Events
#DefendingFreeSpeech #ThisIsFreedom High-level Discussion and Exhibition Opening
When
1 March 2017 (All day)
Where
La Passerelle, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Organized by
Swedish Institute, Permanent Mission of Sweden in Geneva, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a high-level discussion, along with H.E. Margot Wallström, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Veronika Bard, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN and Heba Aly, Director of IRIN News to officially open the exhibition, Swedish Freedom of the Press Unfolded.
The unique timeline exhibition seeks not only to commemorate an historically unique document, the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act, but also to showcase the sometimes surprising events preceding and following this date.