This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Enshrine free speech into law like the American First Amendment.
Free speech is the cornerstone of any free society, it enables us to debate those that we may disagree with regardless of political or religious affiliation. Ones own personal world view shouldn't be protected because hearing opposing views may offended them.
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Speakers at universities who have been invited have subsequently been cancelled due to their political views. The recent Berkeley Riots where a Breitbart journalist had to be cancelled because of the violence being committed by anti-fascist groups, those who wanted to attend where violently assaulted with some people being pepper sprayed. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/01/milo-yiannopoulos-uc-berkeley-event-cancelled?client=safari
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We are not sure what action you would like the Government or Parliament to take. The right to freedom of speech is already enshrined in UK law in the Human Rights Act, which protects your right to hold your own opinions and express them freely.
You can find out more here: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/human-rights-act/article-10-freedom-expression
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