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Podcast: Between the Lines
Episode: Elaine Pearson on free speech at UNSW and Hiroshima 75th anniversary
Description: Defending the right to offend China on campusThis year, Human Rights Watch Australia Director Elaine Pearson was interviewed by the media department at the University of New South Wales about the human rights implications of Hong Kong's new national security law. Her comments on Hong Kong new national security legislation upset some students. They claimed the article caused offence to China and demanded the university remove the article. The university temporarily removed the article, but after a public outcry, the article was re-posted with caveats.So how did we get...