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November 2: International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Every year, the United Nations marks the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2. This year, the day is celebrated under the theme Theme: Protect Journalists, Protect the Truth Background Between 2006 and 2019, more than 1,200 journalists have been killed. The recent assassination of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi • International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists • Jamal Khashoggi • Journalism • UNESCO • United Nations • World Press Freedom Day
World Press Freedom Day observed on 3 May
The World Press Freedom Day 2019 is observed on 3 May 2019. It is being jointly organized by UNESCO, African Union Commission and Government of Ethiopia. The year 2019 marks 26th celebration of WPFD. The main event is being held at African Union Headquarters at Addis Ababa. The World Press Freedom Day It is observed ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Addis Ababa • African Union Commission • Freedom • Government of Ethiopia • Press • The Windhoek Declaration • UN General Assembly • UNESCO • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • World Press Freedom Day
55 journalists killed since May 2018: IPI
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD-2019), Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said in its latest report that as many as 55 journalists have been killed since May 2018. Press freedom globally is under intense and growing pressure, as illiberal-minded governments seek to shut down critical voices and, in many cases, deliberately erode ..
Topics: Freedom of the press • Illiberal democracy • International Press Institute • Journalism • News media • Observation • World Press Freedom Day
2019 edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD)
The World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) is observed every year on 3rd May as an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, assess the state of press freedom throughout the world, defend the media from attacks on their independence, and pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of ..
Topics: Addis Ababa • African Union • Countries • Ethiopia • Freedom of the press • Journalism • Organizations • SIGNIS • UNESCO • United Nations • World Press Freedom Day
Kyaw Soe Oo chosen for 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize
Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone (Myanmar) has been chosen for 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize. Both laureates are serving 7-year prison sentences. At the time of their arrest in Yangon on 12 December 2017, they were working for the Reuters news agency, reporting on alleged human rights violations in Myanmar’s state of ..
Topics: El Espectador • Guillermo Cano Isaza • Journalists • Kyaw Soe Oo • Luis Gabriel Cano • Mass media • News media • Reuters • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize • Wa Lone • World Press Freedom Day
3 May: World Press Freedom Day
May 3 is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day every year to celebrate fundamental principles of press freedom as well as to evaluate freedom of press around the world. It serves as occasion to defend media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who died while doing their profession. 2018 Theme ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
Topics: Days and Events • International • UNSECO • Windhoek Declaration • World Press Freedom Day