Calls to silence SF criticised

The Green MEP, Ms Patricia McKenna, has criticised calls for the renewal of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, prohibiting interviews…

The Green MEP, Ms Patricia McKenna, has criticised calls for the renewal of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, prohibiting interviews with members of Sinn Fein. "Political censorship is only going to make a bad situation worse. Full information on what everyone involved in the Northern Ireland conflict is thinking is needed at the moment more than it ever was before."

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