Independent Voices 5x15: Ruby Wax on free speech and mental health

Thursday 07 July 2011 18:24 BST
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With phone hacking, injunctions, super-injunctions, libel, the Arab Spring, Twitter privacy and Google in China all high on the public agenda, the issue of Free Speech – and its limits – has never been more pertinent.

From the inaugural Independent Voices 5x15 event from The Independent, Ruby Wax talks about free speech and mental health.

Watch more speeches from Independent Voices 5x15 here.

5x15 is an innovative format that features five speakers talking about their ideas and passions in – as the name suggests – 15 minutes. For this special Independent Voices 5x15, people who have been involved in the conversation about Free Speech took to the stage telling their stories and setting out their diverse positions.

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