World Press Freedom Day

Panel discussion organized by OBSERVACOM, UNESCO Montevideo, DW Akademie. Venue – Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile .| Room C1. Panelists: - Ms. Mónica Valdés, Community Radio Activist, Colombia. - Ms. Rocio Alorda, Colegio de Periodistas de Chile, Chile. - Mr. Martín Becerra, Investigative Journalist and Professor, Argentina. - Mr Luis Salazar, CEPRA, Bolivia Moderator: Mr. Mauricio Muñoz, CNTV, Chile.

World Press Freedom Day 2024 Conference  in Plenary room at the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago, Chile . Participants: - Ms. Andrea Ixchiu, K'iche journalist and environmental activist, Guatemala - Ms. Alyaa Abo, Investigative journalist and trainer, Egypt - Ms. Jennifer Robinson, Doughty Street Chambers, human rights and freedom of expression lawyer, Australia -Mr. Ricardo Pael Ardenghi, Prosecutor, Procuradoria da Republica Em Mato Grosso, Brazil - Ms. Suntariya Muanpawong, Chief Judge in the Research Justice Division of the Supreme Court of Thailand, Thailand - Ms. Saba Kidane, Founder of EriSatTV, Eritrea.

  *All times are in Eastern Time (ET). AM LIVE SESSION: 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day Global Conference PM LIVE SESSION: 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day Global Conference. ABOUT THE DAY:  Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom, to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession. The World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991. This in turn was a response to a call by African journalists who in 1991 produced the landmark Windhoek Declaration.

 

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

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.

  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 ...