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CPJ 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award @mariaressa is testifying to the U.S. Senate today, March 30, at 2 p.m. on freedom of expression in Asia. Watch live here: foreign.senate.gov/hearings/the-a…

U.S. Senate East Asia and the Pacific subcommittee chairs @SenMarkey and @SenatorRomney are hosting an important hearing spotlighting freedom of the press in Asia.

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@SenMarkey @SenatorRomney “We cannot protect democracy at home or abroad if we do not protect the right to nonviolent expression and freedom of the press,” says @SenMarkey.
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“China, Burma, and Vietnam were among the top five worst jailers of journalists globally last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists," says @SenMarkey.

Read our 2021 report: cpj.org/reports/2021/1…

“Journalism can be a deadly business, even in democracies,” says @SenMarkey.

Sadly, that is correct. At least 1,437 journalists have been killed for their work since 1992. Access CPJ’s data on killed journalists here: cpj.org/data/killed/

"I could go go jail for the rest of life because I refuse to stop doing my job as a journalist," journalist @mariaressa testifies to the U.S. Senate.

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"Without truth, there is no shared reality, no rule of law, no democracy," journalist @mariaressa tells the U.S. Senate in a hearing on the assault on freedom of expression in Asia.

Learn more about Ressa in her speech at CPJ's 2018 #IPFA:

“We must be doing something right,” says @mariaressa in response to additional legal charges against her and her news outlet @rapplerdotcom following her Nobel Peace Prize Award.

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