Mimeta and ICORN organized WEXFO 2023 Side Event

Tuesday 23 May, 9:45-12:30

Freedom of Expression as a universal human right, a main pillar of democracy and a pre-requisite for artistic creativity, is under threat in our world today.  Carving out a space for free expression has always been a high-cost fight for artists under autocratic rule. Today, that space is contested even in established western democracies that has traditionally provided save havens for prosecuted artists from the global south.