When the prosecutors sought to question him in November 2002, as a witness, he availed himself of the right of silence.

ECONOMIST: Italy and the Mafia

The restrictions on a defendant's right to silence and the admission of evidence even from illegal police searches would seem outrageous.

ECONOMIST: And justice for au pairs

Instead of acknowledging that radical Islam is the problem, we elected a president who blames America, whose idea of freedom is the right for women to suffer in silence behind a veil and who counts among his mentors and friends those who damn our country or believe that our own government staged the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Betraying our dead

Instead of acknowledging that radical Islam is the problem, we elected a president who blames America, whose idea of freedom is the right for women to suffer in silence behind a veil -- and who counts among his mentors and friends those who damn our country or believe that our own government staged the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Betraying our dead

During the celebration, participants will observe a minute of silence in tribute to the great number of journalists who have paid with their lives for our right to know.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2010