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Members of the Belgian police sealed off the entrance to the venue, not allowing anyone to enter on day one of the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
In Brussels and at USC, speech is shut down on spurious grounds.
By Oliver Wiseman
04.17.24 — U.S. Politics
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In Brussels yesterday, police shut down a gathering of prominent European right-wingers after the local mayor banned the event to “ensure public security.” 

Speakers at the National Conservatism Conference included Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, Brexit standard-bearer Nigel Farage, French politician Éric Zemmour, and Suella Braverman, who was, un…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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