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*Its role is to bring local media professionals together to find common solutions. In celebrating World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, Malawi Media Freedom Committee has been accepted as a chapter for World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) — a regional and global network of media professionals which is committed to standing for quality journalism and press freedom while respecting diversity and plurality of voices. Malawi Media Freedom Committee was formed some weeks ago at the suggestion of WAN-IFRA itself, as disclosed by current chairperson Gracian Tukula. MISA Malawi on a free...

World Press Freedom Day: Bilawal Bhutto calls for lifting curbs on media By Bilawal Bhutto issues statement on World Press Freedom Day. Says PTI government is gagging media to hide its illegitimacy and incompetence. Expresses concern on drop of Pakistan's ranking on Press Freedom Index. ISLAMABAD: PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto says that press freedom in the country has been chained with threats, intimidation, and pressure tactics by the PTI regime. He called for lifting the declared and undeclared curbs imposed on the Pakistani media. “Imran Khan-led PTI regime has gagged the media to h...

Journalism, the only vaccine against disinformation 03/05/2021 - 08:45 News stories Over the past year, there was a “dramatic deterioration in people's access to information and an increase in obstacles to news coverage”, according to Reporters Without Borders. 78 journalists have been killed since 2020. World Press Freedom Day pays tribute   While health workers were struggling with the pandemic over the past year, journalists around the world faced another challenge almost as damaging: a global infodemic. Fake news, hate speech, conspiracy theories…in times of C...

In the lead-up to World Press Freedom Day on Monday, 3 May, Amnesty International has been gathering messages of support for the people of Myanmar. The country’s military shut down the internet months ago, but local news publications have kept information flowing using radio and satellite.  Amnesty International will broadcast messages of support sent from around the world “to tell the people of Myanmar we have not forgotten about them”. Use the hashtag #MyanmarNeverSilenced on social media to submit your message. Unesco will mark the day by recommitting to the Windhoek Declaration an...

Home | News & Events | U.S. Embassy Monrovia Celebrates World Press Freedom Day The U.S. Embassy celebrates World Press Freedom Day today, May 3, because an independent media is an essential pillar of responsive and accountable democracies.  Journalism plays a crucial role in combatting corruption, drawing attention to human rights abuses, and providing the public with accurate information. On May 3, 1991, a group of African journalists and media professionals attending a conference in Namibia issued the Windhoek Declaration for the Development of a Free, Independent and Pluralistic P...