The National Security Law imposed by Beijing just a year ago has been used to justify multiple abuses in Hong Kong, including the detention of journalists and the shutdown of Apple Daily newspaper. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on democracies to step up pressure on the Chinese regime to prevent it from dismantling what remains […]
The Swedish section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has awarded its 2021 Press Freedom Prize to the new Hungarian news site telex.hu. The prize was presented during a webinar in Stockholm yesterday, World Press Freedom Day. RSF Sweden’s prize singles out journalists who show courage and independence, qualities that embody the journalistic ideal that RSF
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On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition have launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with journalist Maria Ressa, who faces a possible lifetime in prison in the Philippines. A new website (www.holdthelineformariaressa.com) features hundreds of videos from prominent supporters around the world – with a call for public
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On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Centre for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalists (CPAWJ) sound the alarm about the plight of the media and the future for journalism in Afghanistan. The press freedom situation is disastrous in Afghanistan 14 months after the Taliban and
Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with Free Media Movement (FMM) organized a web-conference under the title; COVID-19: Challenges to Media Freedom and Social Responsibility on 3rd May 2020 at 9.30 a.m. The session prelude was opening remarks with the historical origin and declaration of the World Press Freedom Day made by Mr. Sukumar
සිංහල ලිපිය தமிழ் கட்டுரை Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) marks World Press Freedom Day with UNESCO on the 3rd May 2019 under the theme “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”. It is at a quite critical juncture that Sri Lanka as a country comes upon Press Freedom Day this
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The 2016 media freedom report card makes for uncomfortable reading. Impunity for those who kill journalists continues to undermine attempts by legal systems worldwide to deliver justice and ensure the rule of law. Read alongside rising numbers of physical attacks and an increasingly hostile online space, we remain far from guaranteeing a safe environment for
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ජාත්යන්තර මාධ්ය නිදහස් දිනය ලෙස සැලකෙන මැයි 03 වැනි දා ශ්රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය සහ නිදහස් මාධ්ය ව්යාපාරය එක්ව විද්වත් කථිකාවක් පවත්වන ලදී. යුනෙස්කෝ සංවිධානය ඉදිරිපත් කළ යෝජනාවකට අනුව එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මහා සමුළුව විසින් 1993 වසරේ දෙසැම්බර් මාසයේ දී ජාත්යන්තර මාධ්ය නිදහස් දිනය ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. මෙමගින් ලෝකය පුරා වෙසෙන මාධ්ය ආයතන සහ ජනමාධ්යවේදීන්ට
This article is part of special IPS coverage of World Press Freedom Day. UNITED NATIONS, Apr 26 2017 (IPS) – In the politically-risky world of professional journalism, news reporters are fast becoming an endangered species. The numbers are staggering: some 1,236 journalists have been killed since 1992, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect
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The Board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), meeting on 31 May in Washington D.C. during the 67th World News Media Congress, 22nd World Editors Forum and 25th World Advertising Forum, calls for greater protection for journalists, and for journalists’ safety to be given higher priority by governments, international institutions, and
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