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The universality of human rights remains controversial 60 years after the adoption of the UDHR.

His remarks are pertinent at a time when Islamists have again driven a literary figure into hiding.

Today free speech is seen as an inherent problem, because it can offend as well as harm.

Offending people is sometimes wrong; but no one has a right against being offended.

Archbishop of Cardiff warns that teenage girls might be able to salvage their own lives.

Acquiescence to threats has emboldened other faiths to demand bans on plays or art they do not like.

The campaign against The Jewel of Medina was started not by an imam but by an American academic.

No free speech, good thing too. Muslim sensitivities; culture riddled with own taboos; no wonder angry.

He returned to cycling after ’embracing’ a Japanese hands-on healing process known as ‘reiki.’

Preaches religious tolerance abroad, persecutes minorities at home.

Some civilians were trapped in combat zones and were killed, wounded, raped or illegally detained.

Scores more were injured, many seriously, in the crush at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur.

The firebomb attack on Gibson Square was an assault on one of the bravest publishers in the business.

Cleric Anjem Choudhary called the book an ‘insult to the Prophet’s honour’, a capital crime under Sharia.

She was famous for her bravery throughout Afghanistan and had survived several assassination attempts.

Men could get excited, women could lure men, therefore women just have to stay ill and die.

Secretary General said estimated 700 police officers were killed in Afghanistan January-June.

Kandahar’s MP recently narrowly survived an attempt on her life which killed her husband.

Without a big theory, you can’t pretend you have specialized training.

Liberals object to Palin because she lacks experience and knowledge, but conservatives – er –