Iain Duncan Smith

UK minister says media freedom cannot be curbed

May 6, 2014

LONDON: Britain’s Secretary of the State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith has said that freedom of the press is fundamentally important to protect all kinds of freedoms and no government or authority shall be allowed to take away these freedoms under any excuse or pretext. The senior Tory leader and UK government figure said this during the annual

UK minister says media freedom cannot be curbed

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