Author: ZilSu

Do fascists have a right to free speech?

 14 November 2007 What limits, if any, should there be to freedom of expression? Peter Tatchell interviews Luke Tryl, President of the Oxford Union, and Brendan O’Neill, Editor of Spiked. Weyman Bennett of Unite Against Fascism agreed to participate but he was unable to attend at the last minute. Peter Tatchell writes: Should fascists have […]

Safe, clean water is a human right

6 November 2007 Over one billion people have no clean, safe drinking water; 5,000 children die every day from water that is dirty and contaminated. Peter Tatchell interviews Nick Edmans of the charity WaterAid. At least 2.2 million people – 1.8 million of them children – are killed each year by water-borne diseases. Every night, […]

Indonesia – democracy without justice

31 October 2007 Indonesia has made the transition from dictatorship to democracy, but without justice for millions of victims of President Suharto’s tyranny. Peter Tatchell interviews Indonesian human rights campaigners, Carmel Budiardjo and Adriana Siti Adhiati. President Suharto ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for 30 long, dark years, from 1967 to 1998. During this […]

Iran’s anti-Arab racism

Iran treats its Arab minority as second-class citizens. Now it is planning to hang six of them after rigged trials held in secret.