By Paul Kamara
Dear Friends, Colleagues!
May 3 is observed every year as International Press Freedom Day to remind us of the challenges journalists are faced with everyday in bringing the news to our doorstep. Many lives continue to be lost as ruthless and anti-democratic regimes clamp down on journalists with such brutal force, terror and death; simply bcos the journalist would like to know what’s beneath the Emperor’s clothes.
These ruthless regimes have created a culture of silence and fear inorder to perpetually keep their oppressed people in total darkness from their evil and corrupt ways. But despite it all, a defiant and courageous press continues to prove beyond doubt; that truth has the power to shed light on the darkest pits and corners of our world; and so inspite of the contrivance of these monolithic regimes, yet no corner in the world has been left untouched by these journalists who take such steadfast personal risks to bring truth to light the world.
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