"The EU continues to develop new instruments to label speech as hateful" - Marianne Driessen

"The EU continues to develop new instruments to label speech as hateful" - Marianne Driessen, Athena Forum In April 2026, Féile an Phobail (Festival of the People) accepted a proposal from Women's Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN_NI) to hold a panel event 'Respect, Rights & Reality' as part of that year's festival programme. With just two weeks to go before the event, Feile cancelled WRN_NI. You may have seen some press coverage about the attempts that the women of WRN_NI made to have the event reinstated. The event was ultimately held in a Belfast h… Video by YouTube channel.