The Permanent Delegation of Sweden to the OSCE, the Embassy of Sweden in Vienna, the Embassy of Finland in Vienna and the Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OSCE cordially invite you to a panel discussion on the topic of freedom of expression and media freedom followed by a reception on 29th November 2016, in Schwedenhaus Wien (Liechtensteinstr. 51, 1090 Vienna). The exhibition “Swedish Freedom of the Press Unfolded” will be shown.

Panel discussion (Invitation Press Freedom Act)

Time: 18.30-21.00 (doors open at 18.00).

Moderator: Carl Henrik Fredriksson (essayist, literary critic and founder of Eurozine)

Panelists:

Dunja Mijatović (OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media)

Florian Klenk (chief Editor “Falter”)

Elina Grundström (chairperson of the Council for Mass Media, Finland)

Krister Thelin (Chief Justice of Appeal (ret.), former Member of UN Human Rights Committee, Sweden)

We alre celebrating 250 years since the world’s first Press Freedom Act. Media freedom was guaranteed in Sweden and Finland 250 years ago when the Swedish parliament passed the world’s first freedom of the press act in 1766. As we celebrate this anniversary, freedom of expression is under pressure – challenged by state-fuelled propaganda, alleged national security concerns, and attacks against journalists online and offline. Join us in a discussion on how to uphold free speech and press in a changing political and technological environment!