Attacks on the press: Stamping out impunity
Wednesday 8 May 2013, 7:00 PM at the Frontline club Across the world everyday journalists face injuries, kidnappings and death in the line of their work. In the majority of cases the perpetrators are not brought to justice and this evading of punishment often leads to...
World’s Press Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed Royal Charter
World’s Press Calls for Withdrawal of Proposed Royal Charter Issues prompting the Leveson Inquiry are no cause for additional statutory regulation of the press, which would have a ‘chilling effect’ on press freedom worldwide. The World Association of Newspapers and...
World’s Press Calls for Action as Threats Continue to Undermine Mexican Media and Global Alliance Launched to Protect Journalists’ Safety in Pakistan
Paris, France and Darmstadt, Germany Authorities fail to act as perpetrators of violent attacks on journalists go unpunished With media professionals across Mexico continuing to face high levels of violent crime, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers...
A Day Without News?
A group from within the media and photojournalism industries have joined forces to raise awareness of the risks faced by journalists and photojournalists in war zones on a daily basis, and to lobby governments and tribunals to pursue and prosecute those who harm...
The EC High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism presents its latest report
The EC High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism, which is fully independent, was established in October 2011 by Vice-President Neelie Kroes, and is chaired by the former President of Latvia, Professor Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga. The other members are Professor...