Submitted on Wednesday 20th April 2016
Rejected on Monday 25th April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Prevent government censorship of scientific reaserch
Recently, The Guardian published an article on how "many British scientists will soon be blocked from speaking out on key issues affecting the UK – from climate change to embryo research and from animal experiments to flood defences." This has already happened in Canada, and is not right.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/17/britains-scientists-must-not-be-gagged
http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/state-funded-british-scientists-may-soon-be-unable-speak-freely-about-their-research
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