18FEBRUARY

The Winners of “Prix Mémorial” 2018

For its first edition the Prix Mémorial, “United Sketches” International, received 934 drawings from seventy-six countries. Two awards for press cartoons and human rights were awarded on February 11, 2018. The International Cartoon Award for Human Rights [3000 Euros] was awarded to Jiho (France). The International jury composed of Kianoush Ramezani [President], Stéphane Grimaldi, Pascal Lemaître, Carolin Olivier, Patrick Nicolle.The winner cartoon was published in Marianne, […]

16FEBRUARY

Turkey, once again, fight against freedom of press

  Libex publish the Reporter Without Boarders communiqué, condividing fully the content: Turkish court sentences three journalists to life imprisonment Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the sentences of life imprisonment with no possibility of a pardon that an Istanbul court passed on three well-known journalists today, in what has been a terrible day […]

14FEBRUARY

Valentine’s day and freedom of expression

Of Roman origin, linked to ritual practices related to the cycle of nature, to the celebration of purification and fertility, the lupercalia, celebrated between the 13th and the 15th of February, was banned by the Catholic church in 494 and replaced by two other feasts, one to celebrate the purification (candlemas) and the other to […]

12FEBRUARY

Should one talk with national populists?

While the electoral campaign in Italy focuses on national-populists, anti-migrants and xenofobic themes instead of speaking about the real problems of the country (public debt, unprodctivity of the productive sector, population ageing and problem of sustaining the welfare system, insufficent research investments, young people disoccupation, mafia, corruption, ecc.) in the Nordic countries infuriates a democratic […]

10FEBRUARY

Kianoush, award-winner in Angoulême Festival

KIANOUSH (KIANOUSH RAMEZANI), member of the Scientific Council of the LIBREXPRESSION Centre, has received the prize of artistic courage, entitled “Couilles au Cul 2018” (French vulgar expression to qualify a person with great courage) prize of the Angoulême comic book festival. A provocative title for a prize for boldness and bravery. The organizers of this […]

07FEBRUARY

Freedom indexes, but which liberties?

For the third consecutive year, the Cato Institute in the United States, the Fraser Institute in Canada – two “think-tanks” of the libertarian right and the liberal institute of the Friedrich-Naumann Foundation in Germany – publish their “Human freedom Index 2017” which paints a comprehensive picture of individual, civil and economic liberties in the world. […]

05FEBRUARY

Welcome in Italy to Erdogan, freedom protector

Monday, February 5, Turkish President  Erdogan is on an official visit to Rome, to encounter Pope Francis, President Mattarella, Prime Minister Gentiloni and above all a delegation of Italian businessmen. With him, an escort of 54 armed agents, a small armoured car with a canon to travel in Rome, while Italy mobilized 3,500 men to […]

04FEBRUARY

Ramses Morales Exhibition in Switzerland

Ramses is member of the Scientific council of the Center LIBREXPRESSION. Libex is therefore very happy to announce his personal exhibition in St Gallen (Switzerland) from the 9th of February to the 4th of March. Ramses will present his political cartoons of the year 2017. Short Biography Ramsés Morales Isquierdo was born in 1970 in […]

03FEBRUARY

Advertising, religion and freedom of expression

In its judgement of the case Sekmadienitis Ltd v. Lithuania (n ° 69317/14), of 31 January 2018, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), unanimously decided, that Lithuania had violated article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the European Convention of Human rights. It provoked negative reaction in Italy, specifically from the LEGA, which […]

31JANUARY

From Carmen murdered to Carmen murderess

Carmen revised and corrected at the Florence Opera (January 2018) In their version of Bizet’s work, director Leo Muscato and Florenc’s theater Dario Nardella decided to spare Carmen, making her the murderer of Don José. According to them, it is a “cultural, social and ethical message, which denounces violence against women, increased in Italy. A […]