Index on Censorship » exhibition http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » exhibition http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org UK: Anti-death penalty exhibition cancelled by organiser http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/10/uk-anti-death-penalty-exhibition-cancelled-by-organiser/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/10/uk-anti-death-penalty-exhibition-cancelled-by-organiser/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:57:37 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=16327 The organiser of an exhibition of anti-death penalty posters has cancelled the event, because he feels it has been censored. Herve Matine said that councillors wanted to split up the collection, placing the more graphic images in a separate room with limited access. He was told that around a third of the posters, some of [...]

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]]> cancelled the event, because he feels it has been censored. Herve Matine said that councillors wanted to split up the collection, placing the more graphic images in a separate room with limited access. He was told that around a third of the posters, some of which depict hangings, would be moved because they could influence young people. DUP councillor Brian Kingston called the exhibition “disturbing”, but Matine stressed the importance of “public awareness”.

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