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Pirita Näkkäläjärvi: Hate Speech and Indigenous People Sámi
Freedom of speech of indigenous peoples and hate speech towards indigenous peoples has not been widely studied. Academic literature on...

Joy Hyvärinen: Artistic freedom of expression
Questions related to freedom of expression can be controversial and challenging. Artistic freedom of expression can be especially challenging. Art...

Nataliya Teramae: The Shell of a Snail
Read the Essay by Nataliya Teramae in Ukrainian. When you emigrate to a foreign country, you automatically start looking for...

Joy Hyvärinen: Does Finland need a commission on freedom of expression?
The freedom of expression commission appointed by the Norwegian government in 2020 has recently published its report (read the report...

Peter Mickwitz: Örnulf Tigerstedt, right-wing radical and president of PEN Finland
Panem et Circenses. Let me toast to your freedom your eight-hour workday, your cultivated soul, your progress and your other...

Judyth Hill: Wage peace
Author and active PEN International member Judyth Hill is visiting Finland’s PEN 5-11.5. In addition to his commitment to freedom...

Joy Hyvärinen: Freedom of expression, limits and forgotten groups
It can be challenging to defend freedom of expression. You have to be ready to also defend the right of...

Nataliya Teramae: How we brought up a dictator
Artists do have the gift of prophesying. For Ulf Stark’s book ‘The Dictator’ Linda Bondestam created a picture of a...

Joy Hyvärinen: Controversial copyright law on its way
Finland, like other EU countries, needs to change its legislation to take account of the EU’s new copyright directive (DSM...

Samay Hamed: For the last American soldier
For the last American soldier: Goodbye General Greet your daughter from the girls of Kabul Tell her about the colorful...

Siarhej Budkin: 35 000 shots in 10 months
Shot 1 The border between two countries. A plot of land in the borderland is well ploughed to see whether...

Ak Welsapar: Love in Lilac
A novella The sun rose higher and in the lilac garden everything was painfully familiar. Arslan had only to close...

Kianoush Ramezani: Freedom after Expression: a new challenge
In 2006, I was invited to give a speech about Muhammad Cartoons and freedom of speech, at the Central European...

Ale Díaz: My Odyssey in the Migration System
My name is Alejandro Díaz Ortiz, I am a Puerto Rican artist, musician, songwriter, graphic designer and a filmmaker who...

Claudia Morales: Erlin Mejía – Walking the refugee’s destiny
Erlin Armando Mejia Andino landed in Sweden three years ago, he is a 25 years old Honduran-born human rights activist...

Joonas Maristo: Sananvapaus ja vastuu – tutkijan paikka vapaana?
Koronakriisi on opettanut meille ainakin kaksi asiaa. Ensinnäkin, maailma voi muuttua ja sitä voidaan muuttaa hyvin nopeasti. Toiseksi, kriisin vaikutukset...

Judyth Hill: The Hand That Holds the Pen Can Rock the World
I believe in Writers. Because we can speak softly and loudly and not carry a big stick. Because we can...

Yaseen Ghaleb: Cc: NO BODY
Cc: NO BODY 2020, Yaseen Ghaleb 1 Have you heard the voice of rose? Open your glass ears, release your...

Tom Dodd: The UK is committed to promoting the rights of LGBT people
The UK is widely recognised as a global champion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights. We are committed...

Veera Tyhtilä: Sananvapaus ja oikeistopopulismi
Niihin aikoihin, yli vuosikymmen sitten, keskustelin erään tuttavaporukan kanssa usein libertarismista. Erityisesti oikeistolibertarismista, eli ideologiasta, joka kannattaa henkilökohtaista ja taloudellista...