Etiket: Freedom
Funded by the Council of Europe | France denounces campaign celebrating “freedom in the hijab”
(Strasbourg) A campaign celebrating diversity and “freedom in the hijab”, launched last week by the Council of Europe, has sparked heated controversy in France. After a protest from the French…
Responsible freedom | The duty
Is freedom of expression absolute? Should we favor a permissive and broad approach rather than a restrictive one, lest political, legal or financial pressures end up compromising this fundamental value?…
Press freedom in Mexico and Syria at the heart of Reporters Without Borders peoples’ tribunal
This Tuesday, November 2 marks the international day for the fight against impunity for crimes committed against journalists. Since 1992, more than 2,000 have died and 9 times out of…
The film “A Revision”: freedom to dialogue
In a CEGEP in Montreal, Étienne teaches philosophy, that of Spinoza in particular. Passionate, he loves his subject as much as his students. But one day, one of them, Nacira,…
Kabul | A beauty salon last oasis of freedom for women
(Kabul) It is one of the last places in Kabul where women can meet outside their homes, a bubble of freedom and even frivolity where all daring is still allowed.…
Freedom Against Itself | The duty
Individual rights are a flagship of our liberal societies. I wouldn’t want to live in a system that tramples on them. However, certain situations cast doubt on the political viability…
Georges Brassens, a lesson in freedom
In 1952, when Georges Brassens recorded his first records, Bad reputation and Beware of the gorilla clashed head-on with the morals of the bigots of the time. So much so…
School for freedom, against obscurantism
As recently recalled by several media around the world, children’s books, in particular Tintin and Lucky Luke, were burned and then buried in Ontario, Canada, in a “flame cleansing ceremony”…
Trends: going on vacation in a van, a quest for freedom
Posted the 06/13/2021 9:27 PM Update the 06/13/2021 9:40 PM Video length: 3 min. FRANCE 3 Article written by AC.Le Sann, F. Badaire, G. Gongis – France 3 France Televisions…
the picnic, an air of rediscovered freedom
Posted the 07/23/2021 10:01 PM Update the 07/23/2021 10:02 PM Video length: 3 min. France 2 Article written by M. Gatoux, I. Delion, L. Le Moigne, X. Roman, A. Paillasse,…
Freedom of expression or hate speech? Netflix in turmoil
Netflix found itself immersed in a heated debate over freedom of expression in the United States after the airing of a show by famous comedian Dave Chappelle deemed transphobic by…