For September’s edition of “Portraits of FoE Defenders,” Marija Šajkaš, CGFoE’s Senior Communications Manager, is in conversation with El Veinte Co-Founder Emmanuel Vargas Penagos on…
KEYNOTE SPEECH WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY JAKARTA ACADEMIC CONFERENCE ON SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS May 3, 2017 Many warm thanks to the organisers of the academic…
February 14th marked the first anniversary of the deadly attack against a free speech debate in Copenhagen, which left one person dead. This individual was killed by an Islamist seemingly intent on…
Global Magnitsky Awards Outstanding Human Rights Activist Presented To Loujain al-Hathloul Agnès Callamard Director of Columbia University Global Freedom of Expression United Nations Special…
As part of CGFoE’s interview series “Portraits of FoE Defenders,” we are featuring one of the world’s most prominent journalists and press freedom advocates: Maria…
A new advisory report published today by the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom chaired by Lord Neuberger and Amal Clooney finds that journalists face unprecedented risks to…
In June 2010, Kyrgyzstan’s Southern region experienced horrific inter-ethnic violence between Kyrgyz and Uzbek groups. Some foreign voices who attempted to shed light on the…
Presentation by Andrei Richter, Director Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Justice for Free Expression conference at Columbia University, New York,…
Introduction The year 2018 marked the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). This anniversary provided an opportunity to examine the challenges…
This report was originally published by SMEX and is re-posted here with permission and thanks. Egyptian authorities are arresting an increasing number of women on…
