IFJ Conference ‘Journalism in the Shadow of Terror Laws'

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York and Washington, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) are organising an international conference on ' Journalism in the Shadow of Terror Laws' in Brussels on 10 -11 September 2011.

Aim: To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, discuss the impact of anti-terror legislation on civil liberties and the work of journalists and to examine the way forward.

Where: Residence Palace, International Press Centre
Polak Room,
Rue de la Loi 155
1040 Brussels

(Nearest Metro/train Schman)

Speakers include :
Sami Al Haj; Al Jazeera journalist imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for six years

Moaiad Al Lami, President, Iraqi Journalists' Union

Kamel Amarni, Acting General Secretary, Algerian Journalists' Union SNJ

Claude Angeli, Editor, Le Canard Enchaîné

Tony Bunyan, Director, Statewatch,

Jim Boumelha, President, International Federation of Journalists

Agnes Callamard, Executive Director, Article XIX

Beth Costa, General Secretary, International Federation of Journalists

Antonio Elorzacan, Contributor at El Pais and teacher at Universidad Complutense

Gilles De Kerschove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (TBC)

Hervé Guesquières, Reporter, France, former hostage in Afghanistan (TBC)

Niels Lunde, former Editor-in-Chief of Berlingske Tidende, Denmark -prosecuted and acquitted in 2006 (TBC)

Arne König, President, European Federation of Journalists

Shiv Malik, Times, British investigative journalist

Roberto Natale, FNSI, Italy, member of EFJ Steering Committee.

Details at:

http://www.ifj.org/en/pages/ifj-conference-on-journalism-in-the-shadow-of-terror-laws#Rg