Ulster Unionist Party Leader Mike Nesbitt MLA has welcomed the decision by Queen’s University to reverse a previous decision not to host a seminar on Charlie Hebdo this summer.
Mr Nesbitt said;
“I welcome this common sense move which means that the seminar will now be hosted at Queen’s.
“It is important that an organisation which enjoys such international renown as Queen’s should be seen to stand up for the promotion of freedom of speech, a key component of any democracy.
“I also welcome the fact that Queen’s has shown the corporate courage to tackle sensitive and controversial and potentially divisive issues.
“I congratulate the Vice-Chancellor Patrick Johnston. I sense this was an internal hiccup and the Vice-Chancellor moved as quickly as possible to restore the good name of both Queen’s and Northern Ireland to the wider world.”