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UK Minister to present Prize for Freedom
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UK Minister of State for Home Affairs, the Right Honourable Lynne Featherstone MP, will present the 2014 Prize for Freedom to Ms. Waris Dirie in front of a distinguished international audience in the UK Parliament next week.
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Reacting to the sentencing -10 years' imprisonment and 1,000 lashes- of liberal Saudi blogger, Raif Badawi, LI Vice President on the Bureau Baroness Kishwer Falkner has called on the UK government to intensify dialogue with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with regards to freedom of speech.
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Iceland’s liberal Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has announced Sigrún Magnúsdóttir as the new Minister of Environment and Natural Resources. Her appointment makes the Icelandic cabinet, led by LI full member Progressive Party, completely...
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LI full member, Democratic Alliance (DA), has claimed a victory for freedom of speech as the South African Constitutional Court upheld the liberals' claim that the President of South Africa had stolen tax-payers money to fund upgrades to his home.
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Vowing to increase the free movement of peoples and goods and to work closely on security issues, the liberal President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, and the King of Morocco have signed an agreement that will foster economic development in both countries.
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Adding to the final phase of Chile’s democratisation process the liberals of LI member, Partido Liberal de Chile (PLC), have made a historic breakthrough in securing political support to reform of one of the most long-standing aspects of the Pinochet military dictatorship.
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Cuban author and leader of LI full member, Union Liberal Cubana, Carlos Alberto Montaner, has voiced strong criticism of the diplomatic rapprochement between the USA and Cuba that was announced at the turn of the year by US President, Barack Obama.
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The next edition of LI News will follow on 29th January 2015
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