You may be interested to see this important press freedom film produced by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), which was shown at the CJA conference in Malta this week.
Also included below is a link to WAN-IFRA’s World Press Freedom Review, which outlines press freedom violations from around the world in 2011, as well as the Declaration of Table Mountain, which seeks to repeal criminal defamation and insult laws in Africa.
With thanks to Alison Meston, Director of Press Freedom, WAN-IFRA.
World Press Freedom Review: http://tinyurl.com/wpfr2011
Declaration of Table Mountain: www.declarationoftablemountain.org
Regards, Will Henley
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