Modern Liberty
About this original series
www.modernliberty.net The Convention on Modern Liberty was held at the Institute of Education in London, 28th Feb 2009, and at seven linked regional and national events across the UK. It was a call to all concerned with attacks on fundamental rights and freedoms under pressure from counter-terrorism, financial breakdown and the database state. The Convention hosted 3 keynote speeches, 3 plenary sessions and 23 parallel sessions in London bringing together 145 speakers, 52 organisations and over 1500 people.
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# Episodes
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Episodes of Modern Liberty
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Evening Plenary: Pen Session
Convention on Modern Liberty 28.2.2009 London Evening Plenary: Pen Session, chaired by Henry Porter Supported by English PEN, the final session will be a smaller informal discussion, aiming to reflect on the day and discuss the larger implications for public life. Lisa Appignanesi is an author and president of English PEN, a registered charity which seeks to promote literature as a means of greater understanding between the world’s people. She has run its highly successful 'Free Expression is ...
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Release date
May 7, 2009
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58:52
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Liberty and the national question Q&A
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Guy Lodge, Senior research fellow, ippr Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is an Uganda-born journalist and author, based in London. She is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Centre. In 2005, she was voted the 10th most influential black/Asian woman in the country in a poll and in another she was among the most powerful Asian media professionals in the UK. Gerry Hassan is a writer, researcher, policy analyst and broadcaster, who has worked on a range of...
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May 6, 2009
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35:07
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Are human rights universal or a privilege of cit...
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Ehsan Masood, writer and journalist Jean Candler, head of Policy and Public Affairs at the British Institute of Human Rights, an organisation that is committed to challenging inequality and injustice in everyday life in the UK. Jean has recently returned to the UK after working on human rights for development in Ethiopia. Andrew Dismore MP is chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee is charged with considering human rights ...
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May 6, 2009
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39:35
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Faiths and freedoms Q&A
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Simon Barrow, co-director, Ekklesia Keith Harris Kahn is a British sociologist living in London, working as a research associate at Goldsmiths College’s Centre for Urban and Community Research. He is also an associate lecturer for the Open University and as convenor of New Jewish Thought. Keith’s principle areas of expertise are contemporary Jewish identity, inter and intra communal dialogue and the sociology of denial. He is also musically e...
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May 6, 2009
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34:48
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Are human rights universal or a privilege of cit...
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Ehsan Masood, writer and journalist Jean Candler, head of Policy and Public Affairs at the British Institute of Human Rights, an organisation that is committed to challenging inequality and injustice in everyday life in the UK. Jean has recently returned to the UK after working on human rights for development in Ethiopia. Andrew Dismore MP is chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee is charged with considering human rights ...
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Release date
May 6, 2009
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Runtime
41:17
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Torture Q&A
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Saghir Hussain, former Guantanamo detainee; spokesman, Cage Prisoners Moazzam Begg is one is one of nine British Muslims who were held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo Bay. Begg has become a well-known commentator on issues pertaining to the Muslim community in the UK and its anti-terror measures - both domestic and worldwide. He has appeared in numerous television interviews and documentaries, including Taking Liberties and the Oscar...
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May 6, 2009
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18:54
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Xenophobia Q&A
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Khadija Ali, Nominated for the Equalities and Human Rights Commission Muslim Women Power List 2009 Tufyal Choudhury has taught international human rights law at Durham Law School since 2000. He is a graduate from SOAS and Cambridge. In his role as a senior policy advisor to the Open Society Institute, he has raised awareness of violent radicalisation among Muslims and was invited to become a member of the UK Government’s post 7/7 Working Grou...
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Release date
May 6, 2009
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Runtime
29:06
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Why can't parliament protect our liberties again...
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON Chair: Andrew Blick, Researcher, Democratic Audit Murray Hunt was appointed as the Legal Advisor to the cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights in 2004. The Committee also looks at Government action to deal with judgments of the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights where breaches of human rights have been found. Professor Sir Trevor Smith was created Baron Smith of Clifton, of Mountsandel in the County of Londonderry on 4 November 19...
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Apr 30, 2009
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Runtime
50:40
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Freedom and working people Q&A
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09FREEDOM AND WORKING PEOPLE Chair: Christina Zaba, Union Liason Officer, NO2ID Sarah Veale is Head of the Equality and Employment Rights Department at the TUC, where she has worked since 1985. The Department covers women's equality, equal pay, race equality, disabled workers' equality, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. She is co-author of "Your Rights at Work", the TUC's book on employment rights. Simon Zadek is Chief Executive of the non-prof...
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Release date
Apr 24, 2009
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Runtime
28:37
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Child's play? Equality and young people
CONVENTION ON MODERN LIBERTY 28.02.09 LONDON CHILD’S PLAY? EQUALITY AND YOUNG PEOPLE Chair: Sabina Frediani, Campaigns co-ordinator, Liberty Sam Dimmock is the Programme Director at the Children’s Rights Alliance for England. Her role includes monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in England and enabling children and young people to engage in international human rights reporting processes. Terri Dowty is Director of Action on Rights for Children, a child...
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Release date
Apr 24, 2009
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Runtime
58:26
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