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Every year, May 3rd is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and...

Event - 20 April 2012 (created)

Tagged: Event, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information

[PDF] Introduction Precisely on the day the first words of this Spotlight were written, a newspaper story reported that in a court in Tomsk, Siberia, state prosecutors have filed a case...

Publication - 4 January 2012 (created)

Tagged: Freedom of expression, Freedom to read, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Dear colleagues, Due to unexpectedly low registration, the 2011 FAIFE Satellite Meeting (Intellectual Freedom in a Changing World) scheduled for 10-12 August 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida has...

News - 8 July 2011 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Conferences, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Knowledge society, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The third issue of the FAIFE Newsletter has just been released in preparation for the upcoming IFLA Annual Conference which will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Please enjoy it and...

News - 30 June 2011 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Best practice, Conferences, Development, Freedom of expression, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

A brand new FAIFE Spotlight is now available and awaits to be read through! It offers a comprehensive analysis of the situation in Egypt and Tunisia in January 2011 and the role of...

News - 31 March 2011 (created)

Tagged: Egypt, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Tunisia, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

In December 2010 Hungary's Parliament passed a law which threatens fines on media who engage in "unbalanced coverage".   The following article written by FAIFE Chair Kai Ekholm...

Publication - 18 February 2011 (created)

Tagged: Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

It's an honour to share with you the direct diary from Dr. Shawky Salem, a member of the FAIFE Committee from Egypt. Shawky's report of the last 18 days makes compelling reading, I urge...

News - 12 February 2011 (created)

Tagged: Announcement, Cultural heritage, Egypt, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

[PDF] Introduction WikiLeaks is an international non-profit organization working for transparency which publishes news leaks based on their ethical, historical and political significance....

Publication - 18 January 2011 (created)

Tagged: Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Publications, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

Today has been released the very first issue of the FAIFE Newsletter.  It contains 17 pages of news about the domain where freedom of expression and human rights intersect, especially...

News - 22 October 2010 (created)

Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Freedom of expression, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)

The IFLA Senior Policy Advisor, Stuart Hamilton, is attending the Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania between the 14th and 17th September. Reports from the sessions, photographs and...

News - 14 September 2010 (created)

Tagged: Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)