'vrijheid van meningsuiting' in E-books en luisterboeken

De vrijheid van meningsuiting is dé basisgarantie van het samen-leven. Sinds de Verlichting leeft dit grondrecht in verstandhouding met die andere grondwettelijke vrijheid, de godsdienstvrijheid. Maar in onze land lijken we die verstandhouding nu kwijt...

Bespreking van verschillende maatschappelijke tendensen en opvattingen die de vrijheid van meningsuiting en open debat verzwakken, in Nederland en in de westerse wereld.

Twee polemische bijdragen aan het multiculturele debat.

Freedom of expression in Honduras has been kidnapped. Those who are afraid of the truth attempt to imprison it in the depths of the earth. Kidnapped seeks to expose the problems for freedom of expression in journalism and literature in Honduras, the for...

In the eyes of the Chinese authorities books are too often Drugs for the Mind. Sofie Sun (1986) chose this remarkable description as the title of her investigation into censorship and literature in the People's Republic of China. She interviewed represe...

Bundel met uiteenlopende columns en essays met als grondtoon de auteurs grenzeloze vertrouwen in de vrijheid van meningsuiting.

Dutch economist and diplomat Peter de Haan describes the worrying increase of censorship and self-censorship in the world. A rising number of journalists, bloggers, and writers can't any longer write as they please; some flee their home country, others...

'State of Nature' and 'State of exception' have become the only two options for the people of Bangladesh recently, where writers, bloggers and publishers are getting killed by Al-Qaeda affiliates and persecuted by the Government. Empowerment of polariza...

Amir Valle (Cuba, 1967) offers a unique analysis of the suppression of freedom of expression in Cuba by Fidel Castro's 'revolutionary' government. From the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 to the 'Raulist Era' of today, he offers a chilling surve...

Press freedom in Turkey is a hot topic. If a (well known) journalist is detained, prosecuted or sacked in Turkey, the news is covered in full in many Western countries. Nevertheless, many articles and reports reveal only a part of what really happens: t...