World Press Freedom Day

On May 6, 2025. From 17:00 – 18:30; A parallel event entitled ''Media Viability, Visibility and Vigilance in the Age of Big Tech." Organizers: OSCE , FID Venue: Swiss Embassy, Pl. du Luxembourg 1, 1050 Brussels Contact: Julia Haas

On May 6, 2025; From 15:00 – 17:00; A parallel event entitled '' Building Resilient Newsrooms - Developing Protocols to Protect the Safety of Journalists." Organizer: IWMF , supported by UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication Venue: Visit Brussels rue Royale 2-4, 1000 Brussels Register here Contact: Nadine Hoffman

On May 6, 2025; From 14:30 – 16:30; A parallel event entitled ''Stop killing of journalists in the world's deadliest war zones." Organizer: International Federation of Journalists . Venue: Résidence Palace (Polak Room) Register here . Contact: IFJ .

On May 6, 2025; From 14:00 – 15:00, Launch of Worlds of Journalism Study Global Index on Journalists' Safety. Organizer: Worlds of Journalism Study and University of Liverpool . Venue: Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) Register here Contact: Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova

On May 6, 2025; From 12:00 - 14:00, A parallel event entitled ''Disinformation in elections, AI and its impact on reporting.'' Organizer: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Venue: Av. de Cortenbergh 71, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Register here Contact: Patrick Reiland

On May 6, 2025; From 10:30 - 12:30, Global launch of the 2025 UNDP Human Development Report: A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI Organizer: UNDP European Union . Venue: Palais des Académies / Paleis der Academiën, Rue Ducale 1, 1000 Brussels. Register here .

On May 6, 2025; From 9:00 – 11:00; A parallel event entitled ''The Critical Roles of Journalists and Scientists in times of Information Crisis and Planetary Emergency.'' Organizers: Denmark Delegation to UNESCO . Venue: Residence Palace, International Press Centre Salon, rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels. Contact: Malene Nielsen .

On May 5, 2025. From 16:00 - 18:00, A parallel event entitled ''DSA Human Rights Alliance strategic workshop: global protection of digital rights and communities at risk." Organizers: Access Now , Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Venue: Digital Rights Hub (Access Now Brussels Office), Rue Belliard 12, 1040, Brussels. Contact: Eliška Pírková , Christoph Schmon .

On May 5, 2025 from 11:00-12:30; Parallel event entitled ''Access to Information and Media Pluralism in the face of AI and Power Concentration." Organizers: OHCHR and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. Venue: UN House Boulevard du Régent 37-40, 1000 Brussels. More information:  Panel Discussion . Contact: Renaud de Villaine .

  The number of attacks taking place online and digitally has increased over the last year, from 14,0% in 2020 to 16.8% in 2021. They occurred in 23 countries and affected a total of 154 media companies, journalists, family members, and journalistic sources. Slovenia , with 13 cases, was the most affected country within the period, followed by Turkey (12, Serbia (10, and the United Kingdom (10. The re‐ spective alerts for all attacks performed online and digitally in the year 2021 in MFRR countries can be viewed here. An increasing number of threats sent via email, on social media, or websites were reported as awareness around this issue grew. Journalists’ and media freedom or ganisations have been warning of the mental health consequences of such threats on media professionals who may feel isolated, at risk, or defenceless in the face of such violent events. The MFRR identified a large majority of the cases (85 as harassment and psychological abuse . This ranges from threaten...

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The observance of the  World Press Freedom Day 2022 will reunite relevant stakeholders such as policymakers, journalists, media representatives, activists, cybersecurity managers and legal experts to explore these issues and develop concrete solutions to address the threats posed by increased surveillance to press freedom and privacy. VIDEO - Honouring those who stand up for your freedom VIDEO: Journalism Under Digital Siege

SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIFIAL INTELLIGENCE AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: How safety of Journalists, Freedom Of Expression and the Artificial Intelligence interact?  Listen from University of Novisab ( The Creatures Lab ); An International human rights lawyer and more featured speakers on this session organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media during the 2022 #WorldPressFreedomDay Conference

Have you ever wondered what are your #rights as a user of a social platform ? And about the right we have to access a free and open #Internet ?  With the Federacion del Periodicos and del trabajadores de la prensa en el América Latina y el Caribe  ( FEPALC ) and the  Observacom . If you are interested in these questions, join this Panel discussion during the 2022 #WorldPressFreedomDay conference.

Together with the Universidad Católica , we're launching the Youth Newsroom covering the 2022 #WorldPressFreedomDay Global Conference; With Ana Ribeiro, Sub-secretary of Education and Culture in  Ministerio de Educación y Cultura , and director of  Instituto Nacional de la Jubentud in Uruguay.

  In the digital era in which #journalists face more #cyberattacks than ever, sound legislation can make advances to protect this profession. Join and listen a congresswoman and journalist among other specialists to learn more about it. Follow the conversation by following the hastags  #WorldPressFreedomDay

Discussions on The need for sustainable journalism from three perspectives: gender, climate and media viability. Award-winning journalist |Senior Lecturer  Dr.Yemisi , founder of  the African Women in Media (AWiM) , will be one of our speakers !

The  UNESCO is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity ! To evaluate how to make progress in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Discussions the current litigation and policy initiatives to stop Pegasus and other similar spyware from being used against journalists and public interest actors.

 Media freedom in Europe continued to face major challenges in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this twelvemonth reporting period, the MapMF platform documented 166 different media freedom violations linked in some way to COVID-19. These involved attacks on 252 different persons or entities in 19 countries. Many of these alerts involved phys‐ ical and online attacks on journalists reporting on anti-vaccine and anti-lockdown protests across Europe. Sixteen cases were recorded which involved serious attacks on journalists or media workers who then required medical treatment. Overall, more than a quarter of all alerts (26.5%) recorded during 2021 were re‐lated to the pandemic, underscoring the persistent threats that the pandemic faces to independent journalism. The re‐ spective COVID-19 related alerts can be viewed here. These attacks on the free press came in many forms. Nearly one in three incidents (31.9% and 53 alerts) involved physical at‐ tacks, including 16 incidents ...