Freedom of Expression
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Every fall at the Nobel Peace Center we end each years Peace Prize with a conference and festival. Through each year we invite to events related to that years Peace Prize, including Nobel Peace Talks and educational events for schools. In 2021 we arranged the Freedom of Expression Conference and Festival of celebration of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
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In 2021 the journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitrij Muratov received the Nobel Peace Prize. In the Freedom of Expression Conference and Festival we threw light upon the subjects relating the Peace Prize and put in place an action plan to defend the freedom of the press. There were approximately 200 physical participans at the conference and 30 000 participants digitally – from 12 countries. At the conference we had speakers such as Maria Ressa, Frances Haugen Peter Pomaratsev and a number of other speakers.
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"I left the conference with fresh inspiration to do really something."
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After the conference we held the festival outside the Nobel Peace Center. The main stage displayed dance and music while the tent held discussions and workshops. At 3kt we invited to jazz dance, hip hop, ballet, spoken word and techno as well as thematic speakers, Minecraft gaming, art auction and much more.
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As a result of the Peace Prize year and the conference Maria Ressa presented a plan of action that suggests 10 actions to support independent journalism and to counteract disinformation, hate speech and propaganda in social media. The plan of action was signed by Maria Ressa and Dimitrij Muratov, as well as 9 other Peace Prize laureates, including Juan Manuel Santos, Tawakkol Karman and Amnesty.
To this date, over a hundred people and organisations have supported the plan and signed!
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Take a look into the Peace Prize year of 2021/2022:
NOBEL PEACE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL
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