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
Robert Sharp is the Head of Campaigns & Communications at English PEN, the writers charity promoting literature and defending free speech. He was a founding director of the digital design agency Fifty Nine Productions, and also designed the Liberal Conspiracy website. Follow him via @robertsharp59 on Twitter, or visit his eponymous blog.
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