MAKE NOISE
Faces of Free Expression
THE ONLY WAY TO COUNTER REPRESSION IS BY REVEALING IT.
-Ahmed Mansoor
An engineer, poet and father of four, Mansoor is the United Arab Emirates’ most celebrated human-rights activist. In 2018, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He is being kept in solitary confinement.
About the Exhibit
The International Free Expression Project is presenting the "Faces" exhibit in partnership with IFEX, a global network of more than 100 non-governmental organisations committed to promoting and defending the right to freedom of expression. It is being displayed here in virtual form and in physical form on the facade of the former Post-Gazette newspaper building in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh, as illustrated at the top of this page.
IFEX launched their “Faces of Free Expression” campaign to encourage people to defend free expression by sharing the stories of some who do — people who work to secure the right to information, or make it safer for journalists to do their jobs, or expand room for civil society, or hold public officials accountable, or ensure space for artistic creativity. Their tenacity and sacrifice — and that of thousands of others in this global struggle — are an inspiration.
Hannah Phillips (Piper Creative) © IFEP
A Marketplace of Ideas
IFEP is working to create a "Marketplace of Ideas" in the vast abandoned pressroom of the former Post-Gazette building. Visitors will find an international mix of immersive educational exhibits, makerspaces, artists' markets, performance venues and food and beverage — an explosion of expression.