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World Press Freedom Day
Established in 1993, World Press Freedom Day — celebrated every May 3rd — commemorates the sacrifices of journalists who have been killed, imprisoned, or harassed for their courageous efforts to inform the public, and to remind all nations of their obligations (under Article XIX of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) to uphold press freedom.
According to The Committee to Protect Journalists, 47 journalists were killed in 2005, more than three-quarters of whom were murdered to silence their criticism or punish them for their work.
Learn more about international press freedom at worldpressfreedomday.org, and send a letter of protest to one of the world's leading jailers of journalists.
Resources
» Committee to Protect Journalists
» International Center for Journalists
» Arab Press Freedom Watch
» International Federation of Journalists
» International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
» International Press Institute
» OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
» Reporters Without Borders
» World Association of Newspapers
The World Press Freedom Committee, with 44 affiliated organizations on six continents, is in the forefront of the struggle for a press free of government interference everywhere and for full and free flow of news.
The World Press Freedom Review examines the state of the media in over 184 countries, territories and administered areas, documenting press freedom violations and major media developments all over the world.
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