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President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to intimidation of journalists. World Press Freedom Day is on 3 May. Journalists must be able to report "without fear or favour", the president has said. The South African media has played a pivotal role in uncovering incidents of state capture, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said. In a statement released on World Press Freedom Day, Ramaphosa noted that the media had exposed "much of what we know today about the true extent of capture of the state by self-serving, corrupt individuals and entities". "They sustained their reporting even in the face...

Part of the Faces of Free Expression exhibit in Pittsburgh / Matt Petras Read Annie Game’s remarks at the launch of a unique WPFD exhibit, and listen to a special Africa Brief podcast marking 30 years since the landmark Windhoek Declaration. To mark International Free Expression Project on an exhibit that spotlights selected illustrations from our Faces of Free Expression series. The images and text fill the street-level windows of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette building, and can be viewed in-person or online, from 3 May to 4 July. Photo by Daria Locher, International Fr...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. On the 30th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration this year, media outlets, civil society institutions and media activists will reflect on the state of press freedom and other systemic issues facing journalists, and the profession of journalism, around the world. Each year, the publication of the World Press Freedom Index is meant to inform and hopefully inspire or shame governments into remedial action, but I doubt it makes it into Vladimir Putin’s daily briefings. I read this year’s World Press Freedom Index list alongside the World Happiness Repor...

UN chief calls on all governments to ensure freedom of media Mon 03rd May 2021 | 06:40 PM UNITED NATIONS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd May, 2021 ) :United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all governments to do everything in their power to support a free, independent and diverse media. "Free and independent journalism is our greatest ally in combatting misinformation and disinformation," he said in a message marking the World Press Freedom Day, which is being celebrated today. In this regard, the UN chief underscored the importance of reliable, verified an...

Statement by the Media Freedom Coalition on World Press Freedom Day Members of the Media Freedom Coalition gave a statement on World Press Freedom Day. From: Media Freedom Coalition statement on World Press Freedom Day: Today, on World Press Freedom Day and the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration, we celebrate the fundamental principles of media freedom and stand together for its protection around the world. The Windhoek Declaration is a historic call for media freedom. It upholds this freedom as a crucial component of the right to freedom of expression, as enshri...