UN WORLD
PRESS FREEDOM DAY, NEWSLETTER #4 , MAY 3, 2014. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF
JOURNALISTS.
Compiled by Dick
Bennett for a Culture of Truth and Peace
(#1 May 3, 2011; #2
May 3, 2012; #3 May 3, 2013)
Dedicated to journalists imprisoned and killed
for doing their job of pursuing truth.
Here is the link to all OMNI
newsletters: http://www.omnicenter.org/newsletter-archive/ For a knowledge-based peace, justice, and:
ecology movement and an informed citizenry as the foundation for change. James Madison: “A people who mean to be their own Governors
must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
See also: Journalists Killed NewsletterOMNI
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Contents #4, May 3, 2014
UN World Press Freedom Day 2014
2014 Theme
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2014 Theme
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Farhi and Dewey, Journalists Killed in Egypt
Josh Steams, Free Press: US
Investigative Journalism
UN World Press Freedom Day
3 May, 2014
"Journalism provides a platform for informed discussion
across a wide range of development issues – from environmental challenges and
scientific progress to gender equality, youth engagement and peacebuilding. Only
when journalists are at liberty to monitor, investigate and criticize policies
and actions can good governance exist."
UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova
and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova
2014 Theme: Media Freedom for a Better Future:
Shaping the post-2015 Development Agenda
World Press Freedom Day was
proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the
recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the
anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press
Freedom Day. It is 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;
·
pay
tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
The focus this year is on
three inter-related themes: the media’s importance in development; the safety of journalists and the rule of law;
and the sustainability and integrity of journalism.
An international conference will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
The annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize ceremony will take place on 2 May 2014 at
UNESCO Headquarters.
World Press Freedom Day, May
3, 2014, Google Search, May 2, 2014
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SCARE TACTICS Sept. 25, 2013
Dear Dick,
Journalists should be able to work
without fear of detention or intimidation. But reporters can no longer take
these rights for granted.
Last month, we told you about
government authorities harassing journalists in the
NPR's On the Media just
reported that one of its journalists, Sarah Abdurrahman, was detained with
her family at the
Government officials have detained
journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras more than 40 times at
Photojournalist Duane Kerzic has been
detained and had his laptop searched too, and now he’s part of a lawsuit
filed by the National Press Photographers Association.4
It’s gotten so bad that last week
actor and press freedom advocate John Cusack called on Holder to “guarantee
the ... safe passage of journalists who have exercised their rights under the
First Amendment.”3
We're working with Cusack to put
pressure on Holder but we need you to help us deliver a message the attorney
general won’t be able to ignore. This government intimidation has got to
stop. And as the nation’s top law enforcement official, Holder needs to stop
it.
These scare tactics don’t just hurt
journalists. Newly released documents reveal that the government has used
border crossings to stop a whistleblower and thousands of other travelers,
and has seized and examined these individuals' electronic devices without
obtaining search warrants.5
Journalists can’t work under these
kinds of conditions. We need to speak up and stop the
intimidation now.
Sign our letter and we’ll make sure
Holder hears our message.
Thanks for all that you do,
Josh Stearns
1. Sarah
Abdurrahman, "My Detainment Story or: How I learned to Stop Feeling Safe
in My Own Country and Hate the Border Patrol," On the Media, Sept. 20, 2013:http://act.freepress.net/go/15196?t=6&akid=4446.9391876.Mw_vn3
2. Peter Maass,
"How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets," New York Times, Aug. 13, 2013: http://act.freepress.net/go/15194?t=8&akid=4446.9391876.Mw_vn3
3. John Cusack,
"Will Eric Holder Guarantee NSA Reporters’ First Amendment Rights?"Guardian, Sept. 18, 2013: http://act.freepress.net/go/15193?t=10&akid=4446.9391876.Mw_vn3
4. Donald R.
Winslow, "NPPA Joins Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of DHS Laptop
Searches," National Press Photographers Association, Sept. 7, 2010:http://act.freepress.net/go/15197?t=12&akid=4446.9391876.Mw_vn3
5. Susan Stellin,
"The Border Is a Back Door for U.S. Device Searches," New York Times, Sept. 9, 2013: http://act.freepress.net/go/15195?t=14&akid=4446.9391876.Mw_vn3
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Contents #1
World Press Freedom Day 2011 in US
Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
International Press Institute
UNESCO
Amnesty International
Local News
Contents #2 May 3, 2012
Minute of Silence for Slain Journalists
UN World Press Freedom Day
UNESCO WFD 2012
World Press Freedom Prize
Victories for the Press
Contents ofUNWPF DAY
NEWSLETTER #3 May 3, 2013
UN World Press Freedom Day
Reporters Without Borders World
Map of Nations’ Freedom
Brave Marie Colvin killed in Syria
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UN WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY NEWSLETTER MAY 3, 2014
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