Thursday 30 April 2020
World Press Freedom Day 3rd May
What is World Press Freedom day?
It dates back to a 1993 resolution from the United Nations.which sought to promote press freedom.
The 3rd of May was chosen to honour the Declaration of Windhoek a statement of press freedom principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991.
Why is it necessary?
The state of press freedom worldwide.2020
The annual ranking from
Reporters without Frontiers ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom accorded to journalists. This year it recorded growing obstacles for journalists.
Committee to Protect Journalists- has listings of
journalists killed in 2020
Most censored countries
and news on the impact of the virus.
IFEX has reports on censorship of . It is also monitoring the impact of Covid19 on press freedom worldwide
The Media Institute of South Africa monitors media freedoms in Africa
UNESCO
In addition to news and events there are also materials relating to cov-19
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