The International Press Institute and the Center for International Legal Studies recently held a conference in Vienna, Austria, about hate speech, one of the most controversial subjects confronting the international press freedom movement.

With the title, "War on Words: Terrorism, Media and the Law," the conference attracted more than 150 journalists, human rights lawyers and advocates, and counter-terrorism experts from throughout the world.

The International Press Institute and the Center for International Legal Studies recently held a conference in Vienna, Austria, about hate speech, one of the most controversial subjects confronting the international press freedom movement.

With the title, "War on Words: Terrorism, Media and the Law," the conference attracted more than 150 journalists, human rights lawyers and advocates, and counter-terrorism experts from throughout the world.

Reston, VA, USA, December 5, 2008 — Floyd Abrams, Esq., considered America’s most distinguished legal defender of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, is to deliver the World Press Freedom Committee’s 20th Annual Andersen-Ottaway Lecture on Global Communications Issues, at the United Nations, on December 9, 2008 -- the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Article 19, widely viewed as “the world’s First Amendment.”

Reston, USA, Oct. 30, 2008 — In an effort to protect and advance the human rights of freedom of expression and privacy, a diverse coalition of leading information and communications companies, major human rights organizations —including the World Press Freedom Committee— academics, investors and technology leaders today launched the Global Network Initiative.

The World Press Freedom Committee has just published the companion book to its “Beijing Olympics 2008: Winning Press Freedom” conference held in Paris, April 18-19. The book contains presentations and comments by some of the world’s most renowned experts in the field of human rights in China, especially about press freedom and the lack thereof in that country. Such experts include Jean-Philippe Béja, Research Director of the International Relations Studies Center in Paris; Dr.