Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected anniversaries/February

• 5 February 1857 – Ratification of the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1857, establishing individual rights such as freedom of speech; freedom of conscience; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; and the right to bear arms
• 8 February 1957 – Death of Zechariah Chafee, an American judicial philosopher, civil libertarian and advocate for free speech
• 20 February 1943 – Freedom of Speech painting published in The Saturday Evening Post
• 25 February 2005 – Harriet Freezerring Emancipation Prize awarded to Ayaan Hirsi Ali (pictured) by Cisca Dresselhuys, editor of the feminist magazine Opzij