Raif Badawi Talk 2024 - Stream on Demand

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the German Publishers & Booksellers Association are pleased to invite you to the Raif Badawi Talk.

The panel discussion will focus on the impact of digitalization when wielded by autocratic regimes against journalists through surveillance and the public by mudding the waters with disinformation. Digitalization has made many services affordable and available that were once exclusive and expensive. The increased flow of information was seen as a huge opportunity to make the world a better place. Unfortunately, oppressive regimes have learnt to use digitalization for their own purposes. Disinformation and propaganda are flooding across all media and surveillance tools like "Pegasus" are being used against journalists. How do journalists cope with this new threat and how can journalism help the public to become more resilient against disinformation and other means of control?

The Raif Badawi Talk is a panel discussion with courageous journalist and part of the Foundation’s commitment to support independent and impartial journalism and freedom of expression worldwide. It is named after the famous Saudi journalist and blogger who spent ten year in prison. We are honored to host Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, during this year’s Raif Badawi Talk.

Guests

Hanène Zbiss
Tunisia based investigative Journalist, winner of the Raif Badawi Award 2019

Andrei Soldatov
is an investigative journalist, co-founder (together with Irina Borogan), and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities.

Irina Borogan
is an investigative journalist, co-founder (together with Andrei Soldatov), and editor of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities.

Scott Griffen
is the interim executive director of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists, and publishers dedicated to defending press freedom and independent journalism.