19-11-2007 / Britain
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Britain - Oxford union faces boycott over Irving
The British defense secretary and at least three other lawmakers canceled appearances at Oxford University's debating society because of a speaking invitation made to David Irving, a historian once jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust.
Defense Secretary Des Browne and the other officials decided not to speak at the Oxford Union when they learned Irving and Nick Griffin, head of the far-right British National Party, were invited to a forum on free speech.
The Free Speech Forum is planned for Nov. 26. Neither Browne nor the other members of Parliament were invited to attend that event, but were scheduled to speak before the Oxford Union on other days.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Date: November 19, 2007
By Kate Schuman
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