Concerns that people in Northern Ireland could soon be prosecuted for hate crimes relating to private conversations in their own homes is set to top the agenda at a free speech summit in Belfast.
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Recruits say they were misled about the involvement of controversial pressure group the Free Speech Union
Toby Young appears on breakfast TV in May 2020. Photograph: ITV/Rex
Toby Young appears on breakfast TV in May 2020. Photograph: ITV/Rex
Sat 9 Jan 2021 02.00 EST
When a group of student activists were recruited to create a freedom of expression campaign, they were optimistic that their wide-ranging views could be part of its mission “to get all young people enthusiastic about free speech”.
The reality of the Free Speech Youth Advisory Board, they say, was rather different.