Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Houman Barekat is a writer and critic. He has reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement, the Spectator, the Tablet and the New Internationalist. He lives in London, and tweets: @HoumanBarekat.
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