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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Barbican apologises after asking speaker to avoid topic of ‘free Palestine’

The Barbican centre in London
The Barbican centre said that its warning to Elias Anastas was a ‘serious error of judgment’. Photograph: Alamy

The Barbican has apologised after asking a Palestinian speaker to avoid discussing “free Palestine” at length during an event, calling the intervention “unacceptable and a serious error of judgment”.

Last week Elias Anastas, a co-founder of the Palestine-based Radio Alhara, was invited to deliver a livestreamed talk remotely on the radical possibilities of radio, exploring how broadcasting could be used as a tool of subversion.

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