WAN message 2008
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) dedicates its 2008 World Press Freedom Day campaign to Chinese journalists and cyber reporters currently held in prison for reporting facts or peacefully expressing…
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Message from Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2008)
Koichiro Matsuura Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right recognized in Article 19 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, whose 60th anniversary we celebrate this year. On…
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World Press Freedom Day 2008
RMNP reports seven of 97 journalists killed world-wide are Pakistanis The annual press freedom report released by Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP) in both English and Urdu by its president…
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WPFD 2008
It is welcome that some of the emergency restrictions on the media in Pakistan are being lifted. But other restrictions remain. Journalists must also contend with the threat of violence….
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International Press Institute on WPFD 2008
On World Press Freedom Day, IPI Calls for all Governments to Reject Attempts to Limit Press Freedom “On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2008, IPI calls…