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John Kampfner

John Kampfner

John Kampfner

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A. Barack Obama
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My life in 8 words: "A restless rattler of cages"
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Always challenge those in power Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. People being rude to check out assistants in supermarkets Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Making meals for my intrepid wife and adorable children; watching Chelsea from my season ticket perch, and, naturally, investigative journalism Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Pechorin Q. What do you regret most? A. not becoming a barrister Learn more about John Kampfner

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Redhotcurry, April 19, 2013
...at censorship in India, Sri Lanka, China and across Asia, with experts in their field, journalists and commentators John Kampfner (Freedom for Sale); Tarun Tejpal (The Story of My Assassins), Frances Harrison (Still Counting the Dead) and Kirsty Hughes...
Guardian.co.uk, March 30, 2013
...as I am convinced – as all reasonable-minded people should be – about the causes of the malaise. John Kampfner is author of Freedom for Sale and Blair's Wars Society Politics Occupy movement Protest Occupy London John Kampfner guardian.co.uk ©...
Guardian.co.uk, March 8, 2013
...Sunday Telegraph's Matt Warman , Harkin largely provided a precis of Lanier's views in Who Owns the Future? John Kampfner in the Observer made more of an attempt to discuss them – "the author does not convince me that the internet ... reinforces...
Guardian.co.uk, March 2, 2013
...use to which the information is put and the safeguards that protect us from technical malfunction and human malevolence. John Kampfner is author of Freedom For Sale and Blair's Wars Computing and the net Big data Facebook Google Internet John...
Guardian.co.uk, February 16, 2013
...they could not before. Will that frustration and anger be channelled into concrete change? That is another question. John Kampfner is author of Freedom for Sale and Blair's Wars...
The Hindu, January 26, 2013
...Share· Comment · print · T+· T- The Hindu Basharat Peer, John Kampfner, Shoma Chaudhury, John Burnside and Orlando Figes and in conversation with Timothy Garton Ash at the Jaipur Literajure Festival in Diggi Palace on Saturday. Photo: Rohit...
The Man Booker Prize, January 22, 2013
...January 10.00   Elif Batuman at the Diggi Palace discusses “Natasha’s Dance” with Orlando Figes and John Kampfner. Aminatta Forna talks about “The Global Soul and the Search for Home” with Pico Iyer,  Abraham Verghese, Laleh Kabreh and...
Beirut.com, May 9, 2013
...part of the Hay Festival, 392RMEIL393 is hosting a debate with Fawaz Traboulsi, Helena Kennedy, Hanif Kureishi and John Kampfner. Many people consider freedom of expression as a universal right that must not be compromised. In an age of cultural...
Asian Global Impact, May 9, 2013
...the survivors of Sri Lanka’s hidden war and the government censorship that prevented reporting of the conflict. John Kampfner is Adviser to Google on freedom of expression and culture. He is former Chief Executive of Index on Censorship and was...
Mail Online UK, May 3, 2013
...public has a right to know who's charged with a crime. This police secrecy insults democracy By John Kampfner Ye Yes, in the end it was a small spat that was sorted out quickly. But the refusal by Warwickshire police to name one of its officers...
Guardian.co.uk, May 3, 2013
...witnesses' or, indeed, victims' evidence will never be heard." And there is also an op-ed piece by John Kampfner in which . He writes:"The worst form of abuse of power is when the forces of law and order see their job as not just dispensing the law, but...
Guardian.co.uk, May 3, 2013
...Hall was a cunning philanderer. P7 Why TV is a thing of the past (says YouTube boss). P13 John Kampfner: Public has right to know who's charged with a crime. P14 Sky boss dismisses threat from BT Sport. P91 Daily Express Stuart Hall admits sexual...
The Sydney News, May 2, 2013
...Yes, in the end it was a small spat that was sorted out quickly. But the refusal by Warwickshire police to name one of its officers charged with stealing from the force was not just worrying on its own account: the decision highlights an alarming trend...
Tajikistan News.net, May 2, 2013
...Yes, in the end it was a small spat that was sorted out quickly. But the refusal by Warwickshire police to name one of its officers charged with stealing from the force was not just worrying on its own account: the decision highlights an alarming trend...