Kevin Boyle - Freedom of Expression in the Developing World

May 15, 1990 - Kevin Boyle, founding director of the London-based organization Article 19, speaking at the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Center, the first lecture in a Forum on Freedom of Expression. Boyle’s address was on the topic “Freedom of Expression in the Developing World.” Boyle is also professor and Chair of Law at the University of Essex, England, as well as Director of the Essex Human Rights Center. Roger Parkinson, the publisher of the Star Tribune, introduced Boyle. Article 19 is an international organization working to promote freedom of expression throughout the world, and it played a leading role in the defense of Salman Rushdie when Iranian leaders threatened to execute him. The Forum on Freedom of Expression was established by the Human Rights Center to provide the University community with access to internationally recognized speakers on the efforts of human rights activists to extend the right to freedom of expression. The Forum will also serve to educate the University community on both domestic and international human rights efforts to protect this important freedom. The Human Rights Center was founded in December 1988 to encourage study, research, curriculum development, practical training, documentation, and outreach on many aspects of international human rights.