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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsSay Goodbye to Free Speech in Ireland
By Ed Brayton
Ireland's parliament, called the Dail, passed legislation establishing a crime of "blasphemous libel" that would pretty much make free speech obsolete in that country.
The Defamation Bill, which also introduces a new crime of blasphemous libel, will come into operation after it is passed by the Seanad later this week and signed into law by President Mary McAleese...Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...The new laws are expected to be in full operation by October.
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).
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