Teresa Widlok
Short vita
Teresa Widlok is a lawyer specializing in media law and is the head of the Global Themes Division of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. The Global Themes Division is a think tank unit of the Foundation in the Research and Political Strategy Department and coordinates the Foundation's work on globally relevant topics.
Teresa Widlok has previously worked for the Foundation on the topics of civil rights and the rule of law and as a legal advisor. She volunteers with “LOAD e.V.” (association for liberal internet policy) for civil rights in the digital realm and with “Liberale Frauen” for a liberal gender equality policy.
Contributions
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Digital.Press.Freedom.
The Raif Badawi Talk 2024 at the Frankfurt Book Fair highlighted the threats to press freedom, particularly through digital surveillance. Experts warned against authoritarian abuses of power and called for more protection for journalists.
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„Raif Badawi just moved from a small prison to a larger one”
As part of the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, in cooperation with the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, once again hosted the Raif Badawi Talk. With the talk, the Foundation not only commemorates the fate of the blogger Raif Badawi, but also wants to remind of the difficult situation for journalists worldwide. Under this year’s motto "Women.Press.Freedom." not only Ensaf Haidar, Raif Badawi's wife, but two strong female voices had their say on the panel - Nevsin Mengü (Turkish journalist), and Wazhma Tokhi (Afghan publicist and activist).
