“’Google before you Tweet’ is the new ‘think before you speak.’” Mark Belinksy, Founder and Co-director of Digital Democracy
“2011: it is the year of human rights!” Eric Betterman, Director General of Deutsche Welle
“Human rights are a transformative part of history. When people lined up at the Berlin Wall, it was in a quest for freedom.” Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
“In the last 20 years, human rights have become a truly global language. It speaks volumes. It makes a conference like this much more meaningful because we speak a common language — we have a common understanding.” Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
“The existence of free media is essential to upholding human rights.” Dr. Angelica Schwall-Düren, Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and the Media, State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
“We should spread the names of courageous journalists. The more popular a journalist is, the less courage human rights violators have to harm him or her.” Jürgen Nimptsch, Mayor of Bonn
“Social media is very important, but overstated. Internet access is still limited in some areas.” Nabila Hamza, President of the Foundation for the Future
“There is no freedom without freedom of speech.” Marc Koch, Editor-in-Chief, Deutsche Welle
Collected by Bianca Consunji
