San Miguel PEN presents Suzanna Dworksy – Defaming the Truth-Tellers: Using Criminal Defamation Laws to Attack Writers

  • January 28, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Casa de La Cultura

    71 Mesones
    San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37700
Ticket Price $22.00 Register Now
Description

San Miguel PEN presents... Suzanna Dworksy 

Defaming the Truth-Tellers: How Governments Use Criminal Defamation Laws to Prosecute and Imprison Writers

Around the world, governments are using penal codes to target, prosecute and imprison journalists. Through criminal charges of defamation, they prosecute reporters for doing their job: investigating and exposing wrongdoing by those in power. PEN International has called on governments to ensure that defamation is addressed only through civil lawsuits, whose penalties involve only money. In this exciting presentation, lawyer and San Miguel resident Suzanna Dworsky tells the stories of three frightening criminal defamation cases against journalists, showing in clear detail how governments abuse the law to undermine the power of the press.

 

About the Venue

San Miguel PEN Presents Winter Series will take place at Casa de La Cultura, located in the heart of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato—the perfect place for conversations of such profound importance.

 

About the Speaker

Suzanna Dworsky was principal of the Phoenix-based Goldman Law Offices, which specialized in elder law and probate litigation, fiduciary services, and alternative dispute resolution, with a special focus on combating financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. She was certified as a specialist in estate and trust law by the State Bar of Arizona, certified as a private fiduciary, and served as a Judge Pro Tem for the probate and mental health calendars of the Superior Court.

 

Why Attend?

Riveting true stories of criminal defamation cases against journalists show how governments abuse the law to undermine the power of the press.

 

 

 

 

Date & Time

Tue, Jan 28, 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Venue Details

Casa de La Cultura

71 Mesones
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato 37700 Casa de La Cultura
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