Boundaries of Expression

The United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade on 24 June 2022, and with it, the right to abortion as a constitutional right. A number of states took immediate action: in South Carolina, moves are underway to make it illegal to provide information about abortion; in Texas, people are being encouraged to spy and report on anyone who offers assistance to people getting an abortion. 

Jo Glanville talks to Quinn McKew, Executive Director for ARTICLE 19, First Amendment expert, lawyer and ARTICLE 19 trustee Bob Latham, and Alexandra Reeve Givens, CEO at the Center for Democracy and Technology, about the attack on reproductive rights, but also on people’s right to access information and to freely express themselves.

Jo Glanville speaks to Ronald Deibert, Director of Citizen Lab, on Pegasus spyware and how targeted surveillance has become the biggest threat to freedom of expression.

Guests: 

Ron Deibert, Director, Citizen Lab

This podcast was recorded on 21 June, before Apple announced it was introducing new protections against spyware and also donating towards funding research.

Jo Glanville speaks to three experts about the government's plans to reform the Human Rights Act, asking how freedom of expression may be affected.

Guests: 
Quinn McKew, Executive Director, ARTICLE 19
Jun Pang, Policy and Campaigns Officer, Liberty
Lizzie Greene, Group Legal Advisor, Associated Newspapers 

In the second podcast in ARTICLE 19's series 'Boundaries of Expression', journalist and editor Jo Glanville talks to Patricia Meléndez, head of civic space at ARTICLE 19, Gully Bujak, action planner at Extinction Rebellion, and Glacier Kwong, a political activist from Hong Kong about the threats to protest and how to protect a fundamental democratic right. 

The podcast was recorded in London on 20 January 2022.

In the first of ARTICLE 19’s podcasts exploring the limits and challenges to freedom of expression, journalist and writer Jo Glanville talks to María De Vecchi Gerli, right to truth and accountability co-ordinator for ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, Satko Mujagić, a survivor of Omarska concentration camp, currently working at the European Commission,  and Sandra Peake, Chief Executive of WAVE Trauma Centre in Northern Ireland, about why the truth matters and what it takes to fight against impunity.