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1/. Two hundred years ago, a slab of Purbeck stone was set deep into a hillside overlooking London
Called the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered whenever their rights were under threat
On #WorldPressFreedomDay it is time to gather there again. #WPFD2021
Called the Free Speech Stone, it is a place where people have gathered whenever their rights were under threat
On #WorldPressFreedomDay it is time to gather there again. #WPFD2021
2/. #WorldPressFreedomDay is a day to remember journalists who've been harassed, intimidated, jailed or even killed
32 were killed in 2020
But it’s also a day to take strength
The truth is powerful
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it
32 were killed in 2020
But it’s also a day to take strength
The truth is powerful
It’s why they fear it
It’s why they try to silence it
3/. “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen. What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed.” (Hannah Arendt)
These are dark days for press freedom ALL around the globe.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
These are dark days for press freedom ALL around the globe.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
1/. #WorldPressFreedomDay is on 3 May
In 2016, @amnesty, @RSF_en, @article19europe, @hrw, @IndexCensorship, @CPJ_Eurasia & set up the @FreeTurkeyMedia campaign
For 5 years, journalists around the world have shown solidarity for their jailed colleagues.
In 2016, @amnesty, @RSF_en, @article19europe, @hrw, @IndexCensorship, @CPJ_Eurasia & set up the @FreeTurkeyMedia campaign
For 5 years, journalists around the world have shown solidarity for their jailed colleagues.
2/. "Journalists who used to observe court cases from the press gallery, now watch them from the dock"
Some of #Turkey's most respected journalists – equivalents of @camanpour @mehdirhasan @andersoncooper - are exiled, facing investigations or in jail. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
Some of #Turkey's most respected journalists – equivalents of @camanpour @mehdirhasan @andersoncooper - are exiled, facing investigations or in jail. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
3/. Stifling a nation’s media is a willful act of self-harm that we, as journalists, will keep writing about 'til the day they take away our pens
Let's mobilize for Turkish journos like we did when 3 @AlJazeera journos were jailed in Egypt in 2013 #WPFD2021 #WorldPressFreedomDay
Let's mobilize for Turkish journos like we did when 3 @AlJazeera journos were jailed in Egypt in 2013 #WPFD2021 #WorldPressFreedomDay
