From ‘the interview’ to Charlie Hebdo

This article is by LSE MSc student and Polis intern Alex Forbess (@AForbess) At the heart of the global debate about the attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo has been the question of whether there be limitations to what we say and publish, or if it is our “God-given” right to say and write whatever we want? LSE student Alex Forbes reflects from the perspective of a citizen of a country with a constitutional presumption in favour of free speech.