Panel discussion on press freedom “Under Threat”

BONN · The public is invited to an International Academia and Press Freedom panel discussion on the importance of freedom of research and opinion. It will be held at Deutsche Welle. Registration is required by January 18.

On January 25, it will be the anniversary of the revolution in Egypt and the day in 2016 when Giulio Regeni, a PhD student from Cambridge University disappeared, only to be found dead later, with signs of torture. How to encourage independent research when journalists or academics are oppressed, tortured or even killed is the theme of an upcoming evening at Deutsche Welle.

A panel discussion will be held about the importance of freedom in researching and freedom of opinion. Panelists will include: Enno Aufderheide, Secretary General, Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Wafaa El-Badry, Journalist, Deutsche Welle, DW Arabic, and Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ugur, Univ. of Greenwich Business School, London.

The event is at 5 pm at Deutsche Welle, Kurt-Schumacher Str. 3 on January 25. It will be followed by a small reception. Registration per e-mail is required by January 18: event@dw.com

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