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AQ Video: An Interview with Santiago Canton

By Christopher Sabatini

The IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression faces a crucial moment in its short existence. Watch AQ Editor-in-Chief Christopher Sabatini's interview with Santiago Canton.

Under attack from the Ecuadorian government--among others--and facing the delicate challenge of balancing private-sector media pluralism with avoiding state intervention, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights’ (IACHR) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression faces a crucial moment in its short existence.  

Created in 1998, the IACHR’s Special Rapporteur has written the hemispheric Principles of Freedom of Expression, established international precedent on freedom of expression, and...

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