Conference

Human Rights on the Agenda #mrdagarna2015 November 24, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 9-10 November  there was a conference in Sweden about Human Rights (Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna), a topic closely related to the politics of the Pirate parties around the world. Pirate Times attended in order to take part of some of the panel debates about… Pirate Activist Receives a Flogging in Trafalgar Square August 28, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Topic For the first time since 1830, a man has been flogged in Trafalgar Square. Ray Johansen from Pirate Party Norway received 50 lashes in the center of London. The beating was carried out as …

Human Rights on the Agenda #mrdagarna2015 November 24, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 9-10 November  there was a conference in Sweden about Human Rights (Mänskliga Rättighetsdagarna), a topic closely related to the politics of the Pirate parties around the world. Pirate Times attended in order to take part of some of the panel debates about democracy in Sweden, the new UN development agenda and to find out what happened to the Arab Spring. The Swedish Forum for Human Rights is the biggest Scandinavian forum for human rights. Every year thousands of participants from non-governmental organizations, businesses and authorities as well as teachers, researchers and students take part in …

Freedom of Speech: When Books are Burned… [Bokmässan] October 10, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference This post is also available in: Spanish ‘Bokmässan’ (The book fair) is the largest cultural event in Sweden. With more than 3000 programme events there is plenty to cover. Pirate Times covered part of the conference together with another 1300 journalists present at the conference. ‘The book fair’ is primarily aimed at authors from around the world. It’s a meeting place for many discussions around current events, trends and visions for the future. Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the ‘Swedish Freedom of the Press Act’. Thus, one of the …

The First PPEU Council Meeting: Moving Right Along July 20, 2015 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference This past weekend the PPEU meeting took place in Brussels. This was the first ordinary Council Meeting (General Assembly) of the organization and the main topic was the election of the new board. The founding conference for the European Pirates… Slovenian Pirates Achieved 1.34% in Elections July 15, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election The Slovenian national election took place yesterday. Previously the Pirate Party Slovenia (PPSI) has only taken part in the European Elections, where they achieved 2.57%. This time they achieved 1.34% with 11.579 votes.  As …