January 09, 2015

Why should we care about press freedom?

editor:	Ama Lorenz

The answer to this question is: It is a human right. A right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, Article 19: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

The Public Liberties and Human Rights department at Aljazeera, in co-operation with several international organizations who promote press freedom and the protection of journalists around the world, has produced a video in recognition of World Press Freedom Day in 2014. It is today more relevant than ever as it raises awareness of the number of journalists that have been killed in the past two decades and demands an end to impunity for those responsible.

Political cartoonists around the world react on the murder in Paris. Such as Nayer from Ethiopia on Cartoon-Movement.