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Invitation to the awards ceremony and launch by the anthology "Digital Life – New words about gaming"

September 1 2016

Fritt Ord invites the public to the launch of the computer game anthology “Digital Life – New words about gaming” and to the awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, at 8 p.m. at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine.

Invitation to the awards ceremony and launch by the anthology "Digital Life – New words about gaming"

September 1 2016

Fritt Ord invites the public to the launch of the computer game anthology “Digital Life – New words about gaming” and to the awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, at 8 p.m. at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine.

Fritt Ord launches anthology about computer games

August 24 2016

Fritt Ord invites the public to the launch of the computer game anthology “Digital Life – new words about gaming” and to the awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, at 8 p.m. at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology, Industry and Medicine The 10 texts that are accepted will be published at digitaleliv.no, one each day, from 23 August to 1 September.

Freedom of expression losing ground in the world of academia

August 22 2016

Universities and colleges have been among the most tolerant locations for critical debates and discourse. That is in the process of changing rapidly – without the phenomenon having attracted attention in Norway:
On US campuses, the tolerance for freedom of expression is being reduced and censorship of reading lists and lecturers is spreading in the wake of numerous student campaigns. In Turkey, thousands of university employees were fired after the attempted coup in July. The University of Cape Town in South Africa recently cancelled an invitation to Flemming Rose to deliver a keynote address because they thought it would be “provocative”. In Europe, the demand for “trigger warnings” in respect of art and syllabus literature is gaining momentum.

Call for the Autumn 2016 applications to the Perspektivy programme is now open

August 14 2016

We warmly invite mid-career journalists with over three years experience to apply for the series of workshops on “Reporting skills in the digital era” organised by the professional development programme ‘Perspektivy’. The workshops aim to develop skills on news repoting and how best to promote it in the challenging environment of the digital era.

Senior Advisor - 1 year position at the Fritt Ord Foundation

August 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation have an open position as senior advisor in the administration from September 2016.

World premier of 'The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes' at the House of Film

June 25 2016

Press release
Oslo, 24 June 2016

Language as culture

June 22 2016

Grants for library literature programmes, 2016–17

What are taboos?

June 21 2016

Fritt Ord, Index on Censorship and the Free Word Centre invite the public to an evening with conversations on taboos on Tuesday, 21 June 2016, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Fritt Ord’s premises in Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo.

Stipends 2016

June 17 2016

PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, 17 June 2016

Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute

June 16 2016

Loveleen Rihel Brenna and Walid al-Kubaisi were awarded the Freedom of Expression Foundation Tribute on Thursday 16 June 2016.

The Freedom to Be Racist?

June 8 2016

On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.

The Freedom to Be Racist?

June 8 2016

On Wednesday June 8, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Institute for Social Research are hosting a debate on freedom of expression and racism at the Fritt Ord offices in Uranienborgveien 2, 0258 Oslo.

The Middle East: World Crisis?

June 4 2016

The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.

The Middle East: World Crisis?

June 4 2016

The New York Review of Books Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswertige Politik are organising a two-day conference in Berlin on the current political and economic situation in the Middle East.

Black Metal and freedom of expression – extreme expressions encounter extreme attitudes

June 2 2016

The Fritt Ord Foundation and Gammaglimt invite the public to a screening of the documentary film BLACKHEARTS, followed by a panel discussion on Thursday, 2 June 2016 at 7 p.m. at Uranienborgveien 2, Oslo. The panel consists of Sina Winter, Black Metal artist from Iran and the main character in the documentary, Kristian Eivind Espedal AKA Gaahl, former vocalist in the Black Metal band Gorgoroth, currently with the band Gaahl’s Wyrd, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran Human Rights, Jan Lothe Eriksen, SafeMuse and Fredrik Horn Akselsen, director.