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Henry Porter is a novelist and political columnist for the Observer Newspaper in London. Since 2005 he has been chronicling the attack on liberty and rights in Britain. -, Tony Blair's evasions at the Chilcot inquiry continue to be an insult to the British public, Observer columnist Henry Porter talks to deputy prime minister Nick Clegg about the Protection of Freedoms Bill, Spend time in Tunisia or Egypt and it is clear that the protests are not driven by ideology but the search for equity, Western views of what is possible in Arab society are compromised by 60 years of supporting the dictators, I have not been gulled by Nick Clegg's promises about the freedom bill. My concerns have been detailed and sustained, Join the New Statesman and Academia Rossica to see some of UK and Russia's greatest contemporary writers explore the genre of espionage fiction. Spy Wars: The Fiction behind the Truth will explore how espionage fiction grew both in Russia and the West during the Cold War, how it has developed since and how much fiction has influenced the reality of espionage and vice versa. On the panel is Henry Porter, writer, civil liberties campaigner and spy novelist; Christopher Andrew, author of the authorised history of MI5 as well as of the controversial Mitrokhin Archive; Boris Akunin, Russian detective and spy novelist and Sergei Kostin who has written both fiction and non-fiction about espionage. The BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall will chair the discussion and take questions from the floor., Ways have to be found to guarantee privacy and provide protection from malicious allegations, but these oppressive court orders are not the answer, Turning his camera on Egypts 18-day miracle, Jonas Fredwall Karlsson captures face-to-face the thrilling, tech-savvy tide that drew all eyes to Tahrir Square, swept away Hosni Mubaraks three-decade rule, and set off similar protests across the Middle East. Ron Beinner reports, while Henry Porter dissects the protesters world-altering triumph: an anger that defied death, the ingenuity that stymied a brutal police state, and a sense of freedom that will never be lost., More than 200 prominent public figures have signed a letter published in New Statesman today strongly defending WikiLeaks right to publish. The letter, presented by the Frontline Club, was assembled by a group of well-known publishers, journalists and filmmakers known as the Committee for the Right to Publish, which includes writer Henry Porter and human rights activist Jemima Khan., We believe that free societies everywhere are best served by journalism that holds governments and corporations to account. We assert that the right to publish is equal to, and the consequence of, the citizens right to know. While we believe in personal privacy and accept a need for confidentiality, we hold that disclosure in the public interest is paramount. Liberty, accountability and true democratic choice can only be guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny. We defend the right to publish the truth responsibly without obstruction and persecution by the state., The phone-hacking scandal cannot be 'put in a box' - News International's admissions must be the beginning of transparency
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