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The Grey Zone: space that gives us freedom is under threat
In recent years, a Middle East-based organisation has been thinking about what it calls “the Grey Zone”.
The term refers to the pluralist, open, multicultural space that is fundamental to the way a functioning democratic society works.
- Peter Greste
- Brisbane Times
The Grey Zone allows us to live alongside different faiths without killing one another; it is the space that means we can have robust political debates without punching each other in the nose.
It is the space defined by a robust defence of free speech.
The idea of the Grey Zone is absolutely central to a free press.
An effective media can’t work without it…