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The Free Speech Union, a mass membership organisation, is seeking a judicial review of Phillipson’s decision to stop its commencement. Campus free speech groups are gathering signatories for a letter asking her to reconsider. “Free speech duties on universities have long been neglected, despite being enshrined in law,” they write. “Hundreds of academics and students have been hounded, censured, silenced or even sacked over the last 20 years for the expression of legal opinions.”
Helen Joyce, The Times, 9th August 2024.
