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    Streaming live this evening: whistle-blower conference in New York Archived Message

    Posted by margo on October 15, 2019, 8:02 pm

    Link https://whistleblowingnetwork.org/News-Events/Events/Archive/Press-Freedom-National-Security-and-Whistleblower.aspx

    Press Freedom, National Security and Whistleblowers: From Julian Assange to the White House

    The Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, the Courage Foundation, the Knight First Amendment Institute, and the Open Society Justice Initiative is hosting this panel discussion between 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm on Tuesday 15 October 2019 at Columbia University.

    The panel will discuss Edward Snowden’s exile, Chelsea Manning’s imprisonment, espionage charges against Julian Assange, recent raids on reporters offices by Australian authorities and Trump labelling whistleblowers as traitors and debate the ramifications of these cases on press freedoms and freedom of expression.

    Panellists include:

    Agnes Callamard - Director of Columbia Global Freedom of Expression; UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions

    Sandra Coliver - Senior Managing Legal Officer for Freedom of Information, Expression, Assembly & Association at the Open Society Justice Initiative

    Carrie DeCell - Staff Attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute

    Nancy Hollander - Attorney at Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias & Ward P.A.; Associate Tenant at London’s Doughty Street Chambers

    Nils Melzer
    - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow

    The panel discussion will be live-streamed on Twitter by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression @ColumbiaGFOE

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