World Press Freedom Day

WAN-IFRA is dedicating its 2010 World Press Freedom Day campaign to “Journalists in Exile”.

A new essay will be featured each day leading up to World Press Freedom Day and will highlight developments in press freedom for each of the 30 years of the survey’s publication.

(SEAPA/TJA/IFEX) – SEAPA and its founding member in Thailand, the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), and other Thai media groups issued a joint statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day. Joint Statement on World Press Freedom Day: Media freedom should help reduce violence We, the media professional groups and allies in Thailand, observe the […]

Representatives from 11 countries in Eastern Africa have resolved to carry out a campaign against repressive media laws and the culture of impunity in the region. (Media Institute/NUSOJ/IFEX) – Leaders and representatives of journalists’ trade unions, associations and press freedom organizations from 11 countries in Eastern Africa have resolved to carry out an effective and […]

(FLIP/IFEX) – 4 May 2009 – On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, FLIP presents its Access to Information Manual. The publication contains practical and useful tools for journalists and citizens for finding and accessing information. Information is an essential element of democracy. We look for information and access it in order to know […]

(MRA/IFEX) – A one-day conference to commemorate the 2009 World Press Freedom Day was held in Lagos on Monday, May 4, 2009. Organized by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos and Media Rights Agenda (MRA), the conference brought together scores of media owners, media managers, editors and other media professionals as well as […]

(GHM/IFEX) – 2 May 2009 – The Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), on the occasion of tomorrow’s World Press Freedom Day, denounces the abuse of press freedom by Greece’s largest newspaper, which systematically attacks academics and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judges for views expressed or judgments issued that are perceived by the prevailing nationalist […]

(EFJA/IFEX) – 3 May 2009 – We, members of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association (EFJA) in exile all over the world, observe today, 3 May 2009, with highly charged emotions. We are very disturbed and in despair over the persistent authoritarian and brutal behavior of the government of Meles Zenawi, which succeeded in effectively […]

(IAPA/IFEX) – Miami, Florida, May 1, 2009 – With certain exceptions freedom of the press is still in force in the Americas, yet it is overshadowed by the hostile attitude of intolerant heads of state, by the global economic crisis that is affecting the newspaper industry, and by the violence unleashed against journalists and news […]

(JED/IFEX) – Kinshasa, 2 May 2009 – As is the tradition each year, the entire world celebrates World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2009. This year, the chosen theme is “Media, dialogue and mutual understanding.” The DR Congo is experiencing, in many of its provinces, conflicts or continued ethnic tensions that constitute volcanoes that […]

(NUSOJ/IFEX) – On 3 May 2009, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) held a conference on media freedom and safety of journalists to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). The conference, held at Hotel Sahafi in Mogadishu and attended by 54 journalists, MPs and members of civil society involved in media freedom campaigns and […]

(PEN/IFEX) – New York City, May 3, 2009 – PEN American Center is marking World Press Freedom Day today by launching the “Freedom to Write in the Americas” campaign, which will run through the rest of 2009, and by releasing the “Declaration in Defense of the Freedom to Write in the Americas.” The Declaration is […]

(WAN/IFEX) – Paris, 3 May 2009 – The World Association of Newspapers has protested to the leaders of five countries today, World Press Freedom Day, against the jailings and widespread attacks on journalists in their countries. In letters to the presidents of Afghanistan, Iran, Cuba and Eritrea, the Paris-based WAN called for the release of […]

(CIJ, interim member/IFEX) – Kuala Lumpur, 3 May 2009 – The time is right for reforms in media freedom and freedom of expression as the Malaysian public grows more discerning and demanding for a freer and more democratic society. In commemorating World Press Freedom Day 2009, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and Writer Alliance […]

(IRFS/IFEX) – Baku, Azerbaijan, 3 May 2009 – In connection with 3 May 2009, which is the 17th Annual World Press Freedom Day and the third anniversary of the founding of our organization, we, the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS), express concern about the press freedom situation in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Since […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In the run-up to World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2009, Reporters Without Borders is campaigning for the release of three women journalists who have been “taken hostage” by governments. Four members of Reporters Without Borders have been on hunger strike since 28 April in support of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who […]