Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Karima Bennoune is the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights; Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, and a former Amnesty International Legal Advisor. She won the 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her book, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. Professor Bennoune gave the TED Talk: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism. Follow her on twitter @KarimaBennoune
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Published in: 50.50The truth about Charlie: one year after the 7 January attacksThe Charlie Hebdo attack one year ago was part of a long tradition of fundamentalist assaults on artists....
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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: 50.50Sabeen Mahmud: “I stand up for what I believe in, but I can’t fight guns”Sabeen Mahmud alleviated intellectual poverty until the day she was murdered, 24 April 2015. In an interview with...
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Published in: 50.50Tunisia's fight against fundamentalism: an interview with Amel Grami
In conversations with Karima Bennoune, Tunisian intellectual Amel Grami shares her analysis of the political crisis...
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Published in: 50.50Opposing political Islam in Tunisia: Mohamed Brahmi's widow speaks out
On the first anniversary of Mohamed Brahmi’s assassination, his widow, Mbarka Brahmi, denounces fundamentalism and...
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Published in: 50.50"Support the right to make fun of extremists": an interview with Caroline Fourest
We are facing a political threat, a totalitarian Islamist threat that manifests in terrorism. Journalists are...