Support Press Freedom by Reading The Forbidden Times
This newspaper contains content forbidden or deemed dangerous to publish in some parts of the world.
Sunday, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day, a day to honor those who advocate for free expression and to emphasize that press freedom remains at risk in many regions.
It demands our attention. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, Narvesen partners with PEN Norway, the Nobel Peace Center, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and Amedia to publish The Forbidden Times, a newspaper featuring content that faces bans or censorship in its countries of origin.
On Thursday, April 30, The Forbidden Times will be distributed as a supplement in 52 of Amedia’s newspapers, reaching 120,000 households, just days before World Press Freedom Day.
The paper contains banned articles, letters, poems, and drawings from courageous people who have endured, or currently face, harsh punishment for exposing or documenting the realities they experience.
The paper contains banned articles, letters, poems, and drawings from courageous people who have endured, or currently face, harsh punishment for exposing or documenting the realities they experience.
Where press freedom dies, democracy slowly dies with it. While we read this newspaper freely, people are imprisoned for what they have written. The Forbidden Times reminds us that press freedom is not a given; it must be defended every single day.
The newspaper highlights a wide range of challenges facing the press today, from the dangers of reporting in Gaza to banned cartoons in Russia, the killing of journalists in Ukraine, imprisonment in Hong Kong, Iran, and Turkey, as well as persecution and exile in Eritrea and censorship in Venezuela.
PEN Norway has contributed to the development and production of the newspaper, including sourcing texts from writers, editors, and cartoonists such as Haile Bizen, Mark Clifford, and Khalid Albaih. The publication also features an exchange of letters between two of PEN Norway’s honorary members, Narges Mohammadi and İlhan Sami Çomak, as well as work by PEN Norway’s Ossietzky Prize laureate Sami Abu Salem from Gaza.
By reading The Forbidden Times, you stand with those who continue to defend press freedom worldwide. Your support brings essential stories into the light and strengthens the fight for free expression.
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