The 2018 Global Freedom of Expression Prize Nominations Are Open!
NOMINATIONS FORM IN ENGLISH FORMULARIO DE NOMINACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL The Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Prizes celebrate judicial decisions and legal services around the world…
Pre-trial detention for terrorist charges in Turkey: the case against Cumhuriyet’s journalist Ahmet Şık
Given the daily arrests in Turkey, and the increasing purges against critics and opponents for alleged anti-terrorism offences, it is worth considering the judicial proceedings…
Rabat + Five: Responding Effectively to the Challenges of 2017 and Beyond
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Rabat Plan of Action, Dr. Agnès S. Callamard sent the video address below for the Rabat+5 Symposium organized by the Government of…
Global Freedom of Expression Participated in the Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 22 – 26 October, 2017
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression participated in the Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp (COCONET) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 22 – 26 October, 2017. The camp…
New Podcast Series! Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech
Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express…
Queens World Film Festival: Seven Films Celebrate Freedom of Expression. March 15-25, 2018
Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) celebrates 70 years of the signage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Article 19 that guarantees freedom…
Call for Applications: Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute July 30- August 10
Call for Applications: Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute July 30- August 10 APPLY NOW! The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and…
Pro bono defence for journalists: two legal defence centres fighting for press freedom in Italy
Pro bono defence for journalists: two legal defence centres fighting for press freedom in Italy Ossigeno per l’Informazione and the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties…
Two landmark judgments from Montenegro seeking to end impunity for crimes against journalists
From as far back as when Montenegro gained independence in 2006, the country has had a reputation for being a place where family and other ties were stronger than the requirements of the law, and where…
Vexatious cases hindering investigative journalism in Italy
Amalia De Simone is an Italian investigative journalist. In 2016, she was honoured with the title of Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana (“Knight of the Italian…