhir Bhutto), the writer and journalist Nick Cohen, author and journalist Andrew Gilligan and Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of the Guardian.
Joanne was so struck by the strength of feeling and the sense of frustration she witnessed that she determined to raise awareness of the importance of defending our freedoms and upholding our civil liberties and to engage people in these issues:
“Legislation over the past 10 years has chiselled away at the freedom of expression we take for granted.
We can no longer protest outside parliament, write freely about each other’s religions, safely expose corruption and threats to security or protect the sources who provide information.
Joanne hopes that her campaign will persuade the Labour government to repeal its excessive and unnecessary legislation of censorship and control: “British democracy was the greatest in the world and we must fight to restore the freedom of speech which helped to make it so.”
If you share Joanne’s concerns, you can show your support for this campaign by signing the online petition below, joining the ‘Campaign for British Free Speech’ Facebook group, or by getting in touch with Joanne on 020 7625 3805 or at 209 Shirland Road, W9 3JP.
Sign up to support Joanne's 'Campaign for British Free Speech.'
