World press freedom day

Belarus – “We cannot give up our struggle for freedom of the press”

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Seven months after what was a terrible day for TUT.BY, Belarus’s leading independent news website, one of its journalists, Aleksandra Pushkina, describes for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) how this popular media outlet was persecuted and issues an appeal for support for her imprisoned colleagues and the country’s independent media. On 18 May 2021, the Belarusian […]

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Congo celebrates World Press Freedom Day by sentencing a journalist to six months in prison

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Illegally incarcerated for the past three months, an editor has been sentenced to spend three more months in prison for simple defamation. Reporters Without Borders condemns this unjust action, which is an affront to all Congolese journalists. The sentence handed down to Raymond Malonga shows the level of respect for law and press freedom in

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Mass international solidarity campaign launched in support of Maria Ressa

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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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Right to Information: Gains of the Present and Priorities for the Future – Webinar on the World Press Freedom Day 2021

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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) and the Pathfinder Foundation jointly hosted a webinar on Right to Information (RTI) titled “Right to Information: Gains of the Present and Priorities for the Future: to coincide with the World Press Freedom Day,  emphasizing the importance of access to information as a public good. The eminent  panel of

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Message from Ms. Audrey Azulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day

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Thirty years ago today, journalists, editors and publishers from across Africa gathered to draft a call for press freedom, the “Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press”. This landmark Declaration aimed to make the free flow of information a public good – a goal which still resonates today.Since 1991, the information

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Press Freedom in a State of Emergency : World Press Freedom Day 2019

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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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Media, Our Best Hope On World Press Freedom Day

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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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IPS Journalists Who Perished in the Line of Duty

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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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