World Press Freedom Day

AEJ and World Press Freedom Day 2010

Many of AEJ national sections paid attention to WPFD 2010:

AEJ Belgium - in cooperation with the European Parliaments Information Bureau for Belgium, organised on World Press Freedom day, May 3, a discussion with MEP and former TV anchorman Dirck Sterckx, about the influence of governments and media ownership on freedom and quality of journalism.

AEJ France

AEJ Netherlands - cooperated traditionally on May 4, in International Press Center Nieuwspoort in The Hague, in the commemoration of journalists who lost their lives whilst on duty.

AEJ Spain

AEJ Turkey

AEJ UK - The British Section helped to stage a lively debate about the impact of unregulated political comment online in coverage of the UK election. Read more - Watch video

And AEJ UK chairman William Horsley spoke at a Seminar at the BBC on May 4th about the dramatic impact of the rapid spread of the Internet and social networking media on the political climate in Europe, Iran and Africa. Some journalists in Britain observed UNESCO's call for a Minute's Silence in honour of journalists killed in the course of their work. Read this blog

AEJ Ukraine - On the eve of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd the AEJ's Ukrainian Section shared serious concerns expressed in The Ukraine Insider, an online newsletter. It warns about the prospect of "repressive measures" to stifle dissent, following February's election victory by the Party of the Regions. Read more

AEJ Austria, AEJ Hungary AEJ Serbia and AEJ Slovakia – (Board) Members participated in WPFD activities of other organisations

> On the occasion of WPFD 2010, N. Peter Kramer, international secretary-general AEJ, was interviewed by UK and Slovak radio stations.

AEJ and World Press Freedom Day 2009

Many of AEJ national sections paid attention to World Press Freedom 2009. Not all off them on the ‘official day’: May 3 but on days before or after.

A wide scala of activities were organised: interviews on the occasion of WPFD in national media, events in co-operation with colleague journalist organisations, special book launches, public discussions etcetera.

Click for the WPFD 2009 reports by AEJ sections in UK, Belgium, Serbia, Italy and Armenia.